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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/6\/17\/23172341\/fairphone-easy-subscription-service-sustainable-smartphone<\/a>
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Sustainable smartphone manufacturer Fairphone has announced a new subscription service that offers its latest phone, the Fairphone 4, for as little as \u20ac21 a month. Fairphone Easy<\/a> is only available for customers in the company\u2019s home market of the Netherlands for now, who\u2019ll be able to rent the phone for anywhere between 3 and 60 months, but Fairphone spokesperson Ioiana Luncheon says the service could be expanded to more countries in Europe in 2023 depending on the results of this initial pilot.<\/p>\n

The subscription service is the sustainable manufacturer\u2019s latest attempt to cut down on the environmental impact of smartphone production, and it\u2019s designed to encourage users to hold onto their existing phones for as long as possible. The monthly cost includes free repairs (Fairphone says it\u2019ll get a replacement phone to you within 48 hours when required), and there are also discounts that kick in for each year you manage to go without<\/em> needing to repair it. After the first year customers get a \u20ac2 monthly discount, \u20ac4 after two years, and \u20ac8 after three.<\/p>\n

Although the subscription\u2019s structure bears a superficial similarity to paying for a phone on finance or when bundled with a phone contract, there are a couple of crucial differences. First, you don\u2019t actually own the phone, even at the end of your subscription period. Instead, you\u2019ll have to send it back to the company for it to be reused or recycled. And there\u2019s no included network contract \u2014 customers need to supply their own SIM card. There\u2019s also a \u20ac90 deposit payable when you first take out a subscription. <\/p>\n

Based on the minimum \u20ac21 per month pricing, and using some rough back-of-the-napkin math, it looks like it\u2019d take a little under three years to pay as much in subscription fees as you would buying the Fairphone 4 upfront (the 8GB RAM \/ 256GB storage model provided with the subscription retails for \u20ac649). That\u2019s assuming you never need to repair it, and hence benefit from the discounted rates in years two and three. But if you do<\/em> need to repair it, then the subscription service could make sense over an even longer period of usage.<\/p>\n

Fairphone Easy is a little more restrictive than traditional phone financing options, but the company\u2019s laser focus on sustainability often leads to these kinds of trade-offs. For more details on the Fairphone 4, check out my review<\/a> from last year.<\/p>\n