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UK launch of the Fairphone 2 at London Design Festival
News 17 september 2015
We’re packing our bags for the UK as we get ready for our pop-up space in London during the London Design Festival. Starting Saturday, 26 September, we’ll showcase our latest smartphone taking visitors behind-the-scenes of producing a mobile phone. Register for the weekend to let us know that you’re ...
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Long-term software support for Fairphone 1
Long-Lasting Design 16 september 2015
Since I last wrote about software longevity and support on the blog in December, we have continued to support our Fairphone 1 devices. Just last month we distributed a new software release that fixed the so-called Stagefright security issue. But still, one of the major concerns of Fairphone users who ...
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Cost breakdown of the Fairphone 2
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 09 september 2015
At Fairphone, transparency is one of our core principles for creating fairer electronics. Besides digging deeper into the supply chain and gaining a better understanding of industry practices, we also want to give you the inside scoop on how we do business. Since we started taking pre-orders in mid-July, we ...
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Supporting fairer mineral initiatives with the Fairphone 2
Fair Materials 20 augustus 2015
Before we produced a single smartphone, Fairphone started as a campaign to increase awareness of conflict minerals in consumer electronics. We now focus on creating a positive impact in a wider range of areas in our value chain, but the topic of conflict minerals remains close to our hearts. Over ...
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Guest blog: Moving Fairphone closer to a circular economy, research and recommendations
Reuse and Recycling 05 augustus 2015
Earlier this year, I started working with Fairphone to follow up on the research that Merve Guvendik did on Fairphone’s Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and environmental impact, as part of my research with Circle Economy. Fairphone’s goal in the area of lifecycle is to apply the theory of the circular ...
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Comparing Fairphone’s approach to a sustainability label
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 23 juli 2015
This week Südwind, SOMO and the GoodElectronics Network published a report in which Fairphone’s approach for social and sustainability standards are compared with those of a well-established sustainability certification, TCO Certified. The report concludes that Fairphone scores better overall in its criteria than TCO certified devices. While we believe in ...
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Fairphone 2 pre-orders are now open
News 16 juli 2015
As of today, the Fairphone 2 is available for pre-order in our online shop! Everything we’ve been working on over the past year has been leading up to this moment, and we can’t wait to start growing our community of Fairphone owners. Our latest phone is designed to increase longevity ...
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The architecture of the Fairphone 2: Designing a competitive device that embodies our values
Long-Lasting Design 16 juni 2015
The big day is finally here! Nearly a year and a half after we started designing our new phone, we’ve released the first images and more details about the Fairphone 2. Thanks to the 60,000 people who purchased our first Fairphone and all the support from our greater community, we ...
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From proud pioneer to thoughtful critic: Meet Fairphone’s latest user personas
Geen onderdeel van een categorie 11 juni 2015
Last year, we gave you some insight into how and why we’re creating user personas. In a nutshell, it is a way for us to create (oversimplified) descriptions of all the different types of people in the Fairphone community and better understand how to address everyone’s needs. Our first attempt ...
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