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| 13.03.2026 | It looks like magnetic modular cameras for phones are coming to the market soon | Smartphone enthusiasts like me will never forget the time when modular phones were about to change everything. Whether it was Google’s canceled Project Ara or the more popular Moto Z series, nothing really panned out as well as the Fairphon... |
| 25.02.2026 | Modular phones are coming back, and the latest one is thinner than the iPhone Air | Modular phones are having another moment, and this time, Tecno is jumping in with a surprisingly fun idea. The company teased a new modular concept built around a super-thin smartphone.
Instead of stuffing everything into one heavy slab-pho... |
| 19.02.2026 | The Circular Operating System: Scaling Sustainability through AI Intelligence in 2026 | Share
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As we cross the threshold of 2026, the global Business community has shifted from viewing sustainability as a “marketing story” to treating it as a core “operating system.” Driven by material scarcity, geopolit... |
| 23.01.2026 | Building a European digital stack: The alternatives to US big tech you should know | For more than a decade, Europe has relied on US Big Tech for the core layers of its digital economy — from cloud infrastructure and productivity software to search, social platforms, and, more recently, foundation models.
But as regulation ... |
| 13.01.2026 | Repairable Electronics: How Modular Tech and Right to Repair Are Redefining Consumer Devices | By Renz Soliman
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| 26.12.2025 | Atualização de sistema dá pau e trava smartphone por completo | Atualização causou falhas graves em smartphones Fairphone (imagem: divulgação)
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A atualização FP4.QREL.15.15.2 do Fairphone 4 inutilizou alguns aparelhos, que não liga... |
| 18.12.2025 | Компании ищут новые модели циркулярной экономики за пределами развитых рынков | - |
| 10.11.2025 | Linux-телефоны сейчас важнее, чем когда-либо | Kali NetHunter Desktop Experience (KeX)
В октябре 2025 года Фонд свободного ПО (FSF) представил проект Librephone — это будет первый в мире полностью свободный смартфон, абсолютно открытый на уровне ПО и железа.
Проект пока находится на эта... |
| 05.11.2025 | A sustainable, repair-friendly alternative to your iPhone is finally heading to the US | What’s happened? Dutch smartphone maker Fairphone, known for its repairable and ethically sourced devices, is finally setting its sights on the US market.
The company will first introduce its Fairbuds line of repairable headphones in the co... |
| 02.10.2025 | AirPods Pro 3 fail to fix the AirPods Pro 2’s biggest flaw | What’s happened? The AirPods Pro 3 might not be as reparable as users expect them to be. A recent iFixit teardown of the wireless headphone reveals the disappointing verdict, with the buds earning a score of 0. Yep, zero.
The seemingly new ... |
| 16.09.2025 | Nothing Secures $200M, Valued at $1.3B, Fuels AI Revolution in Consumer Tech | London-based tech innovator Nothing secures $200 million in Series C funding. This investment propels its valuation to $1.3 billion. The company targets an aggressive AI-native platform strategy. It plans to integrate artificial intelligenc... |
| 16.09.2025 | Smartphone maker Nothing bags $200 mn at $1.3 bn valuation for big AI push | Credit: 123RF.com
London-based smartphone maker Nothing on Tuesday raised $200 million from a group of investors led by Tiger Global at a valuation of $1.3 billion as it seeks to integrate artificial intelligence in its products.
The global... |
| 16.09.2025 | Smartphone maker Nothing raises $200 million at $1.3 billion valuation | Synopsis
London-based tech firm Nothing has raised $200 million led by Tiger Global, valuing it at $1.3 billion. Founded by Carl Pei in 2020, the company plans to integrate AI across its devices. Having shipped millions of units, it eyes ex... |
| 19.12.2024 | Sendcloud Acquires Lox | Sendcloud, an Eindhoven, the Netherlands-based provider of a shipping platform for e-commerce, acquired Lox, a Rotterdam, the Netherlands-based company which specializes in delivery issue management.
