Croire mou comme Fairphone
Le Fairphone se présente comme un téléphone « équitable », assemblé avec des composants qui ne viendraient pas de l’exploitation abusive d’êtres humains. Son fabricant met aussi en avant la modularité et la facilité de réparation. Mais, après trois ans de commercialisation, les pièces détachées du premier modèle ne peuvent plus être achetées, faute de stock. Et, du coup, le fabricant ne portera pas dessus Android 4.4 Kitkat, contrairement à ce qui avait été annoncé. Bref, il s’agit d’obsolescence prématurée, comme chez les téléphones « non équitable ».
Shia lives a zero-waste life and talks about smart phones (in German). Fairphone is mentioned as being the best alternative next to having no smart phone.
I came across this in the latest issue of the German c’t computer magazine. A company we all know scores best . And I think we are on the way to world domination - “17 of the world’s leading consumer electronics companies…” :
Le téléphone portable (y compris le Fairphone, promu dans l’appel) s’inscrit dans la catégorie des « techniques autoritaires » décrite par l’historien Lewis Mumford. Les « techniques autoritaires » sont celles « qui émergent de structures de pouvoir autoritaires et les renforcent » (Derrick Jensen), celles qui requièrent des structures sociales hiérarchiques à grande échelle. Les « techniques autoritaires » s’opposent aux « techniques démocratiques » qui peuvent être entièrement contrôlées (durant toutes les étapes de leur conception) par une communauté à taille humaine.
Nah, I didn’t mean performance wise. This media content totally interrupts my reading flow. A simple heading instead of screen-sized pictures with the corresponding text in it would do.
But then I have a general problem with these “modern” web pages that seem to consist of only images/videos and no “real information”
A German blog-article about the new camera module (17th October 2017).
They have two pictures with the following caption (translation - and any errors on that behalf - by me):
“Fairphone 2 – new camera module: left a picture with the old camera, right a picture with the new camera (about 15 minutes later).”
So it took them about 15 minutes to change the modules on the spot (i.e. on the street). Get that! Any other phone, you can do that with?
Right, none!
The conclusion of the camera test:
I’ll try a translation (corrections are welcome :)) Utopia says: On behalf of sustainability it might not really be appropriate, if a sudden run on the new camera module starts, just to “have the latest model”. On the other hand, the old camera was a fatal flaw of the Fairphone 2 - that now is a thing of the past: the new camera really is way better and worth it’s price. With that, the last flaw of the FP2 remains the weak battery.
Later on in that article they talk as well about the following aspects:
the Android 6 update and how easy it is to install
alternative/free OSs: FP Open, Ubuntu Touch and a possible cooperation with Uhuru Mobile a special, secure Android (the links are copied from that page)
Why to get a Fairphone
and they link to a gallery as well, showing how to exchange the camera and other modules.
German article, unfortunately behind paywall (haven’t read it myself)
The title and first few visible sentences don’t sound positive
Edit: I registered myself at blendle.com (which I meant to do anyway) and have read the article now. I don’t know. Replace “Fairphone” with any other smartphone manufacturer and I’m sure you’ll find people who could share the same story…