The Dutch company Fairphone, which positions itself as a manufacturer of smartphones with minimal harm to the environment, announced the release of a device that will provide owners with complete anonymity. We are talking about a special version of the flagship smartphone Fairphone 3, which will receive the /e/ operating system.
The company says it surveyed potential buyers of the smartphone and they chose /e/ from the options offered. The operating system is based on Android AOSP and has a lot of built-in functions designed to control what information the smartphone will share with the outside world, and the system is devoid of Google services. Its creator is GaΓ«l Duval, a French developer, creator of Mandrake/Mandriva Linux and Ulteo. It is worth noting that /e/ is an operating system for people who clearly understand why they need this particular software, and is unlikely to be convenient for the average user.
The device will cost β¬480, which is β¬30 more than the base model, which comes with Android OS. The smartphone will go on sale on May 6.
Source: 3dnews.ru