Fairphone makes US debut with model boasting lowest carbon footprint to date

Stuart Stone
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Modular smartphone maker unveils Fairphone (Gen. 6+) with record low footprint of just 30 kilograms of CO2e per device

Fairphone has officially entered the US smartphone market with a new model it claims boasts the lowest carbon footprint of any of its modular smartphones to date. The sustainable phone developer said...

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