First smartphone with ethically-sourced the world hits the market
Love your Blackberry or iPhone, but worries about the impact that it causes in the environment? Want to know if workers extracted materials or set up the device were exploited? Know then that no longer have to choose between their conscience and the ability to stay connected â€" has already been revealed in London the Fairphone, the first smartphone in the world with ethically-sourced.The Fairphone has partnered with Ngos, such as Solutions for Hope and Conflict Free Tin Initiative to ensure secure source of supply chain of your Tin, tungsten and tantalum components â€" most electronic products receives these minerals from mines controlled by the army in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Fairphone is also working in the secure delivery of cobalt and gold certified by Fairtrade to other components.The Chinese laborers who assemble the phone Gets the same consideration that the mines. Is already underway a review of the minimum wage for workers of the Fairphone factory, in order to ensure that they will be fairly remunerated when you start mass production of the devices in November.The company is also trying to make their mobile phones greener than your typical smartphone. Rather than forcing the client to pay for expensive arrangements, or replace the appliance fully when he damaged, the Fairphone is designed to be opened easily and comes with instructions that help users to notice us by themselves.At this point, the phone is only available for pre-orders in Europe and costs € 325 ($ 963). According to Inhabitat, have already been ordered more than 15 thousand units, for delivery in late autumn. Funding for the project was fully covered through crowdfunding.
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