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Germany’s affordable answer to the Fairphone with a "super battery" at a bargain price: Gigaset GX6 Pro review (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 1 day ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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[–] omarthemediocre@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well by law they need to provide replacable battery if the phone is not water resistant, so yeah, they pretend making phone in accordance to law is a feature

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[–] turdas@suppo.fi 5 points 1 day ago

Hey now, this only goes into effect from late February next year!

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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

Having a replaceable battery is not an excuse for lack of water resistance.

Also it is water resistant, is it not?

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[–] ivanvector@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Fairphone 6 has an IP55 rating. Some resistance to water spray but can't be submerged.

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[–] turdas@suppo.fi 6 points 1 day ago

It is in the law. Or rather, an IP68 rating allows you to have a non-replaceable battery as long as the battery is rated to last at least 1000 cycles at >80% capacity.

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