dwazou@jlai.lu to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days 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-square360fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down121file-text
arrow-up11.1Karrow-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 · edit-24 days agomessage-square360fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekeineanung@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoDo you know why it’s not in the US?
minus-squaredeepfuckingdumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-23 days 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-up3·2 days agoThanks for a great and in depth answer. I love Lemmy.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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-down1·3 days agoIdk, but if I had to guess, the answer is almost always money.
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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