dwazou@jlai.lu to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThe Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone.shop.fairphone.comexternal-linkmessage-square354linkfedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down120file-text
arrow-up11.13Karrow-down1external-linkThe Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone.shop.fairphone.comdwazou@jlai.lu to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square354linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekeineanung@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoDo you know why it’s not in the US?
minus-squaredeepfuckingdumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 months agoAnything that emits radio signal must receive an FCC certification. Fairphone has not submitted the Fairphone 5 for certification. Certification database search. It’s annoying but a super important regulatory process.
minus-squarekeineanung@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoThanks for a great and in depth answer. I love Lemmy.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI’d also like an official shop instead of the weird Murena store, which sells the FP4 for $650… That’s ridiculous. They have parts in stock though, so I guess that’s nice.
minus-squareRvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoIdk, but if I had to guess, the answer is almost always money.
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Do you know why it’s not in the US?
Anything that emits radio signal must receive an FCC certification. Fairphone has not submitted the Fairphone 5 for certification. Certification database search. It’s annoying but a super important regulatory process.
Thanks for a great and in depth answer. I love Lemmy.
I’d also like an official shop instead of the weird Murena store, which sells the FP4 for $650… That’s ridiculous. They have parts in stock though, so I guess that’s nice.
Idk, but if I had to guess, the answer is almost always money.
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