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The repairable Fairphone 2 gets an Android update five years after launch – Yahoo News Australia
Ethical phone company Fairphone’s first modular handset, the five-year-old Fairphone 2, is getting an Android 9 update.
Despite the best efforts of the right to repair movement, most popular smartphones are still notoriously hard to fix through DIY means. In 2013, ethical phone company Fairphone set out to change that, starting with its eponymous handset free of conflict materials, later adding a modular design to its successor and more recycled plastics to subsequentdevices.
In keeping with its sustainability ethos, today Fairphone is rolling out an Android 9 update for its five-year-old Fairphone 2. That effectively…
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