Fairphone thinks its fair to offer a not-very-major and slightly-more-recycled new model Ethical smartphone maker Fairphone, the Amsterdam-based social enterprise that designs sustainable phones made in exploitation-free factories, will release a new model of its flagship unit in September. The new Fairphone 3 Plus has the same core stats as last year's model, the Fairphone 3, plus a better camera module and a …
I searched the forum, there are resellers, although not in the UK. Operators do sell it in the UK though.
I went through the shopping cart process as far as I could as a business without buying and there's nothing which mentions that businesses must buy airtime, so it seems it could be bought direct from the manufacturer.
The most ethical and enviornmentally friendly way to own and use a phone is to keep it for as long as possible. Offering a phone which is easily repaired supports that aim. But how long will they provide software updates, at least security fixes? I would happily pay a reasonable annual subscription for this, rather than buy a new phone every 2 years.
They released Android 9 for the fairphone 2 when it was 5 years old, when it was first released it ran Android 5. See https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/18/fairphone_support_comment/ I'd say it would be hard to find something better when it comes to long term software support. That's part of the ethics of the company, they strive to make their phones last long and know software is a crucial part of that. It's rather impressive what they get done being a relatively small company.
And they are relatively open towards their hardware, making it a good target for community versions too. It also runs Sailfish for example.
"Fairphone *thinks its fair* to offer a not-very-major and slightly-more-recycled new model " [emphasis added]
I'm a big fan of El Reg's trademarked snark , but in this case it seems misplaced.
The improvements will be available as modules, so existing Fairphone 3 owners won't need to replace the entire phone. What's unfair about that?
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