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HMD is bringing its repairable phone initiative to the US with the Nokia G310, a $186 smartphone that’ll be available from T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile on August 24th. This is technically the third smartphone HMD has released with a design that makes it easier to replace commonly broken components like its battery and display, but its previous Nokia G22 and Nokia G42 were focused on European markets.

As with its previous repairable phones, HMD is partnering with iFixit to supply spare parts and repair guides for the G310.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't seem to find an answer for this particular phone, but they usually seem to only provide 2 major android versions and another year of security updates.

To me that kind of defeats many of the upsides this repairability provides.

[–] ikidd 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I'd just put Graphene or Lineage on it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HMD still doesn’t allow bootloader unlocking (officially) so even if you wanted to, you couldn’t.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean it doesn't really matter how official it is so long as it's doable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's just not true. Convenience and support matter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's definitely an option. But to me that is somewhat of the equivalent to an easily removable battery vs having to fight through a bunch of glue first.

Yes you can definitely do it, but it just makes things less accessible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Graphene only supports Pixel devices

[–] Anti_Weeb_Penguin 11 points 1 year ago

No custom ROMs = bad phone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have no idea why there is a notch when it has a big chin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So they can push the screen up as much as they can.

It has a chin because that's where the cables are, and afaik manufacturing the display so that this doesn't have to be done is more expensive.

And if you turn it around (and put the chin on top), you can get a weird scrolling effect, some Oneplus phones had it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


This is technically the third smartphone HMD has released with a design that makes it easier to replace commonly broken components like its battery and display, but its previous Nokia G22 and Nokia G42 were focused on European markets.

The company’s press release doesn’t offer too many details on how exactly the phone is easy to repair, but previous repairable Nokia-branded handsets have included design features like rear cases that can be unclipped by hand to reveal easily accessible screws and batteries that can be lifted out using pull tabs (though they’re not fully user-removable like Nokia feature phones of old).

Beyond its repairable element, the Nokia G310 has the specs of a relatively entry-level smartphone.

Around front there’s a 6.56-inch display with a limited 720p resolution, but at least it offers a relatively snappy 90Hz refresh rate.

On the back there’s technically a triple-camera setup, but beyond the main 50-megapixel camera the two additional sensors for depth and macro are only 2 megapixels in resolution.

The phone has an 8-megapixel selfie camera, and relies on a side-mounted fingerprint sensor for biometric security.


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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

According to Android Authority

HMD is also offering welcome extras like microSD support, a 3.5mm port, an IP52 rating, and a dedicated Google Assistant button. We’re glad to see microSD support and a headphone jack in particular as these features are rare on modern phones.

[–] aluminium 2 points 1 year ago

Too bad they don't offer anything above the lower midrange anymore.

[–] bobbysq 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hope Google dusts off Project Ara one day. That looked like a cool concept that's only now being made into a reality to some extent.

[–] ilikekeyboards 4 points 1 year ago

I'm never going to give Google more money after their Web API and their willingness to kill adblocking forever

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Project ara is an overkill. I mean look at those blocks its not going to last. It can easily damaged. What we need is a phone with screws not glue Fairphone is best you can get today but its not available globally.