It’s time to define the new « new »
Most things we need and don’t need, are right at our fingertips. However, even though tech is constantly innovating and becoming more powerful, something as basic as DIY-repair is…
Designing the next Fairphone from the inside out
The process of developing a new product such as a smartphone is a complex one, and with our next Fairphone we wanted to stretch our design ambitions further to better align with our…
Fairphone 2 production and delivery countdown!
In this blog post, we will gather all production and delivery news and update this blog once a week on Wednesday. (suite…)
Examining the Fairphone’s environmental impact
Nearly a year ago, I first came to the Fairphone office ready to start my role as a research assistant and dig deeper into the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) work started by my predecessor…
First Fairphones: Almost out of stock
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…
Fairphone earns B Corporation Certification
Updated on 17 July 2017: Two years after earning our certification, we’re happy to say that last June we got recertified by the B Lab and are proud to continue being a member of the…
Social Assessment Program begins at our manufacturer Hi-P
In October 2014, four team members of TAOS, our assessment partner, visited the facilities of Hi-P, the production partner for the next Fairphone. They spent three days on factory walkthroughs,…
Guest blog: Latest news on Ghana e-waste collection program
To refresh your memory, Closing the Loop partnered with Fairphone early in 2013 to help us carry out a project to reduce electronic waste, particularly in Africa. We’ve started by…
From proud pioneer to thoughtful critic: Meet Fairphone’s latest user personas
Last year, we gave you some insight into how and why we’re creating user personas. In a nutshell, it is a way for us to create (oversimplified) descriptions of all the different types…
Our next steps with Guohong, the manufacturer of the first Fairphone
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…