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.
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.
Nokia brick?
The old ones don’t work on modern network deployments. But yeah they last much longer.
IMO a modern phones usefulness is based in software not hardware. I’d find a phone that easily unlock and can run a ROM you like. I like Apple stuff but I think you’re going to have to switch platforms to make this work.
