Behind the Screens | The Dark Side of the Smartphone Industry | Fairphone

[@VS-xi6wu]

It's the third year I'm using my Fairphone. Still didn't need to replace any parts, it's working like at the first day. Even the original Fairphone phone case is still perfect 👍

[@feeclochette48]

My previous phone last more than 6 years. My current one is a Fairphone 3, bought 4 years ago, still running. My laptop has 9 years. Let's keep our equipments as long as they run, even if some default&lags appear, it's part of the price we all need to pay for a more sustainable world 🌍

[@Fairphone]

word!

[@rjung_ch]

The most sustainable one is the one you own. Exactly right, mine is over 4 years old, once it needs charging three times a day, then I'll look at a Fairphone.

[@kc3vv]

If your phone stops receiving security updates you should look into replacing it even if it still works well.

[@GongNomStyle]

@@kc3vv wtf are you talking about?

[@uthred-l9i]

Really well made video, well done! Fairphone will be my next phone, I am hoping this one will last a year to so more.

[@klevkaisetsu4883]

It will last much longer!

[@raoulluijten5972]

Keep up the great work Fairphone! We have a lot of work to do.

[@gutenmorgan2063]

Fairphone! Will you ever come to North America? Would love to get one!

[@平和-v1z]

This is exactly what Apple and other gigantic companies want to hide from the public, very well-made and important video!

[@TomNook.]

I would argue that Apple are better than most, because they support their phones with security updates for at least 6 years, and their phones are built to last if looked after. But yes, as an industry leader they also need to have replaceable components.

[@ADFaried]

​@@TomNook. Apple used to make products that lasts. Now all they want us their users to buy my iphones every year

[@toastbrot236]

if this phone eventually dies, my next one is a fairphone.

[@GabrielPettier]

Strategy for my current phone was to go for a "rugged" caterpillar phone, sadly the average lifetime of my phones over the last decade was probably less than 2 years, although i don't really want to change them that often, a couple died early because of hardware issues, and others didn't last a lot more than 2 years, i hope this one will last longer, but more than 3 years is hard to achieve for various reasons, updates stop arriving at some points, apps and websites become heavier, batteries stop holding as much charge, the abuse they get from going everywhere with us, etc. We need to make our habit more sustainable, and things to be built to last, but there is a *lot* of change necessary.

[@ChrisBigBad]

Ah! I've already seen this on water-bear.

[@BoYangTang]

It's a shame that so much of our collective productivity is wasted on this never-ending tug of war, fuelled by our greed and ignorance. It would be a different story if we were making phones for 8 billion people but our economic systems are not capable of real altruism, only of mutually beneficial trade. So here we are all trying to take as much as possible from each other, and it's "beneficial" because the losers are better off than getting nothing at all. Yes the smartphone industry gave these people jobs and it's possible thanks to the funds and technology from 'developed' countries. But why does it so often require them trade away their lives and dignity? Because that is what they are willing to give for our money. Because we want our own lives to be plentiful and believe the lie that we earned it fair and square. The world is truly a cruel place of our own design.

[@JaiSilasAya]

Thank you for this. I’m very much looking forward to transitioning to Fairphone 😊

[@VideogamesAsArt]

Always educational and insightful. Happy with my FP 3, my partner happy with her FP4

[@Thorsten566]

Very insightful look behind the creation of smartphones! I hope your company expands to North America soon!

[@2nd3rd1st]

Is nobody else doing what Fairphone does, on other continents? FP wants their more sustainable and more humane business to be widely adopted, I'm sure. If Elon Musk is the real deal and means what he says about tech and the environment his money may be able to rival Apple and Samsung but with a Fairphone approach.

[@Thomas_P_aus_M]

The MaraPhone (Ruanda) The european union: Fairphone (Netherlands), Shiftphone (Germany), Gigaset (Germany)

[@2nd3rd1st]

@@Thomas_P_aus_M I've never seen or heard of those, that says enough.

[@Thomas_P_aus_M]

@@2nd3rd1st Yes, for me it says enouth, that YOU did not heard before. ;-)

[@amosbatto3051]

Teracube offers a green phone, if you need a phone outside Europe. If you want a Linux phone, Purism offers lifetime software updates on the Librem 5.

[@paladinash83]

Wish you could enter south east Asia market competing with Chinese xiaomi phone

[@thechadguy.t]

Will I can find Fairphone in South East Asia?, I want to have one too

[@CiKSON]

BRING FAIRPHONE TO THE USA

[@NabinChaudry]

Please lunch this phone globally, its not available every part of the world. Many people wants to buy. I also want one so much, one sustainable smart device on hand for better future of Nature, Planet, and all.

[@potatofries5562]

Maganda sana kung nasa pilipinas yan

[@rjung_ch]

Parang Vietnamese?

[@FITPowered]

Ce qui me scandalise le plus c'est de constater que malgré la fin de la colonisation et de l'esclavage, ce sont toujours les mêmes qui se retrouvent les mains dans la merde pour les occidentaux. Que ce soit en Afrique ou en Asie. Ici en France nous n'avons plus de mines de charbon car, à une époque, il fut justement considéré que c'était des conditions de travail à la limite du supportable. Et finalement on retrouve, dans les pays sous-développés qui sont également les anciennes colonies, les mêmes conditions de travail à la limite du supportable. Moralité les pays riches, qui ne savent plus quoi faire de leurs déchets, les jettent, loin de leurs vue, espérant que ce soient les mains des autres qui se salissent. Que dire aussi sur ces conditions de travail sur les chaînes de montages. On devrait exiger que les conditions de travail soient les mêmes que dans le pays de destination du produit.

[@eunicelieveld4990]

I ordered a new screen on Sunday... Called Monday + was told someone was going to help me get my screen faster... Called again on Tuesday to be told someone = going to help me get my screen faster.. Called today Wednesday + again was told someone = going to help me... I still have no tracking number which means it hasn't been sent yet... Now I don't know how you run your business but needing 4 days to send a friggin replacement screen = just insane... are you people getting it from China on a horse + buggy... There are NO points to pick up spare parts.. Which = really bad service if you are unable to send a screen in a 4 days... I have never had such a bad customer experience ever... Don't know what you people do there but looking after your clients sure = not on your radar.... This = downright bizarre... Needing 4 days to send something = not ok... So everyone wanting to buy one... know that when your phone = broken + totally usuable like mine = right now... they say a lot + are not able to send a ffing replacement screen in 4 days... WTF... I am a small business owner, I have no phone for 5 days now because sending a replacement screen = inpossible... + this = BS!!