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The new Nokia G42 smartphone comes with the features of repairability and 5G connectivity.
HMD Global
HMD Global, the company that makes Nokia-branded smartphones, on Wednesday launched a new smartphone that users can repair when its parts are damaged.
The purple device can be repaired by customers using parts provided by iFixit, a repair advocacy organization. It retails for £199 ($252) for a version with 128GB of internal storage.
It is available in the UK, starting on Wednesday. HMD Global did not provide details on its availability in the US.
The launch cements a push from HMD Global in the repair business as it appears to entice people to buy new phones.
The G42 5G is a more premium upgrade over the company’s salvage G22 phone, which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona earlier this year.
The phone comes with a 50-megapixel main camera, a 6.56-inch screen, and a three-day battery life. Users will be given three years of monthly security updates and two years of operating system upgrades.
Users will have to pay for the respective parts that they need to replace. For the charging port you will have to pay £24.95. As for the battery, it’s £29.95. The back cover is £29.95.
The right to reform
Lawmakers in the European Parliament, for example, are calling for legislation that would force manufacturers to give users a “right to repair.” This indicates a movement among consumer advocates to make it easier for consumers to repair their devices.
The European Commission’s Green New Deal seeks to make the bloc a circular economy by 2050, making it so that almost all material goods can be repurposed, repaired, reused or recycled to reduce waste.
Repairing phones, in particular, is made more complicated by how tightly the battery and other components are sealed with glue.
Apple, which has long been reluctant to make changes to its repair policies, decided in November 2021 to launch a self-service repair program that allows customers to purchase parts to repair their own devices.
In December, the iPhone maker expanded this program to eight European countries, including Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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