• Culture
  • 06 Feb 20

Tech: Ireland's first sustainable phone launches

Tech: Ireland's first sustainable phone launches
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

Good call for the environment

Vodafone has teamed up with Fairphone, Fairtrade's smart phone company, to launch Ireland's first sustainable smartphone.

Fairphone 3 is a phone that lasts longer, apparently, without compromising on functionality. Unlike regular smartphones, which we send to the scrap yard after cracking a screen, this phone can be upgraded with new screens, batteries, speakers, or whatever else is required.

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Sculpted from 40% recycled plastics, Fairphone operates on Android, has 64GB of memory, and costs €429 on Pay As You Go.

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