SCOUT· 62%25m·2026-08-31·TechnologyCan Fairphone survive the US market
Skyrocketing RAM prices put a spotlight on product longevity and repairability, which makes this a particularly apt time for Fairphone to launch its first smartphone sold directly in the United States. Today, David Imel talks to CEO Raymond van Eck about the Fairphone 6+, the company's goals of user-repairability and…
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“Competing on longevity is genuinely tough, because a business built to sell you one device for many years is fighting against an entire ecosystem designed around replacing it every couple of years”
“22:54 this is all you need to know about this “sustainable” company”
“One year into my Fairphone Gen 6 and loving it. Sometimes I take my phone apart and put it back together again just because it's fun.”
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