Blog - Fairphone

Teaming up with Vodafone

News 19 November 2019

With every phone we make and sell, with every industry partner that follows our example, with every customer who starts a conversation about what makes their phone fair, we take another step forward in our quest for a fairer electronics industry. Our first challenge was to prove you can make ...

The industry is listening: Uganda Gold Partnership wins Responsible Business Award
Fair Materials 31 October 2019
We’re very proud to announce that the Uganda Gold initiative won the Responsible Business Partnership of the Year Award. With the combined expertise of UNICEF, the Fairtrade Foundation, Royal Philips, Hivos/Stop Child Labour and Solidaridad, we work with artisanal small-scale mines (ASM) in Uganda to establish a sustainable, traceable gold ...
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Fairphone 2 camera module out of stock
All 29 October 2019
We talk a lot about modular phones, repairable phones, and generally making phones last longer. Most people replace their phones every two years; our goal is for your Fairphone to last between three and five years. We’ve always encouraged you to open up your smartphone, get to know it, ...
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Our new podcast: Right to repair, e-waste & interplanetary travel
All 24 October 2019
Here at Fairphone, we believe that caring for people and planet should be a natural part of doing business. Together with an amazing network of changemakers, we’re disrupting a short-term way of thinking that the world can no longer afford. While the Fairphone is a physical expression of the ...
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Uganda Gold Partnership nominated for Responsible Business Award 2019
Fair Materials 30 September 2019
We are delighted that the Uganda Gold Partnership was recently nominated for the Responsible Business Award 2019 in the category ‘Partnership of the Year’. This partnership is a joint collaboration between Fairphone, Hivos/Stop Child Labour, Fairtrade Foundation, Solidaridad, UNICEF, and Royal Philips to support a more responsible approach to ...
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iFixit guest blog: Reshaping our relationship with mobile electronics
Long-Lasting Design 17 September 2019
Editor’s Note: This is a guest feature from Dorothea Kessler, Communications Manager of iFixit Europe. iFixit is a global online repair community renowned for open source repair manuals and product teardowns. They awarded Fairphone 3 a perfect 10 out of 10 repairability score. What comes to your mind when thinking ...
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Scaling up Fairtrade gold sourcing in our supply chain
Fair Materials 10 September 2019
Every material in your smartphone has its own story to tell. Since Fairphone began, we’ve been helping to shed light on those stories, by mapping our supply chain, tracking what’s used in our products and making step-by-step improvements. Gold is one of our key focus materials – an essential, ...
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Fairphone 3 Launch Events: Behind the Scenes
Product 05 September 2019
It’s finally sinking in: the Fairphone 3 is HERE. The long hours and sleepless nights have been worth it to see the phone that dares to care become a reality. The launch on August 27th wasn’t just about revealing our most ambitious phone yet; it was also a good, ...
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Launching Fairphone 3: Dare to care
Product 27 August 2019
On behalf of an incredibly proud team, and the entire Fairphone community, I’m delighted to announce the launch of the Fairphone 3, our newest response to the growing demand for a more ethical, reliable and sustainable phone. This is the phone for all of us who dare to care about ...
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Partnering up for progress with Arima
Good Working Conditions 27 August 2019
Does it matter if your phone is made by someone who is happy in their work? That they’re well paid? Have a voice? Work in healthy, safe conditions with opportunities to develop? We think so. So much so, in fact, that we’re willing to reward progress in worker satisfaction ...
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