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Fairphone releases Android 13 for the Fairphone 3 and 3+

Dutch smartphone maker Fairphone doesn’t release new products very often. Instead the company focuses on long-term sustainability by selling modular, repairable phones (and spare parts) and offering long-term software support. The latest case in point? The company has just released an Android 13 update for the Fairphone 3, a smartphone that originally shipped with Android […]

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Fairphone brings Android 13 to the Fairphone 3 series four years after launch

A growing number of phone makers are promising to offer long-term support for their devices, with three to five years of OS and/or security updates. But a small Dutch company has been going above and beyond for a while. The Fairphone 2 is a smartphone launched in 2015 and received its final (official) update just […]

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Ubuntu Touch port for the Fairphone 3 running Android 10

The Fairphone 3 is a smartphone manufactured using ethically-sourced materials when possible and designed to be repairable – the phone’s maker sells replacement parts and even a camera upgrade module that essentially turns the phone into a Fairphone 3+. While the Fairphone 3 ships with Android software, the bootloader is unlockable and you can install […]

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Fairphone’s new camera modules let you upgrade the Fairphone 3

When Dutch smartphone maker Fairphone introduced the Fairphone 3 last year, the social enterprise company described it as a modular phone built using ethically-sourced materials. Up until now that modular design meant you could buy replacement parts if you needed to repair or replace the screen, camera, battery, headphone jack, or other components. But now […]