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Most of us have felt the
of feeling helpless when our smartphone breaks. Phone
seem to go to extraordinary
to deter consumers from opening the back of their phones to try DIY
. Help is at hand. Fairphone is a new company that has produced a self-repairable mobile phone. The
is Bas van Abel, a Dutch
engineer who set out to make "the world's first ethical smartphone". He started his company in 2013 with four basic
. First, he wanted to use
materials from non-conflict mining areas. He also wanted to make a
that was recyclable, durable and repairable. The new Fairphone embodies these
.
