Fairphone wants to expand to 23 new markets and reach the €400 price point

04 April 2024
It's also planning to market much more effectively.

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Didn't realize they were selling 235K units a year. Wow! I thought they were selling more like 5K units a year.

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    • svk
    • 11 Apr 2024

    I would like one, but yeah the price is too high. Get it down to 400 and I'll jump at it.

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      • 7vR
      • 09 Apr 2024

      lmao the point if you want to update dat much for 7 year and have so so spec and the price like i can buy iphone or even flagship android 🐵

        you have to suffer, 08 Apr 2024so the removable battery feature is useless then. when HMD ... moreYeah so, I have the 3gb version and with moderate usage I can get 2 days out of it the battery is small and I was surprised when I contacted HMD direct here in the UK I was met with a response as we don't sell the parts in this case the battery and I would have to send the whole device to a repair centre despite the battery being removable for them to sell me a new battery try making sense of that one.

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          • Minu
          • ter
          • 08 Apr 2024

          you have to suffer, 08 Apr 2024so the removable battery feature is useless then. when HMD ... moreThe BL-38CI battery is readily available in phone shops across all Asian countries, the commenter is apparently from the UK with the atrocious taxes and poor service across every single brand. Also, there's a 4000mAh variant of the same battery by Nokia itself.

          The battery life on a 28nm-based phone is barely different from any phone with a 14nm chipset. In this case, Nokia's software is better optimized to make up for the chipset's limitations (as noted in the C32s my parents use). There's a theoretical efficiency in terms of performance, this

            Wafer, 06 Apr 2024I am in the UK so the C12 has a replaceable battery as you ... moreso the removable battery feature is useless then. when HMD does not sell spare parts for its phones.. glad i didn't buy the C12 as a work device.. the battery is just too small. combined with 28nm processor, which results in short battery life.

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              • 0WA
              • 07 Apr 2024

              Ye just what they needed, to work more closely with google HAHAHA

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                • p1g
                • 07 Apr 2024

                The funny thing is that from a consumer's perspective, it doesn't make any difference wether you buy this crappy fairphone or any other phone since the devices have already been produced and the so-called emissions have already occured. The only thing the consumer has influence on is what he biys and he is definitely not going to buy overpriced north-european junk.

                This is like BP's footprint campaign where people could calculate their own carbon emissions in order to make them thing that climate change can be stopped by their decisions while BP made billions with oil production.

                  Minu, 06 Apr 2024Haven't you contacted the headquarters directly yet? I... moreYes that was my first port of call to contact that was who told me they don't sell the parts for the phones.

                  I have found some batteries online now but no genuine ones in my country yet.

                  So will leave it for now.

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                    • ter
                    • 06 Apr 2024

                    Wafer, 06 Apr 2024I am in the UK so the C12 has a replaceable battery as you ... moreHaven't you contacted the headquarters directly yet? I think they might resolve your problem.

                    Anyways the Nokia BL-38CI is a widely available battery like the older BL-5C. Is it that difficult to find in your region?

                      Fairphone is for green people I have no problem with that, but I could not justify paying the price for one just because of that and have to compromise on it's performance etc when for the same price I could get a lot better.

                        Minu, 06 Apr 2024For us however, we can contact the retailer's service ... moreI am in the UK so the C12 has a replaceable battery as you probably know, so when I contact HMD they say we don't sell parts and that I would actually have to send the phone to a service centre to get a new battery, but I just want a spare I am at a loss why they cannot just sell me a spare battery. By sending the phone it makes zero sense at all I would be without a work phone why on earth would I need to pack the phone up for a replaceable battery it makes no sense.

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                          • 06 Apr 2024

                          Wafer, 05 Apr 2024That maybe but I contacted HMD other day to get another bat... moreFor us however, we can contact the retailer's service centre for spare parts

                            As much as I love seeing the brand expanding to a wider market, I still doubt if Fairphone would sell its phone outside the EU. Don't forget that Fairphone can achieve a much lower carbon emission than most major players because of how they transport the materials.

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                              • Bulge5
                              • D6e
                              • 06 Apr 2024

                              Anonymous, 05 Apr 2024It's a flop concept, who needs to open up their phones... moreThe ignorance is showing off of that comment I feel sorry for you. Better do some research please.

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                                • Bulge5
                                • D6e
                                • 06 Apr 2024

                                FarFan, 05 Apr 2024I'm in full support of repairability, but Fairphone is... moreI don't think you follow Fairphone and what they do, otherwise you'd probably not say such false information.

                                  Fa14bi, 05 Apr 2024And whats the bad about being able to repair there phone wi... moreThese wouldn't be problems if the price wasn't that high.

                                    Minu, 05 Apr 2024Given that the Nokia G42 offers a similar modularity and mo... moreThat maybe but I contacted HMD other day to get another battery for my C12/works phone, to be met with we don't supply parts and I would have to send it to the repair centre to get one, I mean how the fk does that work.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Iby
                                      • 05 Apr 2024

                                      Anonymous, 05 Apr 2024Please tell me it's coming to South Korea too. There&#... moreI'd think the US would be a higher priority for them, but I doubt they'll expand outside the EU due to the regulatory overhead/differing frequency requirements.

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                                        • 05 Apr 2024

                                        AnonD-1147675, 05 Apr 2024Add back the 3.5mm jack, allow inserting a microSD card wit... moreAdd a 16:9 display to the mix and you're getting a massive silent majority who don't change phones due to tall displays and poor pocketability!

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