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Today’s Vergecast: Can Fairphone survive the US market?

Skyrocketing RAM prices put a spotlight on product longevity and repairability, which makes this an apt time for Fairphone to launch its first smartphone sold directly in the United States. Guest host David Imel talks to CEO Raymond van Eck about the Fairphone 6+, the company’s goals of user-repairability and ethically-sourced materials, and AI’s place in the future of Fairphone. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cfx0QWPC9c]

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Skyrocketing RAM prices put a spotlight on product longevity and repairability, which makes this an apt time for Fairphone to launch its first smartphone sold directly in the United States. Guest host David Imel talks to CEO Raymond van Eck about the Fairphone 6+, the company’s goals of user-repairability and ethically-sourced materials, and AI’s place in the future of Fairphone.

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