Dell’s Concept Luna is an initiative to design a laptop that’s easier to repair and upgrade, allowing you to keep using your computer for longer while reducing waste and the overall environmental footprint of your device. Unfortunately Concept Luna has only been a proof-of-concept since it was first unveiled a year ago. And that’s not […]
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4 Comments on Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition is a powerful, modular, upgradeable Chromebook for $999 and up
Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition is a powerful, modular, upgradeable Chromebook for $999 and up
4 Comments on Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition is a powerful, modular, upgradeable Chromebook for $999 and upFramework makes modular, repairable, and upgradeable laptops that let you swap out ports thanks to an Expansion Card system and upgrade or replace the motherboard, memory, and storage. Up until now, the company’s laptops have either come with Windows or no operating system at all (for folks that would rather install Linux). Now there’s another […]
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Framework Laptop Review: Modular, repairable, upgradeable laptop with a 12th-gen Intel Core processor
14 Comments on Framework Laptop Review: Modular, repairable, upgradeable laptop with a 12th-gen Intel Core processorIt’s not often that a new company enters a highly competitive market and delivers something that truly stands out. But that’s exactly what Framework did when the startup introduced its first laptop last year. It’s a sleek, sturdy notebook with an excellent display, keyboard, and touchpad. But it’s also a modular laptop that lets you […]
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PrimeBook Circular is a modular, upgradeable laptop designed to last for years
As laptops have gotten thinner and lighter in recent years, they’ve also gotten harder to upgrade or repair. It’s always been rare to find a laptop with an upgradeable CPU or GPU, but these days it’s increasingly difficult to find one with a user replaceable battery, memory, or storage. Swiss PC maker Prime Computer is […]
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Dell’s Concept Luna PC is a repairable, sustainable laptop
Dell has unveiled a new concept PC that the company says would have about a 50% lower carbon footprint than a typical laptop. That’s achieved through a series of design choices that not only bring down the up-front environmental impact, but also the long-term impact by making the computer easy to repair and making parts […]
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Fairphone 4 is a repairable, modular phone that’s made to last at least 5 years
At first glance, you could easily mistake the Fairphone 4 for any modern mid-range Android smartphone. It has a 6.3 inch LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G processor, up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and a microSD card reader, but no headphone jack.
But unlike most phones, the Fairphone 4 is designed to last a long time.
It has a modular, repairable design that means not only can you remove and replace its battery, but also the speaker and camera modules, among other things.
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The modular, upgradeable Framework Laptop is available for pre-order for $999 and up
The Framework Laptop is a notebook computer with a 13.5 inch, 2256 x 1504 pixel display, an 11th-gen Intel Tiger Lake-U processer with Iris Xe graphics and a selling point that truly sets it apart from most other laptops on the market: it’s designed to be repairable and upgradeable thanks to a modular design. Not only […]
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Teracube 2e smartphone with a 4-year warranty is now available for $199
The Teracube 2e is a budget smartphone with one killer feature: the warranty. While most modern phones come with a one or two year warranty and many offer an option to pay extra for extended coverage, Teracube’s phones come with a 4-year warranty. That’s despite the fact that the Teracube 2e is a budget phone […]
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Teracube 2e is a $200 smartphone with a 4-year warranty (crowfunding)
Most Android phone makers expect you to replace your device every few years. Even Google only promises 3 years of OS and security updates for its Pixel phones (the last update for the Pixel 2 is set to drop in December). But a startup called Teracube is betting that there’s a market for inexpensive phones […]
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Fairphone’s new camera modules let you upgrade the Fairphone 3
When Dutch smartphone maker Fairphone introduced the Fairphone 3 last year, the social enterprise company described it as a modular phone built using ethically-sourced materials. Up until now that modular design meant you could buy replacement parts if you needed to repair or replace the screen, camera, battery, headphone jack, or other components. But now […]