[schnuri]

It’s more about sustainability.

[Klonoar]

I mean... no. Apple publishes breakdowns/reports of their recycling efforts and it's pretty damn good for what it is, and these devices now last a very long time if you don't feel like chasing the yearly upgrade train.

The selling point of the Fairphone is moreso that it's:

- Attempting to pay fair wages to workers

- Not Apple, for those who just don't want an Apple device

- More (user) repair-able

These are all very valid reasons to want to use something like the Fairphone and I am glad it exists, and it might even be my next phone - but to imply that it wins out over the iPhone trade-in-and-get-it-recycled flow is just bonkers.

[PrimeMcFly]

> and these devices now last a very long time if you don't feel like chasing the yearly upgrade train.

But they constantly make new devices with incremental improvements and advertise/market for people to upgrade when they don't need to - and people do exactly that.

[comte7092]

More third party repairable as well.

>to imply that it wins out over the iPhone trade-in-and-get-it-recycled flow is just bonkers.

I made this point in another comment already, but for many people, it isn’t easy to access an Apple Store, and Apple is notoriously stingy with third party authorized repair

[me_jumper]

But it's not only about the sustainability of the existing phone, Fairphone also tries to be as sustainable as possible with the sourced materials.