The amount of thew deal was not disclose... |
| 30.11.2024 | Состоялся выпуск мобильной платформы Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 Focal | Разработчики из UBports (эта команда занимается Ubuntu Touch после отказа от продолжения развития проекта со стороны Canonical) представили седьмой выпуск мобильной платформы Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 Focal (over-the-air), основанный на пакетной б... |
| 09.11.2024 | Состоялся выпуск мобильной платформы Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 Focal | Разработчики из UBports (эта команда занимается Ubuntu Touch после отказа от продолжения развития проекта со стороны Canonical) представили шестой выпуск мобильной платформы Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 Focal (over-the-air), основанный на пакетной ба... |
| 22.06.2024 | Linux-based postmarketOS v24.06: A Revolution in Device Flexibility | postmarketOS v24.06 is a game-changer for Linux enthusiasts seeking control and flexibility on their devices. This release offers stability improvements and automated testing, challenging the dominance of Android and iOS. The allure of Linu... |
| 16.06.2024 | Linux-based postmarketOS v24.06 supports over 250 devices, taking on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS | postmarketOS v24.06 is now available, targeting Linux enthusiasts who seek more control and flexibility on their devices. This release brings stability improvements and automated testing, though it may not yet match the polish of ChromeOS, ... |
| 04.06.2024 | Первый открытый GSM-телефон | Приветствую всех!
Последние годы довольно часто обсуждаются проекты open-source телефонов. В основном это всякие смартфоны на Linux, иногда припоминают и всякую экзотику типа OpenMoko. Но есть одна проблема — baseband, процессор модема, кот... |
| 23.04.2024 | Framework’s repairability philosophy is set to expand beyond the laptop | Framework Computer was ahead of the curve. The company was founded in 2019, as 20 U.S. states began exploring potential right to repair bills. It delivered its first product, the Framework 13, in 2021, a year before New York enacted its lan... |
| 15.04.2024 | Fairphone: не только модульный телефон, но и беспроводные наушники со сменным аккумулятором | Современные беспроводные наушники-вкладыши хороши всем, кроме одного. Когда выходит из строя батарея, заменить ее зачастую может лишь опытный мастер. Но цена за ремонт, скорее всего, будет такой, что проще купить новый комплект.
Это беда по... |
| 10.04.2024 | Fairphone представила наушники Fairbuds со сменным аккумулятором | Компания этичных смартфонов Fairphone теперь выпустила наушники Fairbuds, которые включают множество заменяемых и ремонтируемых деталей, в том числе батарею.
Ранее компания уже представила наушники-вкладыши Fairbuds XL с ремонтопригодной ко... |
| 10.04.2024 | Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets | Enlarge / The Fairbuds and their replaceable components, including the notably hand-friendly, non-soldered batteries.
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| 09.04.2024 | Fairphone launches easy-to-repair earbuds | The right to repair has been a hot topic for several years now, hitting a kind of critical mass with domestic and international legislation. Advocates note that these proposals give users more control over their own property, while expandin... |
| 13.03.2024 | Эксперимент: можно ли полностью отказаться от сервисов Google и других цифровых гигантов | Расставание с бигтехом
Одним из моих первых шагов (и первой серьезной неудачей) стала загрузка Big Tech Detective — расширения для браузера, которое сообщает, использует ли сайт ресурсы технологического гиганта.
Многие сайты (около 50 млн) ... |
| 23.01.2024 | Право на ремонт против запланированного устаревания. Битва двух концепций | На фото: Fairphone 4
Многие слышали о скандале с МФУ производства HP. Эти устройства отказываются сканировать документы, когда в картридже кончились чернила. В сознании производителя всё логично: если чернила кончились или пользователь вста... |
| 13.01.2024 | Влияние ITAM на экономику замкнутого цикла в сфере ИТ | В этой статье мы рассмотрим, как управляющие ИТ-активами могут продлить срок службы своих активов, и стать ведущими участниками организации экономики замкнутого цикла в ИТ.Что такое экономика замкнутого цикла?
