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How to design a Fairphone 101

Geen onderdeel van een categorie 05 juni 2025

“Sustainable smartphone? How can a smartphone be sustainable?” Whenever we tell people about Fairphone, this is usually the standard response. And to be fair (pun intended), it is a valid question. Put bluntly, a smartphone that is 100% sustainable is not realistic, at least not right now. However, that doesn’t ...

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Our 2024 Impact Report is out. Here are the highlights.
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 17 april 2025
48% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. 20,000+ people with fairer working conditions. 29 tons of e-waste collected. 69.5% fair and recycled material in our newest product. Our impact work is what makes Fairphone synonymous with sustainable tech. When people ask us what it means to make electronics sustainable, we have A LOT to ...
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Tweak your Fairbuds EQ settings like a pro
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 14 april 2025
The thing with music is that it’s so subjective. That’s why some of us love the deep thump-thumping of hip-hop and EDM, and some of us prefer the clean, airy sounds of guitar strings on a folk number. The differences are so minute, even the same song can sound ...
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Plastics are good. As long as they are recycled.
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 26 maart 2025
Plastics are good. There. We said it. Plastics are good. As long as they are recycled properly. A cursory internet search will show you that approximately 350 million tonnes of plastic waste is generated every year. That is a LOT of plastic. The only good thing about that figure is that there’s ...
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Shoot better profile pics with the Fairphone 5
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 13 maart 2025
If there’s one feature that you can depend on with the Fairphone 5, it is the more-than-capable 50MP triple camera system. There’s so much you can do with this shooter, especially if you pay attention to a few details. The next time someone asks you to click them, keep ...
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This is how cobalt credits are helping mines become fairer
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 06 maart 2025
In August 2023, the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) introduced a new sourcing model for the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector called Cobalt Credits. The newly launched system was designed to reduce risks in cobalt supply chains and help speed up continuous improvements towards responsibly produced ASM copper-cobalt. As ...
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Zero Exposure: This is how we make factories fairer
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 18 februari 2025
It’s funny when you think about it. In the 1940s, cigarette companies would actively use doctors in their advertising campaigns, leading to such classics as ‘More doctors smoke Camels’. If you went by the ads, cigarettes were physician-tested and approved. Of course, today, these things won’t fly anymore, thanks ...
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14 Reasons Why You’ll Love Fairphone’s Audio Range
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 06 februari 2025
For those of you who don’t know this already, Fairphone doesn’t just make smartphones. It was in 2021 that we took our first steps into the world of sustainable audio, releasing the Fairphone TWS earbuds. And while they boasted a longer battery life than the competition and used Fairtrade ...
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Here are Fairphone’s plans for AI.
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 23 januari 2025
Apple has Apple Intelligence, Samsung has Galaxy AI, Google has Gemini. At Fairphone, we’re excited about the possibilities of AI and what it means for us… but also wary of the costs involved. And we’re not talking money. The environmental consequences of AI are scary… as of right now, ...
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Fairphone’s next chapter starts now.
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 13 januari 2025
We’re stepping into 2025 with a big shift—one that goes beyond a new logo and fresh colors. This is a milestone moment, built on more than a decade of learning, growth, and hard work. This rebrand is our long-term promise to you. When we first launched Fairphone, it was a ...
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