Modularity does have a price; that is fairly trivial. But your original statement was much stronger.
The Fairphone's specs are deliberately not top-of-the-line in order to give users better battery life. This is working spectacularly well as evidenced by the fact that my Fairphone 2 has twice the battery life than any of my iPhones ever had. That and repairability is worth much more to me personally than the possibility to submerge the phone in water. After all it's a phone not diving gear. To each their own, but no need to make overblown statements.
> But your original statement was much stronger ("impossible")
No, my original statement was that waterproofing would be all but impossible, which, unless you have an example of a waterproof modular phone, still stands.
> The Fairphone's specs are deliberately not top-of-the-line in order to give users better battery life.
A handy excuse. Still means you’re getting a slower phone, worse screen, camera, etc.
> That and repairability is worth much more to me than the possibility to submerge the phone in water.
Tell that to the thousands of people who were previously losing their phone to water damage every year.
And it’s not like an iPhone is not repairable, its just that you’ll need Apple to do it for you. A small price to pay for a better product.
The Fairphone's specs are deliberately not top-of-the-line in order to give users better battery life. This is working spectacularly well as evidenced by the fact that my Fairphone 2 has twice the battery life than any of my iPhones ever had. That and repairability is worth much more to me personally than the possibility to submerge the phone in water. After all it's a phone not diving gear. To each their own, but no need to make overblown statements.