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The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone. (shop.fairphone.com)
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I don't like smartphones. I use a dumbphone.

But this is a wonderful initiative.

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[–] Leeuk@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. I believe the F6 is likely expected by autumn and was considering this as my next. I often wondered about parts as time goes by, as I suspected the company wouldn't want a huge inventory of spares and the costs involved. If I do get one, I'll likely buy a spare screen at the least.

The UI stuff is disappointing, however maybe not a deal breaker as I'm trying to reduce my usage. Perhaps a buggy smartphone could be a decent dumbphone alternative.