[labcomputer]

> Fairphone for example does a great job showing us what what would look like.

Which is to say that it makes a trade off of improved repairability by sacrificing water resistance and battery life compared to Apple’s phones. TANSTAAFL

[GekkePrutser]

Fairphone is only one example. There are many repairable designs that are waterproof.

For example Samsung's XCover series can be opened, have removable batteries and are waterproof. It's a matter of priorities, waterproofing just wasn't one for Fairphone.

I know XCover isn't meant to be repairable as such but it's obviously a lot more repairable than a glued up phone.