Fairphone is a Dutch electronics manufacturer that designs and produces smartphones and headphones. It aims to minimise the ethical and environmental impact of its devices by using recycled, fairtrade and conflict-free materials, maintaining fair labor conditions throughout its workforce and suppliers, and enabling users to easily repair their devices through modular design and by providing replacement parts.As of 2023, the company's most recent smartphone is the Fairphone 5, which it plans to provide with security updates and software support, including 5 OS updates, for 10 years.
History
Fairphone was founded by Bas van Abel, Tessa Wernink and Miquel Ballester as a social enterprise company in January 2013, having existed as a campaign for two and a half years.In April 2015 the company became a registered B Corporation.Since version two, the Fairphone is produced in Suzhou, China, by Hi-P International Limited.In November 2021, the Fairphone 4 was made available.
As of February 2022, Fairphone had sold around 400,000 devices.In 2023 a consortium of impact...