#29 Shiftphones: How modular smartphones are revolutionizing the mobile phone industry

Even before the beginning of Corona in Europe, we spoke to Shiftphones co-founder Samuel Waldeck. Shiftphones produces modular smartphones and relies on an approach that is revolutionary in the technology industry: easy repairability, long durability, a return system and the exchange of individual modules. The family business was founded in 2014 and its heart's desire is to produce smartphones under fair and sustainable conditions in China and to ensure a rethink towards maximum appreciation of work and resources. In this episode, you will find out what opportunities and challenges there are in sustainable cell phone production and what hurdles Shiftphones have not yet been able to overcome.