Экономика замкнутого цикла пре... |
| 26.11.2023 | The tragic cost of e-waste and new efforts to recycle | We think a lot about where products come from when we buy them, less so about where they go when we're finished. When we throw things away, this is "away": mountains of garbage across acres of land, with tens of thousands of peopl... |
| 04.09.2023 | Sustainable hardware highlights from IFA | I've been at IFA the last few days, a consumer electronics tradeshow and Germany's answer to CES.
While you'll admittedly see a landfill worth of e-waste generating questionable tech that no one needs, it never fails to impress with all thi... |
| 31.08.2023 | Представлен модульный смартфон Fairphone 5 с десятилетней поддержкой ПО и пятилетней гарантией | Нидерландская компания Fairphone представила пятое поколение модульных смартфонов. Производитель планирует поддерживать обновления на протяжении десяти лет, а на железо действует пятилетняя гарантия.
Fairphone 5 построен на базе 8-ядерной с... |
| 05.07.2023 | Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US | reader comments 123 with
The Fairphone 4 with /e/ OS.
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| 05.07.2023 | Fairphone 4 Launches in US: Modular 'deGoogled' Android Device Starts at $599 | Urian B., Tech Times 05 July 2023, 09:07 pm
Fairphone takes a different approach from most phones on the market as it focuses on sustainability. As of press time, the company will finally bring what was described as "sustainability-foc... |
| 30.06.2023 | How the circular economy could solve the smartphone-waste problem — and curb the manufacturing industry's carbon footprint, too | Redeem now
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Do you remember your very first cellphone?
Where is it now? Maybe you passed it on to a friend, traded it in for an upgrade, or sold it. Maybe it's still lurking somewhere in your home, abandoned in a drawer.
It takes a l... |
| 28.06.2023 | Fairphone CEO Eva Gouwens to step down | Fairphone CEO Eva Gouwens has announced that she’s stepping down, some five years after landing in the hotseat.
Founded out of the Netherlands back in 2010, Fairphone has set out to differentiate from other smartphone makers by focusing on ... |
| 28.06.2023 | E-Waste: Southeast Asia’s Growing Environmental Concern | Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a rapidly escalating environmental concern in Southeast Asia. As the region experiences unprecedented development and modernization, the hunger for electronic devices and gadgets — such as smartphones, lapto... |
| 11.05.2023 | Fairphone gets its audio groove on with repairable over-ear BT headphones | Dutch social enterprise Fairphone is best known for its mission to build ethical smartphones via a brand that promises fairer wages for supply chain workers and design choices that encourage consumers to cherish and repair the hardware rath... |
| 11.05.2023 | Fairphone’s user-repairable headphones will offer spare parts through its app | Enlarge
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Today, Fairphone, a company known for making smartphones that are meant to last, revealed its take on a user repair-friendly set of wireless over-the-ear headphones. Like its smartphones, Fairphone'... |
| 01.02.2023 | Amsterdam’s sustainable smartphone company Fairphone bags €20M from Invest-NL | Amsterdam-based Fairphone, a company that claims to make the world’s first fairly designed and produced smartphone, announced on Tuesday, January 31, that it has raised €20M in funding from Invest-NL.
Invest-NL is an Amsterdam-based private... |
| 31.01.2023 | Fairphone Raises €49M in Funding | Fairphone, an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based sustainable smartphone company, raised €49M in funding.
The round was led by Invest-NL, Regenero Impact Fund, DALHAP, DOEN Participaties and PDENH.
The company intends to use the funds to strengthe... |
| 31.01.2023 | Fairphone 4 Slated to Receive Android 12 on February 1 | Fairphone 4 owners are finally getting a major update, with Android 12 coming to the device on February 1.
The Fairphone is a different kind of smartphone, one manufactured with sustainability in mind. When the Fairphone 4 was launched in 2... |
| 31.01.2023 | Fairphone nabs $53M in growth capital for ‘sustainable’ consumer electronics | Dutch social enterprise Fairphone, which makes modular and — the claim is — more sustainable and ethical consumer electronics, has nabbed a chunk of funding to continue scaling a circular-economy-aligned smartphone business.
