The problem is that our society has been accustomed since the so-called “Glorious Thirty” - from 1945 to 1975 - in France - to consume and for some decades has overconsumed. And this has become worse with the last generations and the advent of the Internet which has brought all the consumer products to our doorstep. You can do everything via the Internet. I don’t want to condemn the Internet in any way, that’s not my thinking, nor the subject.
But when we talk about over-consumption of products, smartphones are part of these electronic products that are manufactured and consumed in excess with little or no respect for the environment.
Whether it’s in the design, the manufacturing, the recyclable materials are not part of the priorities because it has a cost.
The cost of manufacturing, then the break-even point and finally a selling price!
This is what Fairphone has understood by making smartphones with recycled products, with a limited carbon footprint. But Fairphone is not Samsung, a manufacturer that is very little known and as you write @cristian, does not have the same marketing like Samsung.
The equation is very simple if a brand wants to make smartphones or other electronic products with a reduced carbon footprint: maximum use of recycled products, an attractive price, an attractive product in a medium price range.
But people still need to understand that just because the product is not premium does not mean it is not functional, powerful, safe and fast. It’s a another problem!
It’s an equation with a number of unknowns that can be solved if everyone understands that the future of our planet is at stake, and that we have to stop the frantic race to “more than”!
