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“As a tech leader, please check yourself.”

Good Business 05 February 2026

A couple of weeks ago, I was standing at the podium at the Fairphone headquarters, talking to my colleagues about our performance in the last quarter of 2025. And while I stood there, I had to take a moment to appreciate just the sheer diversity of the faces staring ...

The new Fairbuds XL: Everybody loves backwards-compatibility
Product 22 January 2026
If you haven’t heard about it yet, we launched an updated edition of our award-winning Fairbuds XL in December 2025. With new dynamic drivers in the speakers, listeners can now enjoy a more natural, better balanced sound profile that can be customized further with the Fairbuds app. The new ...
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Repairing the new Fairbuds XL
Product 08 January 2026
It has been a month since we dropped the new Fairbuds XL, and the response has been terrific so far. Armed with new speaker drivers that provide a better sound experience than before and a more breathable, plush fabric option for the ear cushions and headband, the refreshed Fairbuds ...
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The Fairbuds XL were already good. We made them better.
Product 11 December 2025
It’s time to turn up the volume. We have a new edition of our award-winning Fairbuds XL now on sale. Launched in 2023, our first over-ear wireless Bluetooth headphones turned heads everywhere, thanks to their unique repairable and modular design, long-lasting battery life, and natural sound. The Fairbuds XL ...
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We’re big fans of open-source buildable code at Fairphone. Here’s why.
Community 04 December 2025
If you have heard about Fairphone, chances are that you have already heard about Fairphone’s award-winning modular design that is easily repairable, and more sustainable in the long run. This approach is the physical embodiment of what our founder, Bas Van Abel, famously declared a decade ago: “If you can’t ...
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Six Ways Refurbished Can Be Better Than New
Product 20 November 2025
Let’s do a quick drawer check. How many old unused phones do you have lying around the house right now? Old electronics stack up over the years, collecting dust and taking over our drawers, cabinets or boxes. Eventually, this quiet flood of maybe-later devices spills out of our homes and becomes ...
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Repairing the Fairphone (Gen. 6)
Long-Lasting Design 16 October 2025
With International Repair Day right around the corner, we figured now is the perfect time to showcase just how easy it is to swap out parts on the new Fairphone (Gen. 6). In case you missed it, our latest Fairphone model ups its game when it comes to performance ...
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Let’s talk about Fairphone’s work in the Congo.
Fair Materials 15 October 2025
There has been a lot of social media buzz over the last few weeks on a myriad of issues related to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), from child labor issues to conflict minerals. Along the way, Fairphone has been getting tagged in a bunch of posts as well. ...
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Fairphone’s new cables and chargers are LONGTIME®-certified. Here’s what that means.
Long-Lasting Design 11 September 2025
We recently launched our new line of durable and sustainable cables and chargers, which were received with much appreciation across the tech world. Not only are they faster and safer than its predecessors, they are made fairer too, using more fair and recycled materials, contributing to our living wage ...
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Everyone’s talking about the new Fairphone (Gen. 6)
Product 29 August 2025
It’s been a couple of months since we launched the latest Fairphone model, the new Fairphone (Gen. 6), and reviews have been pouring in from across the world. The overall verdict? We have a winner on our hands. People have been praising the choice of tech specs, the large ...
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