I just checked amazon.sa and vireo.de for purchasing fairphone4.
Both of them offer gray/green fairphones but I need a speckled-green!
How can I order a speckled-green fairphone4 and ship it to Saudi Arabia?
I have been using my iphoneSE from 2016 because I share similar values to those of the fairphone community regarding e-waste and prolonging the device’s lifetime as long as possible. Unfortunately, my iphone is harder and harder to use and I want it to be the last device I bought from apple, I will be happy to switch to a more eco-friendly option like fairphone. Especially in speckled-green color
I’m not sure if you noticed, but in just four days Fairphone will present something new:
You might want to wait until wednesday to see what it will be, perhaps you want to make your choice only afterwards.
The other: The speckled green Fairphone 4 differs from the green Fairphone 4 in just one part – the back cover. This is a spare part that you can replace easily yourself and is available in Fairphone’s online shop:
So while this might not be directly available to your country, it might be much easier to “import” than a whole Fairphone 4.
P.S.: I just noticed Vireo actually offers this part as well (even cheaper than in Fairphone’s own shop):
If a custom ROM (an ungoogled Android operating system) on your Fairphone is an option for you, Murena is now officially selling the FP4 with their own /e/OS pre-installed from within the USA – so no custom hassle or fees involved. See Murena Fairphone 4 – Murena – deGoogled phones and services
I’d be a bit patient, it would surprise not just me a lot if Vireo would not eventually offer the FP5. And yes, the first devices will only be delivered from 14 September.
My colleague is traveling for the Physics Society meeting in Baden Honnef on October 30-31 and offered to bring me Fairphone5. A complication is that he will be with Saudi simcard only, but he says he will be able to meet the courier at the building entrance at a specific time. Can you please suggest a way to arrange such a delivery to him?
Sorry, but I don’t really know how I can help there. Maybe he can contact the Physics Society (or his hotel?) to find out if he can have the Fairphone 5 sent to their office in time before the Bad Honnef meeting?
P.S.: One more idea if you are ordering directly from Fairphone – you can have it delivered to a UPS pickup location, example here (click to see, note this is a fictitious address, of course)
Generally, I strongly recommend you contact Fairphone Support with your query if you mean to order through them: https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us (form and phone number bottom half of the page)
A villa was donated to the Physics Society for their meetings (with housing), parties (I’m joking), etc., so there is no reception to leave the delivery for someone.
I just thought there could be some local German super-flexible courier services that you could know. Sorry for bothering and thank you for the reply!