Looking to replace and iPhone 11 Needs to be repairable Able to text people with WhatsApp or other third party apps Able to play music with a local mp3 player Headphone jack
AFAIK the fairphone is the only phone on the market that is explicitly designed to be user repairable. It doesn’t have a headphone Jack, though.
Yep. But a mobile device will never really be BIFL. Too many sacrifices in form factor, and software / hardware move too fast to practically stay on one device for more than 5-7 years IMHO.
My fairphone was 5 years old when I bought it second hand, see no reason it can’t last more than 0-2 more years.
The main question is when does it stop getting security updates. Obviously if you’re using a custom ROM that concern is lessened.
This BIFL community does not require that something literally last forever, just that it be more durable and lasting than other objects in the same category.
That’s totally fair. In that spirit I’d look to Fairphone first for certain.
