The next steps after reaching the crowdfunding-goal? (What are your questions?)

[anon90052001]

Hi all,

Sorry for the delayed response. I was on holiday last week so you may have heard a little less from me lately. I’m gathering all your questions for feedback in our upcoming blog(s), but here are some quick responses.

@ben

I would like to know more about the outcome of the Fairphone 2 Open Source Meeting in London this weekend.

Kees presented what he calls the software supply chain, showing the different actors involved in gaining control of our supply chain and having more influence for our goals of 1) a long-lasting phone 2) one that is accessible to users. There were members from the developer community present, including Jolla, maybe they can come forward and give more info on their impressions?

We might have some video footage of the presentation to share but need to check on that. As for firm outcomes, we don’t have any announcements of an alternative OS if it’s what you were hoping for. There should be an estimated timeline for when we’re publishing the tools for developers to get involved, but I need to check with the software team who are busy coding and shouldn’t be disturbed right now.

The point of the workshop was to introduce our approach and connect with developers/community members who shared our mission.

@merci

I would be interested in updates on how the implementation of conflict-free tungsten from Rwanda and fair trade gold in the supply chain is on its way - without putting any pressure, I am aware that is a difficult and very complex matter, especially the Au in China, and that it may take some time…

Moreover, me as well, I would like to know more about what will (likely) happen concerning alternative OS on FP2 and what came out of the meeting in London.

We are preparing a blog and video about our work in China regarding Fair Trade gold coming out this month. As for an update on conflict-free tungsten, I’ll check with our value chain team.

We don’t have any more news about alternative OSs at the moment. There are a lot of logistics and support involving this as you can imagine, and we want to have that ready before making any announcements.

@h_robi

1. if there are plans to make the rather weak battery of the FP2 stronger?2. if FP is actively busy to offer an alternative OS (f.i. Sailfish or Ubuntu)?

See below, don’t know where you get ‘weak battery’ from. See above for response about alternative OS.

@merci

Since the FP2 will be delivered non-rooted and with GApps, it would be great if there was an official guide on how to completely get rid of GApps and to root it.

Yes, good one. No news on that yet but you can imagine there is quite some support we want to get right.

@therob

1.) Community is interested in the battery statistics, like loading time, speaking time, stand-by time etc., like it was also published of the FP1.Maybe only some rough numbers from the prototypes would be nice to know, to have hopefully an argument about complains about a “weak” battery…

Other thought of mine:2.) Why the soft-button for navigation have been prefered over the nice working capacitive hardware buttons of the FP1, (maybe just optimized for backlight)?Now there is a huge space below the display (even without a logo).Any remarks about this? Why not implement hardware buttons and the possibility in the FP-O2 to replace them with software-buttons for peaple who like this more?

3.) Will it be possible to change the black to the white rim afterwards, or is it itself the main frame of the FP2-body which would need a more complex changing manoeuver?btw: my white rim of the FP1 is still absolutely white after nearly 2 years of usage…

Battery statistics - I hear you. We cannot get into battery stats until we have the final phone with final software. We are preparing a blog to give more insight into this process so it’s transparent what stage we’re at (keep in mind, our latest newsletter to owners said that delivery is expected to begin the latter half of November).

As mentioned in the forum, giving a battery reading of a prototype, even if it’s an estimate, is problematic. Journalists and potential owners could see it as a fact when it is not. Same idea with giving an estimated SAR rating.

@Otto_Noll

So are there any new Pictures off the ramp up Phase of production?

We’re working on a production update blog. More to come!