{"id":178012,"date":"2023-12-11T02:23:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T08:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/this-smartphone-challenges-the-industry-with-its-focus-on-sustainability"},"modified":"2023-12-11T02:23:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T08:23:23","slug":"this-smartphone-challenges-the-industry-with-its-focus-on-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/this-smartphone-challenges-the-industry-with-its-focus-on-sustainability","title":{"rendered":"This smartphone challenges the industry with its focus on sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/this-smartphone-challenges-the-industry-with-its-focus-on-sustainability2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fairphone promises five Android version upgrades and at least eight years of security updates to achieve a total lifespan of a decade. Whether its performance will remain adequate for all users\u2019 needs throughout that time remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><b>What the industry can learn<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a world dominated by disposable electronics, the Fairphone 5 stands out. The Fairphone 5 offers a different excitement \u2013 the thrill of a phone built to last. With its modular design, long-term software support, and commitment to sustainability, the Fairphone 5 is a game-changer for anyone who wants a smartphone that\u2019s both good for their pocket and the planet. While the EU is pushing for a removable battery for all smartphones by 2027, making <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/culture\/apple-bows-to-eu-iphone-15-likely-to-have-usb-c-port\" title=\"USB-C already a standard\" rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">USB-C already a standard<\/a>, more needs to be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairphone promises five Android version upgrades and at least eight years of security updates to achieve a total lifespan of a decade. Whether its performance will remain adequate for all users\u2019 needs throughout that time remains to be seen. What the industry can learn In a world dominated by disposable electronics, the Fairphone 5 stands [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1512,1492,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile-phones","category-security","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}