The €49 million... |
| 25.01.2023 | The Bullet: Rethinking Tech Consumption — Are We Buying More Than We Need? | How many phones are sold each year? Millions? Think bigger. In 2021, a total of 1.747 billion mobile phones were sold globally, equating to 22.2% of the total global population having purchased a mobile phone during that year. And that’s ju... |
| 09.01.2023 | The Fairphone 2 will hit end-of-life after 7 years of updates | Enlarge
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| 29.09.2022 | Fairphone adds fully refurbished handsets to its modular reuse mix | Away from the premium smartphone feature-utility hyperbole swirling around dynamic islands, mobile devices remain much of a muchness. But ethical mobile brand Fairphone has always done innovation differently — applying attention to supply c... |
| 01.12.2021 | Hirose Electric : Cooperates with Dutch Smartphone Manufacturer Fairphone as Japan's First Supplier to Integrate Fairtrade Gold. | Hirose Electric Cooperates with Dutch Smartphone Manufacturer Fairphone as Japan's First Supplier to Integrate Fairtrade Gold.
- Promoting Ethical Gold Procurement and Achieving SDGs -
HIROSE Electric Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Japan), a manu... |
| 25.11.2021 | Fairphone обновит 6-летний Fairphone 2 до Android 10 | Компания этичных смартфонов Fairphone объявила, что обновит свои Fairphone 2 до ОС Android 10. Устройства вышли шесть лет назад и изначально поставлялись с Android 5.
Большинство производителей устройств на Android не предлагают поддержку т... |
| 24.11.2021 | Fairphone beats the entire Android ecosystem with six years of support | Enlarge / The Fairphone 2 and its many modules.
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| 24.11.2021 | Fairphone hits software support longevity akin to Apple’s iPhone | Fairphone, the Dutch social enterprise dedicated to making consumer electronics (more) sustainable and ethical, including by supporting repairability so that users can hold onto their hardware for longer, has announced public testing of And... |
| 24.11.2021 | Fairphone beats the entire Android ecosystem with six years of support | Enlarge / The Fairphone 2 and its many modules.
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| 03.10.2021 | Компания этичных смартфонов Fairphone открыла предзаказы на четвертую модель | Компания Fairphone, которая пытается создавать ремонтопригодные смартфоны с длительной гарантией, анонсировала новый флагман: Fairphone 4. Он получил обновления дизайна и улучшенные характеристики. Устройство стоит 579 евро.
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| 30.09.2021 | Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates | reader comments 290 with 181 posters participating
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| 30.09.2021 | Fairphone adds a 5G smartphone, touting software support until at least 2025 | Dutch social enterprise Fairphone has announced its first 5G smartphone, the Fairphone 4.
The “greentech” mobile maker differentiates from almost the entire smartphone industry through a promise of sustainability via repairable modularity.
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| 30.09.2021 | Fairphone 4 And The Ambitious Plan To Change Smartphones Forever | Amsterdam-based Fairphone has launched its fourth smartphone. The Fairphone 4 builds on the principles of sustainability, long lasting, and fairness, that the previous handsets have been known for. Can the ethical smartphone have an impact ... |
| 30.09.2021 | Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates | reader comments 279 with 174 posters participating
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| 25.03.2021 | Fairphone 2, lançado com Android 5, recebe oficialmente Android 9 | O Fairphone 2 recebeu o Android 9 (Pie) oficialmente nesta quinta-feira (25). A atualização do sistema operacional chegou ao celular ético e sustentável da Fairphone cinco anos após seu lançamento. O smartphone, vale lembrar, foi apresentad... |
| 25.03.2021 | Fairphone suggests Qualcomm is the biggest barrier to long-term Android support | Enlarge / The Fairphone 2 and its many modules.
