Fairphone, the company behind the first 'open sourced smartphone' unveiled back in 2013, is out with its new smartphone known as Fairphone 2. The latest product from the company is acclaimed to be the 'first modular smartphone', something Google has been working on for years now with Project Ara. Google back in August slowed down on the launch of its highly anticipated Project Ara modular smartphones until 2016.
Retailed at EUR 529.38 (approximately Rs. 38,000), the Fairphone 2 will start shipping out December. Olivier Hebert, Chief Technology Officer, Fairphone, said that the company built its second range smartphone as "a robust phone designed to last as long as possible." The company emphasized on the modular construction for "easy dis/assembly" of the Fairphone 2. The company specifically said that the handset was designed for use and service in Europe only.
"We first looked at the key drivers that make people to replace their devices
on a regular basis and looked critically at the basic features of conventional
smartphone architectures that trigger those drivers. After compiling a range
of improvement features, we selected a subset of items that could be addressed
with clever engineering in a reasonable time frame,and explored the tradeoffs
that were inherent with those various options," added Hebert while
explaining the architecture of the Fairphone 2 in a blog post.
on a regular basis and looked critically at the basic features of conventional
smartphone architectures that trigger those drivers. After compiling a range
of improvement features, we selected a subset of items that could be addressed
with clever engineering in a reasonable time frame,and explored the tradeoffs
that were inherent with those various options," added Hebert while
explaining the architecture of the Fairphone 2 in a blog post.
Fairphone also announced that it is collaborating with Jolla to support the
operating system for the Fairphone 2 smartphone. Jolla and Fairphone will
release a customised version of the Sailfish OS for the handset. Till then,
the Fairphone 2 will ship with Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box.
operating system for the Fairphone 2 smartphone. Jolla and Fairphone will
release a customised version of the Sailfish OS for the handset. Till then,
the Fairphone 2 will ship with Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box.
For specifications, the Fairphone 2 features a 5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels)
LCD TFT display with Corning Gorilla Glass. It is powered by quad-core
Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.26GHz coupled with 2GB of RAM.
It packs 32GB of inbuilt storage.The dual-SIM based handset supports 2G,
3G, and 4G LTE. The smartphone sports an 8-megapixel rear camera and
a 2-megapixel front camera. The handset was backed by a 2420mAh battery.
It measured 143x73x11mm and weighs148 grams.
It included ambient light, proximity, compass, accelerometer,
and gyroscope.
LCD TFT display with Corning Gorilla Glass. It is powered by quad-core
Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.26GHz coupled with 2GB of RAM.
It packs 32GB of inbuilt storage.The dual-SIM based handset supports 2G,
3G, and 4G LTE. The smartphone sports an 8-megapixel rear camera and
a 2-megapixel front camera. The handset was backed by a 2420mAh battery.
It measured 143x73x11mm and weighs148 grams.
It included ambient light, proximity, compass, accelerometer,
and gyroscope.
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