Your Phone Was Made By Slaves

[sufi]

Slaves are producing many of the things we buy, and in the process they are forced to destroy our shared environment,

http://blog.longreads.com/2016/03/08/your-phone-was-made-by-slaves-a-primer-on-the-secret-economy/

unless you:

https://www.thephone.coop/fairphone

my ee contract finally expires next month, they are completely shit, and the sony handset i have is crap, in addition to being made by slaves

 

[droid]

Looks like a good option. Pricey enough though. Wonder how many networks offer it.

 

[sufi]

in UK you can only buy it from Phone Coop, i think, but it's not tied to any network and has 2 sim card slots!

 

[Lichen]

Want one of those.

 

[Lichen]

Also good to know that:

Drop proof for up to 6 feet i.e. an average-sized Dutch man! dropping the phone while talking on concrete on all six surfaces, a number of times.

 

[sufi]

i know a couple of people who have these now, trying to muster courage to dump my shitty out-of-contract sony

 

[sufi]

why isnt there a website where phone companies bid for my business?