Fairphone Blog – 3.18.24
A couple of years back, we received an old Fairphone 3 through our reuse and recycle program (aka the R&R program), one that had been lovingly used for almost four years at the time. After the phone had been dismantled at our repair centerwe found that both the top module and the mainboard were still in perfect working condition. As luck would have it, we had just received another Fairphone 3 that required a working mainboard. And so began the mainboard’s new journey, helping to extend the life of a second device. When that device eventually came back to us, not only did we get a bounty of more working spare parts, but we also saw the recycled mainboard was still functioning well, making it a viable candidate for yet another repair. In 2024, we’re happy to report that both the mainboard and the device that it is now in are still out there, working perfectly well. Three smartphones, one mainboard. That’s the power of reuse and recycling.
Source: Closing the loop: The little mainboard that could! – Fairphone