I’m new here, and I don’t jet have a Fairphone. But I got a list of ideas for the next iterations.
Just some of out of the box ideas, from easy to difficult.
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Start selling the main-board of the phones, and other part that are not for sale on your webshop.
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Make the phone batteries hot swappable while on a charger or powerbank. I don’t think this is a thing, but it should be, also think for the marketing & phone uptime.
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More modularity on the main-board, I know you are working on this, to get a socket for the cpu, so it can be replaced. Would also be great for memory & storage.
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The Fairphone Tab, a tablet that can use old Fairphone main-boards & modules.
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Make some modules compatible between phone generations, this requires standardized connectors for upcoming generations and software changes at kernel level.
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Multi-adaptable aluminum frame, so that you can standardize and resize the aluminum frame of the phone over multiple generations. A phone frame that can resize with railing system with on the outside aluminum fill-ins to make a flush frame. Is this possible, yes, but I’m not sure if aluminum strong enough. Also it requires true module design, for a multiple generations in mind.
To me sustainable and up-gradable is where more improvements can be made!!