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Nokia has announced one of the first budget Android smartphones designed to be repaired at home allowing users to swap out the battery in under five minutes in partnership with iFixit.
Launched before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Saturday, the Nokia G22 has a removable back and internal design that allows components to be easily unscrewed and swapped out including the battery, screen and charging port.
Nokia phones manufacturer HMD Global will make "quick fix" repair guides and genuine parts available for five years via specialists iFixit, in addition to affordable professional repair options.
[...] HMD Global hopes to ride the wave of increasing consumer desire for longer-lasting and more repairable devices. It follows in the footsteps of pioneers such as the Dutch manufacturer Fairphone, but at more affordable prices and with far simpler processes than Apple's recent DIY repair programmes.
The Nokia G22 will cost from £149.99 shipping on 8 March with replacement parts costing £18.99 for a charging port, £22.99 for a battery and £44.99 for a screen.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27, @08:20PM (3 children)
> it doesn't seem to have 5G bands
I did see that and wondered the same.
For a bunch of reasons I don't have a smart phone, but my better half is constantly bugging me about it. One of my reasons is the built-in obsolesce. Anything I buy now will see little use, and I'd like to be able to keep it for 8-10 years before replacement. Replaceable batteries (which in my experience age-out, as well as cycle-out) and possibly a few other parts is encouraging.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Monday February 27, @08:49PM (2 children)
> For a bunch of reasons I don't have a smart phone
I resisted it, but a few years ago I got several (in succession) for basically free, from people I know who wanted the latest and greatest and passed me their old ones.
A couple were 3G only so got deprecated, then a couple more got "obsoleted" by the idiots at AT&T who decided my phone wasn't "compatible" with VoLTE, when in fact the one phone I really liked definitely has VoLTE, and gave me "HD Audio" / VoLTE for several weeks until AT&T decided to put it on the poop list and remotely disabled voice functionality.
Long story short I bought a slightly used Samsung S10e last summer and it's been pretty good. I don't use much "smart" functionality though. Very occasionally browse the web, and check one email, but no e-commerce, banking, etc., at all ever.
> my better half is constantly bugging me about it.
I'm curious as to why? Does he/she/it think a smartphone will help he/she/it keep better track of your location? :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27, @10:52PM (1 child)
> I'm curious as to why?
When I go shopping and don't find what's on the list, my normal response is to not buy anything (unless I'm really certain of the substitution). In that case she wants me to call and discuss options, take a picture of the ingredients for her to read, and so on.
To answer your question, me having a smart phone would be for her convenience, not trust issues. Also, I had a cell phone many years ago, damn thing didn't work right and I returned it, and seem to have been doing fine without one since then.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday February 28, @12:05AM
Ah, okay then, makes perfect sense. I incorrectly presumed you were referring to having a "dumb" cellphone, of which many are still available, rather than a "smart" phone.