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appearance, Fairphone resembles an Android smartphone as another. The look is not really art, but navigation is fluid and it has basic services such as listening to music or the ability to take pictures with a 16 megapixel camera. With a good grip (even if it weighs 165 grams, 35 grams more than the Samsung S4), this device has a 4.3 inch screen is able to accommodate two SIM cards and 16 gigabytes of storage. But the key is not there: Fairphone is especially wants the first phone really “just” world. His motto, displayed on the back of the unit: “Buy a phone Start a movement.”. Credible

In fact most of his “qualities” claimed are invisible to the naked eye. The company is preparing to market in December in Europe highlights a string of copy production. First level of supply. Based in Holland, said Fairphone pay its suppliers a “fair” price that is purchased for tungsten or cobalt Rwanda provided by the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia … Especially, in agreement with NGOs (such as “Solutions for Hope” program), the company chooses to work only in areas “non-conflict”. This is essential as the struggle for control of minerals for the electronics causing tens of thousands of deaths in the Great Lakes region.

French operator let there be seduced?

As for the assembly, Fairphone A’Hong working with an industrial with factories in Shenzhen and Chongqing, in central China. “We chose it because it assembles almost all of the phone in the same place, which allows a single point of contact and increase visits.” The parent company Fairphone explains that the more uses subcontractors, the harder it is to ensure that employees are treated properly. Finally, ecological side, the Dutch working with Kwame Corporation, a start-up based in Portugal, England and the United States, and develops the growth of energy consumption indicators on the phone interface.

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So simple phone call? Seen, is a long way to be perfect, but says Fairphone bet on a long-term relationship with its partners to continue to improve. In the meantime, so the company will offer a smartphone in December to 325 euros. And this model, which runs on Android 4.2, has already won several operators, as KPN Dutch, English Vodafone, O2 German, or the Spanish Telefonica. A French operator let there be seduced?