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Let’s do some Fairphone math.
Product 05 April 2024
Imagine this: You’re strolling through the streets of Amsterdam, fresh stroopwafel in hand, about to take a picture for the ‘gram framed against the beautiful Amstel River. Out of nowhere, a seagull swoops in, sending both your sugary treat and your smartphone flying into the canal, never to be ...
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We have big plans for fair materials by 2030
Fair Materials 14 March 2024
Our new Fair Materials Roadmap 2030 extends our list of focus materials from 14 to 23 materials. With this, we take our fair material sourcing to the next level and challenge the industry to step up in addressing some of the biggest challenges we are facing. More than 10 years ...
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What are Cobalt Credits?
Fair Materials 11 January 2024
How Fairphone and the Impact Facility (TIF) developed a new system to enable investment into improving working conditions of artisanal cobalt miners in DR Congo. As part of our engagement in the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA), Fairphone and The Impact Facility worked on finding a solution for downstream companies to ...
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“The Fairphone experiment is changing the tech industry.”
Good Business 19 December 2023
That’s what iFixit founder and CEO Kyle Wiens thinks after tracking Fairphone’s journey over the last ten years. Read what he has to say about Fairphone’s transformative impact on the industry, from the Fairphone 1 to the Fairphone 5. It’s been almost ten years since Fairphone launched an important experiment: ...
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How we made our fairest battery yet for the Fairphone 5
Fair Materials 07 December 2023
We are very proud that with the Fairphone 5, we have also launched our fairest battery yet. Possibly even the fairest smartphone battery on the market – at least based on the information that is publicly available. Batteries are a crucial part of the global transition to renewable energy. That ...
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Let’s talk about Fairphone’s work in the Congo.
Fair Materials 28 November 2023
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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This is our fairest battery yet.
Fair Materials 30 October 2023
Your smartphone is only as good as your battery. And the Fairphone 5’s battery is better than the best. It’s technically on point of course. With a capacity of 4200 mAh and 30W fast charging capabilities, you can juice up your Fairphone faster than ever before. And if you ...
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Is the Fairphone 5 the most sustainable phone in the world?
Product 30 August 2023
After two years of designing and prototyping and endless development meetings, I am immensely proud to finally unveil to the world the brand new Fairphone 5. The team at Fairphone has spent countless hours to bring our latest flagship to life, making it faster, thinner, but more importantly, fairer ...
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Fairphone is the first company to pilot Fairmined Gold credits
Fair Materials 13 April 2023
Through our Fairmined gold credits pilot with Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) we celebrate multiple wins alongside contributing to the social and environmental progress of the Fairmined certified mining cooperative La Gabriela in Colombia. Win for responsible miners: Since 2016, Fairphone has been working hard to connect responsible ASM gold to ...
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