Fairphone launches new modular smartphone Dutch-based Fairphone aims to produce a smartphone designed with minimal harm to the planet, and with a longer lifespan than most phones ---------------------------------------------------------------- Looks like regular, if slightly chunky, Android phone OS: 5.1 Lillipop Length: 143mm Width: 73mm Thickness: 11mm Weight: 148g Screen clasps (slide to open) Cost: $562 Phillips screws MODULAR BREAKDOWN Replaceable modules held in place by sliding clasps or regular Phillips screws 1 Display: 5-inch, full HD LCD TFT, 1080x1920 pixels resolution 2 Front camera (2MP), headphone socket and receiver 3 Dual microphones and Micro USB 2.0 charging port 4 Battery: 3.8V Lithium-Ion 5 Base platform: Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB RAM, 32GB flash storage, wi-fi, 4G network, Bluetooth 4.0 6 Rear-facing camera (8MP), with flash Backplate: Available in four colours Available: December 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Fairphone MP = Megapixels GB = Gigabytes words 139