Fairphone 2 users in the United States?

[AnotherElk]

@bellhon3

How did you get one to the US? I want one!

• resellers shipping worldwide (e.g. Vireo)
• Sellers in the Market category of this forum willing to ship it to you
• Family or friends in Europe who could act as a proxy to buy it and send it to you

Keep in mind the Fairphone 2 is not designed for use in the US and Fairphone provide no support over there …

USA Availability

No official sellers in US exist. Maybe somebody can arrange shipment, but you should expect problems with mobile network frequencies. The Fairphone 2 cannot use 4G in the US because it does not support the frequency bands used for 4G in your country. 3G availability will be limited too, of the three frequency bands used in the US only the 1,900MHz one is supported (note that Fairphone 1 lacks support of this band). At least Verizon and Sprint appear to be phasing out 1,900MHz 3G in favour of uns…