Guest blog. iFixit on Fairphone 2: The first truly smart smartphone
Editor’s Note: This week we hear from Matthias Huisken, the Director of iFixit Europe. iFixit is a global online repair community renowned for open source repair manuals and product…
Digging deeper into the gold supply chain with our partner AT&S
Developing the Fairphone 2 has given us the opportunity to start working more closely with individual suppliers. Besides our first tier supplier Hi-P, we’ve recently introduced you…
October Production and Delivery Update
In April 2015, I joined Fairphone as the Director of Operations. My role covers everything from operations strategy and customer support, to supplier management and production planning.…
Jolla community working on Sailfish OS for the Fairphone 2
At the start of the development of Fairphone 2, one of the major ambitions for the phone was to make the Fairphone 2 hardware an open development platform. What we wanted to achieve…
Getting older and wiser: Lessons learned from developing two Fairphones
For those of us working at Fairphone, the past two years have been a wild ride, and we can still barely believe that we’re nearly ready to start producing our second phone! Sometimes…
Opening up Fairphone to the community: Open source Fairphone 2
What operating system fits Fairphone? In this post, I’d like to explain Fairphone’s next step to fairer software, discussing how we’re working to give our community more control…
UK launch of the Fairphone 2 at London Design Festival
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…
Long-term software support for Fairphone 1
Since I last wrote about software longevity and support on the blog in December, we have continued to support our Fairphone 1 devices. (meer…)
Cost breakdown of the Fairphone 2
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…
Supporting fairer mineral initiatives with the Fairphone 2
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…