14 DAY TRIAL // The days when phones were nearly impossible to repair and we had to pay big bucks for even the smallest fix seem to be gone.
HMD Global, the parent company of Nokia, has just announced its first phone that was designed from the very beginning to be easy to repair.
The right to repair regulations are changing the way phone makers build their products, and Nokia says the new G22 is a pioneer on this front.
The mobile device has been developed to allow owners to perform simple repairs at home, all using manuals and guides provided by experts in this area. The company has teamed up with iFixit, which everybody knows mostly for their teardowns, to provide not only repair guides but also parts for critical repairs.
For example, the G22 will allow you to replace a battery at home, and if you’ll want to replace a shattered display, that’s going to be possible as well.
“Nokia G22 is the first Nokia smartphone purposefully designed with repairability at its core, taking signature Nokia phone longevity to the next level. In collaboration with iFixit, a global repair community, you can easily access repair guides and affordable parts to replace a damaged display, bent charging port or flat battery on Nokia G22,” Nokia announced.
Certainly, this is big news not only for Nokia or Android devices but for the entire mobile industry.
More phone makers are investing on this front, eventually making it possible for customers to perform certain essential repairs at home without the need for spending a small fortune on them. The ability to easily replace batteries and shattered screens appears to be the biggest win, especially because these are typically not only the most common service repairs but also the most expensive.