HMD Fusion: A modular smartphone for the repairability era

Although the Fusion is a budget phone, it is leaps and bounds ahead of all the flagships in one regard: repairability.

HMD Fusion, a smartphone that puts repairability first. Picture: Noel Campion.

Smartphones have become increasingly challenging to repair, with manufacturers fusing components and sealing the internals. HMD (Human Mobile Devices) wants to change that with the Fusion, a €230 device that considers repairability and modularity the main selling points. This isn't a flagship phone, but the price doesn’t suggest otherwise. However, it offers good value and an interesting approach to longevity.

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