Fairphone Update

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.

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.

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.

Fairphone

I recently came across the site of a really interesting project, so thought I would share it.

Fairphone is a project to make a phone that is built around being fair, with conflict-free resources and a transparent supply chain.

Their blog is a really interesting read, as it goes into detail about what goes into making a phone, and how they are working to make their phone truly "fair".

It's an interesting idea, and I managed to get one of the first 25,000 phones produced, so I will write a further post when it arrives to see how it performs! They have sold out of their first batch but you can register for the second batch here.

See the below video for an introduction!