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| 10.11.2020 | How New Modular Smartphones Could Be The Sustainable Alternative To The Annual Phone Release | Among consumer technology, smartphones far and away have the most damaging environmental impact, ... [+] largely due to their high-emission production processes. getty |
| 09.11.2020 | 10 Most Sustainable Consumer Tech Companies | getty |
| 31.08.2020 | Android Circuit: Galaxy S20 Fan Edition Launched, Fairphone 3+ Released, Google Removes Android Camera Feature | August 31 Update: Galaxy Note 20 Sales Success noted, Fairphone 3+ review; post originally published August 28: |
| 27.08.2020 | Fairphone users can buy new camera without replacing the phone itself | Enlarge / The Fairphone 3+ pictured here is a bit bulkier than a standard smartphone—but that bulk makes it far more repairable, and as of today's news, even upgradeable.
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| 27.08.2020 | Fairphone’s new flagship, the 3+, costs just €70 as a modular upgrade | Dutch social enterprise, Fairphone, has moved a little closer to the sustainability dream of a circular economy by announcing the launch of a modular upgrade for its flagship smartphone.
The backwards compatible hardware units mean users of... |
| 30.04.2020 | Fairphone and /e/ team up to build open source, sustainable smartphone | reader comments 110 with 74 posters participating
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| 03.02.2020 | Why Isn’t The New iPhone 12 More Eco-Friendly? | iPhone 11 Pro MaxSOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images |
| 11.09.2019 | iFixit tears down the newest Fairphone—how repairable is it? | reader comments 178 with 94 posters participating, including story author
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| 08.09.2019 | Fairphone 3 is a normal smartphone with ethical shine | How long have you been using your current smartphone? The answer for an increasing number of consumers is years, plural. After all, why upgrade every year when next year’s model is almost exactly the same as the device you’re holding in you... |
| 28.08.2019 | Fairphone 3: the ethical, environmentally friendly, modular phone 'that cares' | Fairphone is not a new name in the smartphone market, but it's not one that everyone is aware of. The company has a strong ethical and environmental stance, producing handsets that are gentle on the environment, the people producing them, a... |
| 28.08.2019 | Fairphone 3 Offers Mid-Range Specs For The Environmentally-Conscious Consumer | Diane Samson, Tech Times 28 August 2019, 06:08 pm
Fairphone, the Dutch company that offers ethical and environmentally-friendly handsets, has announced its third smartphone.
The Fairphone 3 is now up for preorder for customers in Europe for... |
| 27.08.2019 | Can Fairphone 3 scale ethical consumer electronics? | Fairphone, the Dutch social enterprise that’s on a mission to rethink the waste and exploitation that underpins the business of consumer electronics, has unboxed its third smartphone.
The handset, which is sold with the promise of longevity... |
| 11.12.2018 | Ethical smartphone company Fairphone raises €20 million in debt, crowdfunding, and VC financing | Dutch ethical smartphone manufacturer Fairphone has raised a total of €20 million in funding and debt over the past few months. Back in August, the company closed a €2.5 million equity crowdfunding campaign, which was followed by a €4.5 mil... |
| 15.10.2018 | These 8 notable Dutch tech startups raised highest funding rounds in Q3 2018 | When it comes to the Dutch startup ecosystem, the country as a whole is setting new highs. In the last quarter, the startups in the Netherlands raised €200 million funding and recently as per reports by Dealroom, the startups over here have... |
| 17.08.2018 | Fairphone raises €2.5M with crowdfunding: Can Amsterdam-based sustainable startup change future of smartphone industry? | When it comes to a world’s ethical smartphone, it has to go through a fair production process that involves fair raw materials, production values, durability, waste prevention and of course, a full transparency as well. And that’s what the ... |
| 18.07.2018 | Google gets slapped with $5BN EU fine for Android antitrust abuse | Google has been fined a record breaking €4.34 billion (~$5BN) by European antitrust regulators for abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system.
Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has tweeted to confirm the penalty ... |
| 11.05.2018 | Empresa contrária à obsolescência programada está há mais de dois anos sem lançar smartphone | As grandes fabricantes costumam restringir a atualização e a manutenção dos aparelhos. A tática contribui para que, rapidamente, um celular deixe de ter o melhor desempenho. Como consequência, é normal que você sinta a necessidade de trocar... |
| 26.09.2017 | Fairphone Raises $7.7M in Funding | Fairphone, an Amsterdam, the Netherlands-based maker of modular smartphones, raised 6.5m in funding.
Backers included Pymwymic Impact Investing Cooperative and Doen Participaties.
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| 26.09.2017 | Fairphone takes $7.7M to push for change across the electronics value chain | European mobile device maker Fairphone, which designs modular smartphones with the aim of supporting repairability and encouraging sustainability, has taken in new investment of €6.5 million ($7.7M). It says it’s hoping to use the financing... |
| 26.09.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, September 26 | FRESH FUNDING
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| 22.09.2017 | Fairphone raises €6.5 million for its ethical fair-trade smartphones | Fair-trade smartphone maker Fairphone has raised €6.5 million led by impact investors Pymwymic and The DOEN Foundation.
The Amsterdam-based company, which previously raised €9 million through crowdfunding, makes modular smartphones with mos... |
| 24.07.2017 | Fairphone ends support for first repairable-by-design smartphone | Fairphone, the European mobile phone maker and social enterprise that has made it its mission is to build and sell fairer smartphone hardware, has announced it is ending support for its first handset, the Fairphone 1 (spotted earlier by The... |
| 28.06.2017 | Ethical Smartphone Startup Fairphone Wants Apple to Steal Its Idea | Motherboard staff is exploring the cultural, political, and social influence of the iPhone for the 10th anniversary of its release. Follow along.
Who made your iPhone? Chances are, simply considering that question made you squirm a bit. Man... |
| 30.05.2017 | Andy Rubin's Essential Smartphone And The Future Of Modular Phones | Eric Brackett, Tech Times 30 May 2017, 05:05 pm
Today, Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Android, unveiled his much-hyped Essential smartphone. One of the phone's unique features, which Tech Times previously predicted, is that it features a som... |
| 04.03.2017 | Meet the tiny phone company that’s making modularity sustainable | With retro phone brands Nokia and Blackberry remerging at Mobile World Congress this year you’d be forgiven for thinking Mistress Fortune was up to her old wheel-spinning tricks again.
And as old tech becomes tech news again, it’s a sign — ... |
| 21.06.2016 | No one asked for Apple to kill the headphone port, and that’s ok | A number of simultaneous reports today, all from reputable sources, appear to have confirmed that this year’s iPhone will not have a headphone jack. As you’d imagine, the news spawned a series of internet Hot Takes, including one particular... |
| 18.06.2016 | Will the real modular phone please stand up? | History may anoint 2016 as the dawn of the modular smartphone era. Headline after headline breathlessly crowns handsets like the LG G5 and Motorola Moto Z as the first to offer users some degree of hardware customization. But is this a fals... |
| 18.06.2016 | Will the real modular phone please stand up? | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
History may anoint 2016 as the dawn of the modular smartphone era. Headline after headline breathlessly crowns handsets like the LG G5 ... |
| 07.06.2016 | LG G5, and the G is for Geek | Attention. We have reached peak smartphone. That is, the flood of Moore’s law-fueled innovation that came with the iPhone in 2007 has slowed down to a trickle, and smartphone companies are releasing bars of soap running newer versions of An... |
| 23.05.2016 | The crazy dream of modular smartphones | File it under ‘it seemed great on paper’… but Google’s project Ara modular smartphone concept is — for all intents and purposes — dead.
