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The new Nokia G22 looks like any other mobile phone. But if it breaks, you can fix the problem yourself with the help of a repair kit.
A new Nokia phone was presented before the big mobile fair Mobile Word Congress, MWC, in Barcelona. The Finnish company HMD Global has merged with the company Ifixit to allow users to repair broken cell phones themselves.
In itself, the new Nokia G22 is perhaps nothing special. It has a recycled plastic shell, a Unisoc T606 CPU and 128GB of memory. The mobile has a 6.5 inch HD screen with a refresh rate of 90 Hz, three rear cameras and a front camera.
The mobile phone, however, is the first model released by Nokia that encourages home cooking. Broken screen, bad charging socket or an old battery are things that users should be able to solve themselves with the repair kit.
More guides and kits will become available when Nokia releases new models adapted for self-repair. Repair kits and replacement parts are purchased separately through iFixit. Nokia also writes on its website that if a repair is made with tools and instructions from iFixit, this does not affect the warranty but is seen as an authorized repair.
In addition to the G22 model, Nokia is launching the C22 and C32, budget mobile phones under SEK 2,000.
Manufacturing will be moved to Europe
In addition to new mobile models, HMD Global has stated that they want to move the production of 5g devices to Europe, but it is unclear to which country. Currently, there is no major production of smart phones in Europe, but the major mobile companies manufacture their devices in Asia.
In an attempt to encourage companies to move production to Europe, the EU has introduced laws and subsidies to benefit key technology sectors. In which country a possible factory could be built has not been determined.
– Although we cannot discuss specific European subsidies, we cooperate with several parties in both the public and private sectors in Europe to advocate for European manufacturing and R&D, says HMD’s marketing director Lars Silberbaur to Reuters.
