CMF Phone 1 teardown reveals it’s not so easy to repair
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- EUk
- 26 Aug 2024
towhgdk, 17 Jul 2024So it's Semi-Fairphone.Nah, that's HMD.
CMF has went out of their way to show that they are not repair friendly.
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- Cyberchum
- Nu6
- 17 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 15 Jul 2024the back is supposed to be removable easily, and not the ba... moreExactly! I get it that people had huge expectations and all, but they should face the facts.
That repairability score is where the issue is at!
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- Cyberchum
- Nu6
- 17 Jul 2024
DarlingYext, 15 Jul 2024Removable back but no removable battery lmaoRemovable back ≠ removable battery. Even in the early days of non-user removal batteries, there were phones with removable back whose battery can't be swapped. Clearly, Nothing made the backs removable primarily for aesthetics (if I owned this phone, I would never use a protective case. I would simply buy back covers on AE much cheaper than the official offerings). They never, for once, implied that the battery would be swappable.
This phone is definitely priced competitively, regardless. My only displeasure is that poor repairability score. No excuse for that.
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- Batteri Voltas
- LiF
- 17 Jul 2024
Classic Carl Pei.
A billion Youtube shills, obnoxious marketing, emphasizing heavily on a gimmick just for the phone to be a disappointment, or the gimmick being complete false advertising.
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- Anonymous
- Kir
- 17 Jul 2024
Ahahahaha
So, the argument made by carl pei defender is pointless after all.
- SD Cardigan
- Gfs
- 16 Jul 2024
DashF, 15 Jul 2024Maybe if you can scroll down, you'd actually see me sa... moreNah man I basically use the phones everyone calls e-waste around here. I'm limping along a 4+ year old a51 5g *vomits*. Low grade samsung, eww. The phone is functional but the camera is garbage.
I look to make every dollar count. I don't think its Schrodingers series lol, but you and I are in different countries and that makes a difference. Cheaper and well equipped for me is more expensive for you. CMF is on beta in US and won't work with most carriers here anyway.
I'm looking to check out the Unihertz Jelly Max. Hasn't launched yet. Has the same dimensity 7300 as cmf, camera could be alright, fat battery. 5 inch display - I want the smaller form factor so I'll take less performance.
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- DashF
- rK@
- 16 Jul 2024
Diagon X, 16 Jul 2024For the same price as cmf1 , one can get a moto g85 or a re... moreNot in my country. All those phones you mentioned are more expensive. Cmf being cheapest, followed by moto g85, costs about $20 more but has 6s gen 3 which is lot weaker than others. You get Redmi note 13, not note 13 pro at that price here. Iqoo z7 pro costs about 45-50% more than cmf
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- CbI
- 16 Jul 2024
Diagon X, 16 Jul 2024For the same price as cmf1 , one can get a moto g85 or a re... moreIs that in india? G85 has much weaker soc, while the other two are almost double the price.
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- Anonymous
- 7R$
- 16 Jul 2024
This is for all these "know it all" that were saying - "removable back is great, battery replacement will be very easy". Expensive gimmicky phonex that is what you get lol
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- Diagon X
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- 16 Jul 2024
DashF, 15 Jul 2024Ocean of options but you can't even name them ? Is it ... moreFor the same price as cmf1 , one can get a moto g85 or a redmi note 13 pro or a iqoo z7 pro.
All of these are better than cmf in most areas (redmi has gg victus, ois, ultrawide lens, brighter and higher-res screen; moto has clean software with a weaker processor at a lesser price; iqoo has a similar-performing processer but has a better screen;
all three come with charging brick and case included in the box)
The cmf doesn't even have stereo speakers, ois for main camera, ultrawide lens, NFC, etc. All this gimmick of a removable back does is to distract from the fact that this is a sub-par phone for the price.
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- Anonymous
- j}r
- 16 Jul 2024
Bait and switch.
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- Hello Moto
- 4NP
- 16 Jul 2024
Anonymous, 15 Jul 2024People use phones beyond the system updates all the time, a... moreMy point is that the intended use time of this phone is 2-3 years, and the battery will surely last/outlive that.
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- Jimbob
- LhW
- 16 Jul 2024
A phone like this should have been 10/10 repairability with removable battery but they messed up.
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- Anonymous
- xjH
- 15 Jul 2024
Hello Moto, 15 Jul 2024We all suspected this, but now its true. But realistically,... morePeople use phones beyond the system updates all the time, as long as everything functions
- Konrad Lorenz
- as8
- 15 Jul 2024
SD Cardigan, 15 Jul 2024Costs less than $200 where? If you're saying US dollar... more189~ USD here (68000 Hungarian Forint)
- NeonHD
- 6Fi
- 15 Jul 2024
The more I watch this teardown video, the more I realize how this phone isn't meant to be disassembled 🤣
Like, they did great on the thermal job and especially the adhesive work. But this is more important for a phone whose design isn't modular.
- NeonHD
- 6Fi
- 15 Jul 2024
Hello Moto, 15 Jul 2024We all suspected this, but now its true. But realistically,... morePeople will still use their phones regardless of updates. Also, there's a good chance that there will be active custom ROM development for this phone.
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- Hello Moto
- 4NP
- 15 Jul 2024
We all suspected this, but now its true. But realistically, why would you want to replace the battery, especially since it's only going to get 2 OS updates? The battery will outlive the 2 years of software updates.