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Fairphone, a small Dutch startup that wants to shake up the way phones are built from conflict minerals, has successfully managed to be the first company to ship a truly modular phone. The Fairphone 2, which is shipping next week to backers, is the company’s second cut at a phone that’s better for the environment and the people in the supply chain. This time around it’s tackled fixing those supply chains in a way that tackles the problem head on: consumerism. Instead of you buying a new device every year, Fairphone wants you to get to know your phone, repair it yourself,…

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