Fairphone: Android phone that puts social values first

Re:Fairphone: Android phone that puts social values first by mitch3000 on Monday June 03, 2013 @11:10AM (#5813718)

Unfortunately it's a theme: Android OS (4.2 Jelly Bean): Special interface developed by Kwame Corporation (Also open!) I hoped it would provide a vanilla Android.

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Re:Fairphone: Android phone that puts social values first by adlpz on Monday June 03, 2013 @11:12AM (#5813729)

Not unfortunate! I am sure you will be able to get vanilla android on this phone, and it's good that the interface is open and you can use it on other phones.

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Re:Fairphone: Android phone that puts social values first by mitch3000 on Monday June 03, 2013 @11:43AM (#5813893)

I am just curious why they invested in the development of a custom skin and didn't use the vanilla Android UI of the Nexus line. It would have been a real feature.

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Re:Fairphone: Android phone that puts social values first by TylerE on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:47PM (#5814651)

The same reason Toyota made the Prius look like a wedge. Had nothing to do with aerodynamics.

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Re:Fairphone: Android phone that puts social values first by obviouslygreen on Monday June 03, 2013 @11:31AM (#5813829)

I am sure you will be able to get vanilla android on this phone...

By "I'm sure" do you mean "I assume" or "I am certain, they have explicitly stated it?"

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Re:Fairphone: Android phone that puts social values first by TsiCClawOfLight on Monday June 03, 2013 @11:44AM (#5813900)

They explicitly state that it's user-rootable and that they're talking to people from FFOS/B2G and Ubuntu.

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