• Our next steps with Guohong, the manufacturer of the first Fairphone

    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 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

    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 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

    Next chapter in Fairphone’s strategy: Outlook for 2015

    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

    Guide to our new website

    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

    Research trip: Visiting tin, tantalum and tungsten mines

    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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  • Fairphones in stock for the first time!

    Fairphones in stock for the first time!

    On Wednesday 24 September we reached a major milestone in Fairphone history: We have Fairphones in stock for the first time ever! That means every single Fairphone pre-ordered in the past five months has been delivered or is on the road. From now on, any Fairphone order placed on ...

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  • First Worker Welfare Fund proposal approved

    First Worker Welfare Fund proposal approved

    For factory workers at our production partner Guohong, this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival (also called the Moon Festival) coincides with the outcome of the first Worker Welfare Fund proposal. For the first proposal formally approved by the Worker Welfare Fund, the workers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a special bonus ...

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  • Releasing the Fairphone ringtone

    Releasing the Fairphone ringtone

    The new Fairphone ringtone is sure to put a smile on your face whenever you receive a call. Just look how happy it makes the team at the Fairphone office! For second batch Fairphone buyers, the ringtone is already included on your new phone called “Sunbeam.” For those of ...

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  • Welcome, second batch Fairphone owners!

    Welcome, second batch Fairphone owners!

    As of this week, 13,380 second batch Fairphones have been shipped or are on their way – that’s more than half of the total orders placed so far. We’d like to warmly welcome each and every one of you to our community of Fairphone owners. For those of you who ...

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