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Creative Fairphoners – thanks for your postcards!
News 15 January 2015
Perhaps we’re biased, but we happen to think the Fairphone community is a very inspiring, informed, active and creative group of people… And you just keep proving us right! When we were finalizing the packaging for the second batch Fairphones, we included a blank postcard. Our hope was that ...
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Fairphone 2014: A year in review
All 22 December 2014
As the cold December weather arrives, it’s an excellent reminder to reflect on the challenges and triumphs of 2014. This year has been full of events, trips, projects, press coverage and selling out of Fairphone stock. Our heads are still spinning from everything that has happened! In an attempt ...
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Our approach to software and ongoing support for the first Fairphones
Long-Lasting Design 09 December 2014
Fairphone was started by a group of passionate thinkers, designers and makers who want to change the phone industry. As our campaign grew into a social enterprise making our own phone, we started with a road map outlining our ambitions to raise awareness and create change in the sectors ...
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Design A Day winter edition starts Monday
Long-Lasting Design 27 November 2014
Calling all creative minds! Do you want to see your idea turned into a 3D-printed Fairphone case? Then now’s your chance. On Monday 1 December, we’re kicking off the winter edition of our Design A Day challenge, and we need your help. From 1 to 5 December, you can share ...
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Our next steps with Guohong, the manufacturer of the first Fairphone
Good Working Conditions 25 November 2014
In our strategy blog two weeks ago, I wrote that our new approach to phone design and development would trigger some additional changes in our value chain. With that in mind, we would like to share some news about Guohong, our manufacturing and design partner for producing the first ...
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First Fairphones: Almost out of stock
News 20 November 2014
Our jaws are dropping at the rate we’re selling out of Fairphones. Over the past couple of months, our community has been buying phones quicker than we could have anticipated. Based on our internal research and projections, we ordered stock to last us until the end of the year. ...
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Next chapter in Fairphone’s strategy: Outlook for 2015
All 04 November 2014
This time last year, we were one month into autumn, the season when we projected we would start shipping our first phone. About 20,000 people put down 325 euros and had been waiting up to five months for their – crowdfunded – first edition Fairphone. Now, exactly one year later, ...
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Guide to our new website
News 16 October 2014
Some of our readers may remember our first “behind-the-scenes” post about the website describing our design process and gathering your feedback. Since that time in May when we launched our second batch pre-orders, we have been making some tweaks here and there, to bring you a cleaner, easy-to-use and ...
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Research trip: Visiting tin, tantalum and tungsten mines
Fair Materials 02 October 2014
In the middle of July, filled with curiosity and anticipation, Bibi and I packed our bags and boarded a flight to Kigali, Rwanda. After a quick stop at a tungsten mine, we got on a smaller plane to the border between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and ...
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