The path to finding our new production partner: Hi-P
Late last year, we informed you of our intentions to develop our own phone using a new commercial model to gain control over the product design and have more influence on the ensuing…
Fairphone at European Parliament
Last Monday, Fairphone attended a conference at the European Parliament. The conference was about a possible European law on responsible sourcing in conflict areas (that is: a law intended…
Design Bootcamp: Results
Update: Waag Society has created a booklet covering the entire span of the three-day Fairphone Open Design Bootcamp. It can be downloaded here (pdf). This blog post was written with…
Fairphone, the next steps – from 2013 to 2014
[Editor's Note: We've got news to share. After finishing the delivery of our first batch of Fairphones from December and January, we're looking ahead to 2014. I sat down with Bas to…
On the way to 10,000 Subscribers!
When I wrote this post last night, our website’s subscriber list stood at 9,367. Sometimes when we get a sudden rise in subscribers it comes as a happy surprise - like this time when…
Hitting the ground running with new investments and a new CEO
We did it! We’re so pleased to share that we’ve just closed our latest investment round and secured €7 million! This investment is an important part of our ongoing strategy to…
14 Reasons Why You’ll Love Fairphone’s Audio Range
For those of you who don’t know this already, Fairphone doesn’t just make smartphones. It was in 2021 that we took our first steps into the world of sustainable audio, releasing…
How to design a Fairphone 101
“Sustainable smartphone? How can a smartphone be sustainable?” Whenever we tell people about Fairphone, this is usually the standard response. And to be fair (pun intended), it…
First bags of Conflict-Free Tin leave Congolese mine – Fairphone proud partner
With the first bags of conflict-free tin leaving the mine in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 24th of October 2012, the Conflict-Free Tin Initiative has officially started.…
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…