[rajeshmr]

Fairphone would easily be a big hit in the Indian Market, i figure. If there are any fairphone folks here, please do consider to bring this phone in the Indian market. I would love to own a Fairphone.

At the bare minimum, all smartphones should allow for easy battery replacement like they do in Fairphone. (This was the norm, before the iphones and the androids took over)

[xctr94]

It’s 699€ in Europe; not sure about the price in India. But that feels prohibitive for my budget, so I imagine it’s expensive for the average Indian consumer?

[rajeshmr]

Actually, iphones which are much costlier sell well in India! In fact, all the top-end phones sell well in India.

Indian population seeks value, and are pretty smart about their choice of investment. An iphone even though is much costlier in India, has longer os / security updates than any budget phone. So over a period of time, this would translate to a higher value for the device and hence the purchasing decision. Usually Indians try to ascertain the price to value ratio (something that Nothing phone ceo has acknowledged publicly) while making these decisions.

Definitely Fairphone has the appeal of repairability (which again is valuable for the average Indian) and the longer os / security updates are a boon.

[FirmwareBurner]

Even in Europe that's a lot of cheese. People with 700 Eruos to blow on a phone will most lively get a iPhone or Samsung flagship. The only people I know who own an Fairphone are other tech workers who browse HN a lot but that's a very small demographic.