Fairphone

[joerg Reisenweber]

On Wed 03 April 2013 15:49:02 joerg Reisenweber wrote:
> On Wed 03 April 2013 15:36:13 Alexander Lehner wrote:
> > On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, pike wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > >>>>> Fairphone aims ... supply chain for conflict minerals, poor
> > >>>>> working conditions or environmental destruction
> > >>> 
> > >>> The Neo FreeRunner is a Linux-based touch screen smart phone
> > >>> ultimately aimed at general consumer use (...)
> > >>> will appreciate the total freedom they have to use and design
> > >>> software for the FreeRunner.
> > >> 
> > >> Two completely different philosophies at work with little common
> > >> ground.
> > > 
> > > exactly. i couldnt even find whats running on
> > > the fairphone - probably stock closed android.
> > > 
> > > it could be a selling point for openmoko to
> > > be green (and slaveless) too, though. I've
> > > never heard anyone about it on the list.
> > 
> > Is I already posted earlier on this list, there is already a 'fair'
> > product, a simple mouse, and it's ready to buy:
> > 
> > http://www.nager-it.de/maus
> > 
> > A mouse of that simplenes and design is usually given away as goodie if
> > you are on a fair (exhibition).
> > 
> > The price for the fair mouse starts at 30 EUR with 'upgrade' packages for
> > a 3rd mousebutton etc...
> > 
> > So the 'fair' production costs are about 10x higher.
> > Hard to believe that someone buys a phone that costs 3000 EUR,
> > 
> > Seeing this before the background, that geeks like us - which are usually
> > willing to spent more money than necessary for toys - are unable to
> > finance Nikolaus GTA project.
> > 
> > A.
> 
> Add to that the fact(?, rather suspicion) that the electronic components in
> that fair mouse are still NOT fair production, since it would be impossible
> to get chips produced from fair rare earth etc in a volume needed for
> those few hundred mice.
> I don't think *anybody* has bothered to produce "fair" chips (silicone) so
> far, since it's near impossible and would make chips like 30* to 100* as
> expensive if it could be done, due to low volumes asked.

see http://www.nager-it.de/maus/umsetzung
Amazingly they were able to source a few "fair" elcos, capacitors, resistors, 
switches.

According to this, probably gta04 is also "fair"
/j
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