If I read this correctly, there will be no North American version for the FP2: [image] Hands On With Fairphone 2: The Real Modular Phone The Fairphone 2 is a real modular phone; disassemble it to its base components with only a screwdriver. A direct quote from F…

Hey Joe, Sorry to hear you’re sad and disillusioned. This was never our intention. The official statement now is: “We currently have no plans to release the Fairphone in the US.” This of course could change either way; we might one day see opportunity to expand outside of the EU, or we decide aga…

Hey Douwe, Thanks for the reply, and the clear message. It makes me buy another phone without too much guilt :slightly_smiling: I’ve always understood that coming to North America would be a huge undertaking for you all, and it is completely reasonable for you to want to make sure you have the re…

While you have no plans to release the Fairphone in the US, your exposure at the recent SXSW conference in Austin, TX has no doubt increased expectations and interest here in the states.

I just wanted to chime in here with a response I made in a related thread : I have been using my Fairphone 1 in the United States (Michigan) for a year or two now. My carrier is AT&T, and I believe I am on the 2G GSM EDGE network. A few weeks ago (Feb 2016), I received the following text message: …

I am seriously bummed that FP2 doesn’t support North American telecom bands for LTE. I’ve noticed that other alternative models/OS’s like Firefox OS also do not support USA LTE bands. I am wondering what is the reason for this? Do the big corps. here in the USA have a stranglehold on the LTE chipset…

I’ve just relocated to North America with my Fairphone 2. I really hope that I can keep it running and don’t have to replace it with an Unfairphone! So far what the support articles say is true; that 4G LTE won’t work, but 3G will. To be honest, I think a stable 3G signal is enough so I’m hoping …

I just want to echo the interest in a future Fairphone version that would work reliably on US networks. As it is, it’s a bit of a gamble (and counter to the intent of keeping and upgrading the phone for a long time instead of ditching it for the next generation) to invest in a phone that depends on …

As an update, I’ve been using my FP2 here in NYC for 6 months now and all has been well. I have been running on 3G which actually saved me money and was plenty fast enough. However, the operators are now all switching off their 3G in preparation for 5G and so now in order to get any usable data (a…

Apart from hardware differences for US frequency bands, another problem which is often overlooked here on the forum is FCC certification: a very costly and time-consuming process. The FP1 happened to be based on an existing design that was already FCC certified, but the FP2/2.5/3 or whatever comes a…

[image] AlbertJP: Fairphone has to decide whether it is worth investing in a US phone, and at the moment I think the company is still too small to be able to duplicate all the work which is done to get the phone sold in Europe. It seems that the critical mass in Europe is not reached yet and …

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