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James Rogerson

'Next time, maybe the screws can be outside?': Fairphone pokes fun at the Nothing Phone (4b) for its faux repairable design

Several Nothing Phone 4B phones on a grey background.
  • Fairphone has poked fun at the Nothing Phone (4b)'s visible screws
  • The company highlighted in an Instagram story that they're just 'for show' rather than being accessible
  • The Fairphone 6, on the other hand, has visible screws that users can access

The Nothing Phone (4b) was unveiled earlier today, and it sounds like a reasonable budget handset, with a 6.77-inch 120Hz screen, a 5,200mAh battery with 33W charging, a 50MP wide camera, an 8MP ultra-wide, and a Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chipset paired with 8GB of RAM. But despite having visible screws on the back, it might not be very easy to repair or to replace its components.

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