Another repairable Nokia sets up a good trend for mobiles
(CrackBerry.com)

HMD Global`s out with another easy-to-repair Nokia phone, hopefully proving this isn`t just a gimmick. Following up the Nokia G22 from earlier this year, Nokia is out with another easily-repaired phone with the new G42. It`s not a barn-burner of a smartphone, with fairly basic specs that are a step up from the G22‚ though this time it adds in 5G support. And at £199 for its UK launch this week (and €229 later in other parts of Europe) this Android phone is aiming for affordable. For that you get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus processor, 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage space — all running Android 13. But all of that isn`t really the big deal here. The fact that HMD focused on making another easy-to-repair Nokia phone is what matters. They again partnered with longtime repair tools provider iFixit to make spare parts available, and are focusing on four key components that were made to be easy enough to swap out (and the most likely to be damaged): the screen, back cover, batter...