After five years building laptops, what might Framework add to the portfolio? Patel won’t say — I only get the barest hints, no matter how many different ways I ask.
You know they’re going to build a repairable Android phone. Even one that lets you replace the battery would be a rare gem. Murena is the only company I can think of that gives you that.
Yeah, I had a old Samsung that still had a swappable battery. I used that thing for far longer than most people are willing to use a phone.
In a strange way I kind of get the not-user-replicable part for some things but for a fucking battery? Im also the type (and I did this when I was a 'starving college kid') that I would buy broken stuff on ebay and fix it myself to use or re-sell (only really to friends though and not for more than a little over the fix cost).
Sure, user serviceable parts make it harder to water-proof a phone.. But Im not a fucking moron and don't take my phone with me on the river/lake/etc. If I did, it would be in a water-proof floating case.
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