Teracube: Smartphone with a 4 Year Warranty

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The basic idea of making a phone to last for longer than current contenders is appealing. No mention about the battery being replaceable though, which in my experience is the real limiting factor on current phone longevity. Edit: it includes a free battery change, impressive at this price

Not sure what the business argument is to have far better specs /and/ warranty than other phones at the low price point (early bird is $200 for an octa core with 6GB RAM). I wondered if they are subsidized by VC but didn't see anything on AngelList. Curious if anyone knows more.

Teracube is not backed by VC but the founders themselves. They provide free battery replacements (not just one time but as many as it takes throughout the 4-year warranty). It is true that users cannot replace the battery themselves but that's why the warranty comes with free parts, labor and two-way shipping.

The business idea is that by prolonging the phone's life, we can reduce 1/ e-waste (45M tons of e-waste produced by US and 135M WW) produced by people discarding their old phones, and 2/ raw materials used to produce the phones which not only the planet is running short but also the pollution caused during mining and manufacturing process.

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