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The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone. (shop.fairphone.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I don't like smartphones. I use a dumbphone.

But this is a wonderful initiative.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Turns out ethical wages and materials cost money. I agree that older tech being more ethical as whatever 'cost' is may have was paid by the first owner.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I still have a made in Finland Nokia N9 that cost $200 around 15 years ago. Too bad it became unusable in the US with the shutdown of the 3G network, whenever that was.