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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  • Anonymous
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  • 05 Apr 2024

It's a flop concept, who needs to open up their phones everyday ? That's literally the only one selling point of this phone, and not even a tangible benefit for most users. On top of that, it's overpriced for specs on offer, and even with €400 tag, some chinese phone will always offer better specs. IMO this company should work on something better to set it apart from other phones, in a way that every user can relate to it, for example there is the honor x9b with it's screen tech to make it more resistant to falls etc. These are the kind of issues that smartphone users actually face in daily life, and not the problem of how to open up the phone by themselves, that's not a real problem. It's not everyday that one needs to have the phone opened up to replace something

    rizki1, 05 Apr 2024their 700 euro phone use 778G and imagine their 400 euro? w... moreTo get the price down over 300 euro the SD695 would be too OP
    Probably something like Dimensity 700

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      • Anonymous
      • mJ8
      • 05 Apr 2024

      DBS, 05 Apr 2024The phone itself is pretty crappy but the entire "sust... moreYes, this has been a running joke in the industry. "Let's drop chargers from the phone box to save the environment."
      Let's also keep releasing phones every year and make their measurements differ a few millimetres so that all the phone accessories become obsolete waste.
      Beyond absurd but the cattle will moo along.. 🥴

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        • Anonymous
        • 3cH
        • 05 Apr 2024

        Anonymous, 05 Apr 2024Good, hopefully it will officially come to my country and w... moreBuying an iphone is a much better option since the Fairphone will be barely usable in a few years.

          pl2rts, 05 Apr 2024Even at 400 euro it will still be over priced. If they give... moretheir 700 euro phone use 778G and imagine their 400 euro? will probably use 695.

            Even at 400 euro it will still be over priced. If they give us 10 years of software support it needs to have latest flagship chip to last that 10 years but they have middle of the middle class performance chip that in 5 years be as powerful as you get a phone for 100 euro.

              They must reach the 400€ price tag, their phone is just way too overpriced.

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                • AnonD-1147675
                • Hxt
                • 05 Apr 2024

                Add back the 3.5mm jack, allow inserting a microSD card without removing the battery, and at 400$ you have a customer right here.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • fCE
                  • 05 Apr 2024

                  The Fairphone is easy to repair and disassemble but in all these years of owning smartphones I've never once had a need to open up my phone since I use case so the screen doesn't break and the USB port doesn't malfunction if I am careful. Yes the battery does get worn out and for that, it's like a $30 cost at the official service center or the nearby repair shop. No need to spend €700 to be able to do it all by myself
                  The fair phone is more of a fairy tale than actually of any benefit. Sounds good as something new, but the trend will soon fade away

                    DBS, 05 Apr 2024The phone itself is pretty crappy but the entire "sust... moreThis.
                    Idk why people still take fairphone seriously 🤦‍♂️

                      Here's an idea: make the phones actually good.

                      All good that the phone is repairable, but if it's a bad value phone people won't buy it.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 05 Apr 2024

                        Better external design
                        Earphone jack
                        Micro sd slot
                        5500mAh
                        7g3
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                        Korean or japanese screen

                        Necessary

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                          • DBS
                          • nqK
                          • 05 Apr 2024

                          The phone itself is pretty crappy but the entire "sustainability" pitch is what irks me because it's beyond hypocritical.
                          Why? Well, tell me: does the phone have a headphone jack? No? There you go.
                          So much "concern" for "the environment" but it's promoting wireless audio solutions which no only are inferior to wired ones in terms of quality, but also require batteries to work... Batteries which have short lifespans and requiring the mining of materials that increase emissions and e-waste.
                          "sustainable"? Ahahahah don't make me laugh.

                            Anonymous, 05 Apr 2024Good, hopefully it will officially come to my country and w... moreBig difference between Chinese labor and European labor costs. Phone itself is far from being anything special or remotely close to justifying it's selling price.

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                              • Ananoose
                              • k9t
                              • 05 Apr 2024

                              Maybe try including the jack as well

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                                • Anonymous
                                • YUU
                                • 05 Apr 2024

                                Good, hopefully it will officially come to my country and with reasonable price. The current Fairphone price is ridiculous if I want to import it to my country. I can buy an iPhone 15 Pro! 😳🤦🏻‍♂️

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • ke5
                                  • 05 Apr 2024

                                  I still remember when they removed the headphone jack and coincidentally launched bluebooth buds on the side. The justification was so lame even the guy saying it felt embarrassed. So yeah this is a modular phone but doing this puts them right next to samsung and apple and all that ethical talk right out the window

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