[ploum]

I’ve a fairphone 3 which had a faulty bottom-part (the microphone/charging module).

After a drop in water, the faulty part was completely broken so I tried to order one from their shop.

This part has been "out-of-stock" for more than two years now. I’ve a repairable smartphone that I can’t repair. Meanwhile, the FP4 and the FP5 replaced the FP3.

So much for trying to "not consume".

I hate Apple but my wife manage to keep her iphones 3/4 years each.

[JoshTko]

Would you continue to choose the fairphone 3 if parts were readily available? It seems that the modularity/repairability reduces reliability relative to the iPhone.

My iPhone mini 13 is a tank possibly even more than the Nokias that I've had.

[bornfreddy]

Curious, did you try reaching out to them? This goes against everything they stand for, I would expect they would go to great lengths to fix this.

[tempodox]

An iPhone can easily last twice as long if you treat it well, at least as far as the hardware is concerned.