All you really need are easy to replace batteries.
That’s the only part that will wear out within a reasonable lifecycle.
Aside from FairPhone no one offers that
Aside from FairPhone no one offers that
This is far from true. Power connectors.
But no matter what your battery is at 80 or 70 percent in 2 years.
Power connectors are much harder to engineer to be replaced. Something has to connect at some point
Of course this doesn't work if you're expecting to receive calls or notifications.
I personally buy mid range phones for around 400$ and then buy new after 2 years.
Better than buying a 1200$ phone and expecting it to last 5 years
They are easy _enough_ to replace already. Is it as easy as 20 years ago? Surely not. It also seems reasonable that something you're going to be realistically doing once per 3-4 years would require 1 or 2 hours.
Moreover, the regulation doesn't affect this process, apart from "no proprietary tools".
> That’s the only part that will wear out within a reasonable lifecycle.
Millions of broken screens and back glass/plastic panels beg to differ.