Link
https://www.fairphone.com/
Could/should have been in the article really.
Fairphone, the crowd-funded mobe maker, has launched its second model, and in marked contrast to others (a sideways glance at you Apple) has literally taken the lid off. Fairphone launched in 2013 with the aim of creating a mobile that was free from conflict minerals, and was generally more ethical all round. More than 10,000 …
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I discovered, many years ago as a child, that almost anything can be taken apart... The problem is usually in re-assembling it...
being picky, I'd argue that re-assembling wasn't a problem. The problem would be twofold:
a) spare parts on the carpet when there were none before and / OR
b) daddy, it won't work again!
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Ethical purchasing is rarely the cheap option and is usually a moral decision as to whether to spend the extra money to help workers get paid a better wage and safe(r) working conditions or not.
There is the added issue that these are selling in small quantities, so no big discounts from component suppliers.
I haven't needed a new phone since the first Fairphone but my friends who have one are still very happy. The build quality is excellent - it's solid and has a reassuring amount of weight to it, like an iPhone. It is a little on the chunky side, but the dual SIM for me makes up for that. I'm seriously gonna consider the mk2.
It would be fantastic if they would offer it with the Jolla OS. I have a Jolla phone and love it. Not sure if it is 100% open source, but it definitely is a lot more open than Android - and far more hackable and customisable. And free of advertising strings and "create an account with us and keep all your data in our cloud, or else it won't work" type stuff.