Fairphone 2 smartphone modular repairs and upgrades simple
Take a few minutes to replace the display, and the same for access to all the internal components. Any repairs and replacements will be so simple, in a smartphone made of materials ” conflict free “.
During 2013, Fairphone was launched through a campaign of crowd funding price of 325 €. More than 10,000 users took part in the financing of the device, with the company which is ultimately managed to sell about 60,000 units in the complex.
The device was designed to minimize the use of raw materials extracted in countries with little respect for human rights, but with the limitations associated with using a reference design, the end result was not the one expected by the company.
Wednesday, the company showed a prototype of his successor, called Fairphone 2, which will arrive later this year and that shows how a project more effective, rational and innovative. Everything in it is modular, for a project that vaguely resembles Google Project Ara, but that at the same time is very different and more ” realistic “.
Unlike Ara, the new smartphone will have replaceable modules also display on, but still allow you to replace all the components integrated with solutions that will provide the same company (for repairs and perhaps upgrade).
The device is significantly more often than the various productions top of the line current, with a profile which reaches 11mm. This compromise is due to the nature ” rugged ” of the product, which has a glass Gorilla Glass from 0.7mm (between the thicker in circulation) and a rear shell able to withstand a drop of two meters asphalt without inducing any physical damage evident.
Not all materials are ” conflict free “, ie not from geographical issues, but the company promises that are working in this direction.
As for the technical side, Fairphone 2 is an Android 5.1 smartphone comes with Full HD display 5″. It uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with 2 GB of RAM. It supports 4G LTE networks, integrates two SIM card slots and one slot microSD memory cards.
It also has a rear expansion port for the installation of additional external sensors. On paper Fairphone 2 is modular smartphone we all expected from Google, with a release date that now seems more realistic.
The prototypes of Ara that we got to see the various exhibitions there seemed part of a still very embryonic and disclosure of which seemed very difficult in the general public, including one expert.
But Fairphone 2 is a smartphone in the guise of a modular device that could actually arouse the curiosity of the audience a little more demanding of the media. They would prefer to update only parts of your smartphone without fainting in shopping sprees from year to year.
We just have to wait for the coming months to see him at work. Fairphone 2 is expected to debut in Europe in the upcoming fall season at the price of 525 €, while the pre-order will be launched in August. To subscribe direct their browser to this page.
