Comparing Fairphone’s approach to a sustainability label
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…
Fairphone 2 pre-orders are now open
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…
The architecture of the Fairphone 2: Designing a competitive device that embodies our values
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. (meer…)
From proud pioneer to thoughtful critic: Meet Fairphone’s latest user personas
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…
Fairphone earns B Corporation Certification
Updated on 17 July 2017: Two years after earning our certification, we’re happy to say that last June we got recertified by the B Lab and are proud to continue being a member of the…
Designing the next Fairphone from the inside out
The process of developing a new product such as a smartphone is a complex one, and with our next Fairphone we wanted to stretch our design ambitions further to better align with our…
To the Fairphone community – Thank You!
This one goes out to all Fairphone owners, community members, followers, fanatics, critics and pledgers. Here’s to all of you who have pushed the Fairphone journey forward. We…
Fairphone moves office
After a year and a half of searching and months of putting up with a very squishy office due to our increasing number of employees, we finally did it. We piled our belongings into a…
Social Assessment Program begins at our manufacturer Hi-P
In October 2014, four team members of TAOS, our assessment partner, visited the facilities of Hi-P, the production partner for the next Fairphone. They spent three days on factory walkthroughs,…
Guest blog: Latest news on Ghana e-waste collection program
To refresh your memory, Closing the Loop partnered with Fairphone early in 2013 to help us carry out a project to reduce electronic waste, particularly in Africa. We’ve started by…