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Surprisingly, the findings show that alternative consumption seems to influence the involvement with the Fairphone and social commitment negatively seems to play a minor role in the model. These aspects point to the Fairphone as a technical artifact, centered on a choice for a sustainable lifestyle.
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has the Fairtrade label, also metals used are said to come from conflict-free mines. The company promises a 5-year warranty period and long-term support for software updating and spare parts. In 2017, Fairphone's founder Bas van Abel acknowledged that it was currently impossible to produce a 100%
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is another small mobile telephone manufacturer with a focus on sustainability, and also developed a modular smartphone. The founder of Shiftphone considers that the two companies working in collaboration could have more influence on bigger competitors.
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In 2023 a consortium of impact investors led by new shareholders Invest-NL, the ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund, and existing shareholder Quadia, with its Regenero Impact Fund, invested €49 million in Fairphone.
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The phone is modular, which makes it easily repairable and customisable by the user. According to the company, increasing the lifespan of a phone by two years reduces
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It includes fair trade gold and silver, ethically sourced aluminium and tungsten, plus recycled tin, copper, rare earth metals and plastic.
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materials, maintaining fair labor conditions throughout its workforce and suppliers, and enabling users to easily
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Haucke, Franziska Verena (2018). "Smartphone-enabled social change: Evidence from the Fairphone case?".
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In 2016, Fairphone's founder and first CEO Bas van Abel was one of the three recipients of the
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fair phone, suggesting it was more accurate to call his company's phones "fairer".
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company in January 2013, having existed as a campaign for two and a half years.
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Fairphone was founded by Bas van Abel, Tessa Wernink and Miquel Ballester as a
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In an interview with Will Georgi, Fairphone founder Tessa Vernink mentions:
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Ubuntu Summit 2023 - Open Source for Sustainable and Long lasting Phones
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Back of a Fairphone 2 with transparent cover, showing its modular design
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As of April 2024, the company's most recent smartphone is the
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As of February 2022, Fairphone had sold around 400,000 devices.
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Fairphones can run several operating systems, including
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Vonau, Manuel (30 August 2023). Vonau, Manuel (ed.).
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A survey conducted by Franziska Verna Haucke in the
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FairPhone

Privately held company
Telecommunications equipment
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Smartphones
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electronics manufacturer
smartphones
headphones
environmental impact
recycled
fairtrade
conflict-free
repair their devices
modular design
Fairphone 5

tungsten
Rwanda

social enterprise
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Suzhou
Fairphone 4

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