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Fairphone 6 is switching to a new design that's even more sustainable

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401 points Bluestein | 7 comments | 23 Jun 25 15:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.716s | source | bottom
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neoromantique ◴[23 Jun 25 17:16 UTC] No.44357895[source]▶
Manufactured entirely in China and no headphone jack, that's a pass for me.
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1. pkulak ◴[23 Jun 25 17:22 UTC] No.44357966[source]▶
I'm curious to know your current phone that passes that test.
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2. fsflover ◴[23 Jun 25 21:36 UTC] No.44360406[source]▶
Librem 5 or Liberty phone?
3. Defletter ◴[23 Jun 25 21:44 UTC] No.44360469[source]▶
Happens a lot: if the more ethical choice isn't perfect, I might as well stick with the very unethical choices.
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4. kuschku ◴[24 Jun 25 03:43 UTC] No.44362675[source]▶
Some Sony Xperias were until recently manufactured in Japan (and still have headphone javk & sd card slot)
5. karel-3d ◴[24 Jun 25 08:39 UTC] No.44364057[source]▶
Samsung phones are mostly made in Vietnam.
6. neoromantique ◴[24 Jun 25 10:39 UTC] No.44364695[source]▶
My current phone isn't asking me to make a lot of sacrifices for the sake of "ethics".

I am willing to make many of them, but the least requirement for me is at least a good effort of moving off China for manufacturing (Ideally EU, of course, but we all know that's unrealistic).

I already have picked up standalone music player to deal with missing 3.5mm jack, I also have picked up a small camera with a pancake lens that I carry daily to account for not having great camera in phone, but I'm not willing to spend high mid-tier phone money on an entry level hardware if it is fully manufactured in China, sorry.

I used to run Xperia's, despite horrid software, but now I'm on Google Pixel for the lack of better options.

7. neoromantique ◴[24 Jun 25 10:48 UTC] No.44364741[source]▶
This isn't binary, the virtue signaled "ethical" choice does not offset the things you have to give up for it.

If you don't care about phone manufacturing being basically completely in China, then all power to you, but as I live in country that has been illegally trade embargo-ed by China just five years ago, I do care about this a lot.