It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.

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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would think they'd do a phone first given the market for phones is way bigger.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Isn’t that basically what Fairphone is?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's very similar but with a different philosophy. Fairphone is about sustainability and being ethical. Framework is about repairability and upgradability(which the fairphone isn't).

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sustainability is a large part of Framework's mission as well. The CEO has explicitly said that one of their goals is that none of their laptops should end up in a landfill.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's definitely true. There's definitely a lot of overlap but, my point was that Fairphone specialized in making "ethical" electronics beyond just being repairable in a way afaik Framework does not. And I'm assuming that a Framework phone would be upgradable and the Fairphone is not.

    People looking to buy one would also look to at the other as an alternative though.

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    FairPhone is definitely about repairability. But yes, I keep waiting for a FairPhone that isn't a total redesign from the previous so we can finally get yearly upgrades without needing a new phone. But the truth is, before the FP4 the design was still catching up to the competition.

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    They already work with Cooler Master. I believe they designed the cooling for the laptops and this case.. And why would Cooler Master work on a tablet and not a phone, phones need cooling to lol?

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    I did read it, I'm not sure what you're trying to say here?

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    No, it's not a phone. That's the "Cooler Master Cryo Phone Cooler". It's a phone cooler that attaches to the back of your phone to provide additional cooling while gaming and what not. So when you said

    They wouldn't work on either(phone or tablet) because that's not the type of products they make.

    Not really true, Cooler Master had already made a cooler for phones. It's not much of a stretch to say they might release another product in the phone category.

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    What's your point, nobody said it was?

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    If Framework made a modular phone then CM could make a modular similar to the one I linked that could attach to the FW phone. Or the phone wouldn't involve CM at all and they're working on a different product altogether.

    What do you think the next Framework/Cooler Master collaboration is?

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