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#repairable

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@eri same.

I want my phones to be #chonky, #repairable, #durable and have actually good features under the hood.

A soldier holding an Iridium 9575 Extreme PTT with Camo Case in their hand. Notice it's small width! The Antenna is not deployed and the device is seemingly off.
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)Attached: 4 images #WhatsMissing: A #chonky yet compact #smartphone that is #repairable as a #Fairphone and #rugged like an #Iridium Satellite Phone, with a compact form factor, keypad and toolfree swappable batteries - if not a hot-swappable pair! Should have a #Android without #Google-Bloat but instead #Fdroid and everything else can be installed by the user... Bonus Points if the #Baseband [ #WWAN ] and Antenna are modular and the #WiFi / #Bluetooth as well... Something that is maybe a #Thicc boi but easy to use blindly... Like an old FuG11b... Kinda Anti-#Enshittification - Design!
N-gated Hacker News

🎉 Breaking News! Apple's new #iPhone #Air is so #thin it might float away, yet somehow it's still #repairable. 🛠️ Who knew that #Apple could make a phone both anorexic and functional? 🤔 It’s almost like they want people to keep using their products instead of buying a new one every year. 😂
ifixit.com/News/113171/iphone- #Design #Technology #HackerNews #ngated

iFixit · Apple’s Thinnest iPhone Still Stands Up to RepairsBy Elizabeth Chamberlain
Hestia Hacker

Next month, Google is going to make some Nest thermostats not-so-smart.

tomsguide.com/home/smart-home/

This can never happen with a #HestiaPi. It's not even possible because it doesn't depend on some third party cloud service. Everything is run inside your home, and it's yours, forever. ❤️

The HestiaPi is also #repairable and #upgradable. In summary, it's better by design.

Tom's Guide · Google is cutting off support for these older Nest Thermostats — what you need to knowBy Scott Younker
#OpenSource#hardware#OpenHardware
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@gettie Obviously it's a more *"#normie - friendly"* option compared to that, and for those that want to have an all-encompassing solution that is portable and doesn't require an external powerbank & screen like the #Pi500 this is the way to go.

Still, neither price nor feature make it appealing to me.

  • But I can see the merit of it anyway in like an electronics lab where someone just wants to have some portable raspberry pi they can just plonk it's GPIOs into a project...
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)Attached: 1 image The #ArgonOneUP really [looks like](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NAFH_c2h7s) those *"chinese" #MacBook Air clones* And due to it's design and thinn-ness doesn't even accomondate a proper #heatpipe and (optional) #fan to keep it cool longterm...
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@ArpadLinks @greenpeace I think the latter ideas won't be implementable legally, but whyt you mean with the former already exists with many #AllInOnePCs, #ThinClients and #EmbeddedComputer|s:

  • Low power, space-efficient computers that barely sip energy whilst being fully useable as Desktops.

Besides #surplus'd Hardware and frightingly-expensive for their computational power #Embedded systems there's @frameworkcomputer which sell you their #mainboards, #CoolerMaster sells a matching low-profile #case which allegedly has #VESA-Mounts, so you can easily screw that on the rear of a monitor and have a cheap #AiO #Desktop that is also #repairable.

  • I hope that comes close to what you're looking for.
Phillipp

Heute ist Papas Stichsäge kaputt gegangen. Ein Teil des Pendelhubes ist gebrochen.
Aber Bosch Professional (Blau) ist echt gut aufgestellt. Ich habe nach der Modellnummer gesucht und gleich eine Explosionszeichnung gefunden. In der Explosionszeichnung das Teil gefunden, konnte es dort direkt kaufen.
Jetzt wird nächste Woche wohl Mal die Stichsäge zerlegt und das Teil getauscht 👍
#repairable

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@felyashono You don't need to make devices #thicc|er or heavier just by making them #repairable.

  • #Sony's Vaio #P11Z did have a toolfree-removeable battery yet it was less than 15mm thick and weighted ~560g with the standard battery and even <750g with an obscenely thicc aftermarket battery.

  • #Fairphone's devices are just as #thinn as any other #smartphone, yet they offer toolfree replaceable batteries!

  • #rectangular / #prismatic cells exist. Just because you rarely see them compared to 14500/18650/21700 cylinders but that doesn't mean they ain't available.

  • if #Framework didn't decide to go with a *"pan"-style design, they could've made their flat #battery toolfree-swappable just as the Aforementioned VAIO.

There are other ways to make a device thinner and lighter, ranging from Magnesium to fiber reinforced plastic to carbon fiber. Some #ThinkPad|s did all 3.

  • Not to mention sticking batteries in makes replacements unnecessary dangerous and can yield users to not replace "#DangerPillow|s" until they crack the housong or most likely the screen.

Also most of the gains in terms of battery runtime are attributeabke to better battery chemistry, higher grade cells by modern standards and lower power consumption by smaller process nodes (65nm @ 1,5V -> 7nm @ 0,85V can basically reduce power by 90% without any tricks!) and more powerful chips that more dynamically switch to low power states transparently. (Which is why you often get 4 different TDP ratings on some chips, with nominal, maximum & minimum configureable maximums and typical @ nominal settings)…

#AntiRepairDesign is a choice by the manufacturer. #IP68, #ATEX & #MILSTD810 can be achieved without glueing shit together!

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smeg

Pretty cool. My current Oral B electric toothbrush has a broken battery cap, and luckily I found a replacement design on Thingiverse instead of needing to but a new toothbrush. This should be normalized.

Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products | Tom's Hardware
tomshardware.com/3d-printing/p

Tom's Hardware · Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair productsBy Ash Hill
#righttorepair#plannedobsolesce#repair
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

As much as I dunk on #Fairphone for #downgrading every device since the #FP3plus, they at least live the "#SchematicsOrDie!" principle and actually deliver #Schematics, #BoardView and #ComponentList on their website in a publicly accessible #PDF...

youtube.com/watch?v=EAogtqyN22M

In all seriousness tho: they ain't perfect but the best there is in terms of "you csn buy this right now in stores" kinda brand that isn't some obsure crowdfunding thingy but has an actual track record!

  • Also shoutout to #LouisRossmann for releasing an addendum on his own...
YouTubeWhy I was wrong about fairphoneBy Louis Rossmann
#RightToRepair#Repairability#Engineering
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