{"id":120663,"date":"2019-04-03T00:05:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=241359"},"modified":"2019-04-03T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:05:26","slug":"fairphone-silent-on-future-as-second-model-sells-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/03\/fairphone-silent-on-future-as-second-model-sells-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairphone silent on future as second model sells out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \tEthical smartphone company Fairphone said its second-generation smartphone had sold out but, while stating it is \u201cpreparing for its next big steps, focusing on the roadmap and development of a new product\u201d, remained tight-lipped about its future plans.<\/p>\n<p>While Fairphone 2, launched in 2015 [1], is no longer available (although some units remain with channel partners), the company committed to having spare parts for \u201ca minimum of three years\u201d after the last unit was sold.<\/p>\n<p>It is also continuing customer support, and working on further development of the Android 7 platform it currently uses in terms of security patches and big fixes. It also mooted support for a \u201chigher version\u201d of Android, although this may prove a challenge for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801-powered device.<\/p>\n<p>In a blog post, the company said the smartphone has shown there is \u201cclear demand for sustainable electronics\u201d. Its achievements in delivering \u201cthe first modular, repairable smartphone, with a user-installable camera upgrade, two software system upgrades, and a supply chain containing fairtrade gold and conflict-free tin, tungsten and tantalum\u201d, shows the industry that a \u201cdifferent production dynamic is possible\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n<p>But, while Fairphone said it is \u201conly just getting started on what a \u2018Fairphone\u2019 truly means and focusing on our product roadmap\u201d, it is yet to detail its plans.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2018, it closed a \u20ac7 million funding round which it said would \u201chelp finance Fairphone\u2019s growth, stabilise production, professionalise our organisation and further establish our social impact in the years ahead\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This will be combined with an additional \u20ac13 million loan provided by partners including a consortium of ABN AMRO and the Dutch Good Growth Fund.<\/p>\n[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/devices\/news-devices\/fairphone-builds-fairphone-2-momentum-14k-units-sold-so-far\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethical smartphone company Fairphone said its second-generation smartphone had sold out but, while stating it &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/devices\/news-devices\/fairphone-silent-on-future-as-second-model-sells-out\/\">Fairphone silent on future as second model sells out<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/\">Mobile World Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/03\/fairphone-silent-on-future-as-second-model-sells-out\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4269,2,2047,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,499,409,407,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,787,786,784,782,783,764,785,403,412,411,395,405,404,778,779,780,781],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-vob","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120664,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120663\/revisions\/120664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}