If you want to be a little more generous, you can say Google has pivoted away from attempting to enginee... |
| 29.04.2016 | Conflict-Free Phone Manufacturer Fairphone Launches An OS With ‘Nothing to Hide’ | Krystle Vermes, Tech Times 29 April 2016, 10:04 am
Fairphone 2, the operating system designed with "nothing to hide," was officially released by Fairphone on April 28. The phone manufacturer, which specializes in creating products... |
| 08.04.2016 | Subasta de Ocio Is Spain’s Fastest Growing Startup | Subasta de Ocio, the company that lets you bid on the over-capacity of hotels, restaurants, and other leisure activities, was awarded last night as the fastest growing company in Spain.
For the past 3 years Ayden and The Next web have part... |
| 24.02.2016 | Jolla partners with mi-Fone to bring Sailfish-Powered handsets to African markets | Jolla, makers of the Sailfish mobile operating system, have announced a new partnership with mi-Fone, Africa’s first smartphone brand and original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The announcement was made on the sidelines of the ongoing Mobil... |
| 24.02.2016 | Jolla Signs African OEM Mi-Fone To Sell Sailfish-Powered Handsets | Mobile OS maker Jolla, who with its Android alternative Sailfish has been trying to carve out a niche for a third platform in the smartphone space for the past five years, has announced it’s signed a new OEM partner: African OEM Mi-Fone.
“M... |
| 22.02.2016 | Is the new LG G5 a Frankenphone or a transformer? | It’s a tough battle in the high-end smartphone space. With the forthcoming iPhone 7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, Apple and Samsung have tried to make the battle a binary, but at their Play Begins event at Mobile World Congress yesterday, LG unveiled... |
| 12.02.2016 | Founder of Sustainable Brands: 7 global business trends | Sustainable Brands is a global business community dedicated to helping shift the world to a sustainable economy. In anticipation of their Copenhagen conference in 2016, founder KoAnn Skrzyniarz outlines 7 sustainable, global business trends... |
| 01.02.2016 | Jolla Confirms The Sailfish Tablet Is Dead | Hardware is always hard. But if you’re playing at the margins of a mobile ecosystem dominated by Android and iOS, well, it’s best described as a bloodbath. To wit: Finland’s Jolla, which makes its own mobile OS Sailfish and — previously — i... |
| 02.11.2015 | Europe’s top tech news, October 2015 | Enlarge reader comments 2 with 2 posters participating
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Ah, October: the last of autumn's digital storm before winter ushers in a month or two of relative calm. The past 30 ... |
| 23.10.2015 | Sorry Project Ara Fans, Fairphone 2 Is The World’s First Modular Smartphone | Vincent Lanaria, Tech Times 23 October 2015, 09:10 pm
Most smartphones out in the market try to dazzle consumers with their vivid display, powerful chipsets, enormous storage capacities and innovative features, but the Dutch-based startup F... |
| 22.10.2015 | Fairphone 2 hands-on: Modular phones are finally here | Andrii Degeler reader comments 82 with 66 posters participating
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The Fairphone 2 is launching only in select European countries. The company says it plans to bring the devic... |
| 01.10.2015 | Fairphone scores €9 million in crowdfunding as pre-orders for its ‘ethical smartphone’ soar | Fairphone, the Amsterdam-based social enterprise that has set out to bring to market the most ethical smartphone on the planet, has quite a loyal fan base, it appears.
A crowd-funding campaign has resulted in close to 17,500 people pre-orde... |
| 16.06.2015 | Fairphone 2 looks like it will be the first modular Android smartphone | Enlarge
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Fairphone, a smartphone company based out of Amsterdam, has unveiled the Fairphone 2. Set to be released in... |
| 16.06.2015 | The Fairphone 2 Is Ethically Sourced And Modular For Easy Repair | Christian de Looper, Tech Times 16 June 2015, 08:06 pm
We certainly love our smartphones, but it's easy to forget about how they were made in the first place — and the labor that went into sourcing the materials and building the components.... |
| 30.09.2013 | Juniper: Ultracheap smartphone sales to grow 20 times by 2018 while high-end phones suffer | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
While it seems obvious that cheap smartphones will eventually overtake high-end sales, the real question is when that will happen.
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