I've had my
Fairphone for a few months now, and have really been enjoying it. For those who don't know what a Fairphone is, it's basically just a mid-range android smartphone (see specs
here) but the slant is that they are trying to make a "fair" phone. This is a obviously an admirable, but very vague goal: the Fairphone team themselves try to explain the work they are doing with this phone in
this article. Essentially, they are trying to improve the way phones are made, in terms of materials, labour and long term design used.
As I mentioned in my
last post back in November, I was one of the original 25,000 lucky people to buy the first edition of the Fairphone. It arrived in January and I have been enjoying it since then.
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| Unboxing |
I'm not really massively knowledgeable about different phones, but it has dealt with everything I have thrown at it, the cameras work perfectly well and it looks good. I've also liked a couple of the features such as the open design (can take out the battery and the two sim cards) and the pre-installed "peace of mind" app, which essentially turns off all notifications for a specified time.
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| The back cover |
The second batch of 35,000 phones are now for sale, so I'd definitely recommend looking at it if you are thinking of changing phone. For €310 (£250), it's a solid mid range phone with a good OS, as well as supporting a really positive aim. The link to buy is
here.
Their
blog is definitely also worth a read, and has interesting general information about the mobile phone industry as well as specific information about the Fairphone project.
