[Gta04-owner] Invitation to indicate interest in next batch of GTA04A5 boards

[Hermann Schwärzler]

Hello

On 03/26/2013 01:27 PM, Dominic Walden wrote:
> It's a shame we are so used to dirt cheap hardware made in China.
> However, there may be an opportunity even in that. Could you sell your
> devices as being "ethically sourced"? (i.e. not made in Chinese
> sweat-shops.)
> 
> You may find a market from people willing to pay a bit more for a
> phone if they know the components have been manufactured by workers on
> a living wage. See, for example, www.fairphone.com.

There is an article in the c't magazine on this project:
http://www.heise.de/ct/inhalt/2013/08/78/

@Nikolaus: If your are interested in this article but don't have
immediate access to it I can send you a copy of mine through private mail.

>From reading that article I am not quite sure how much of that project
is marketing: Many aspects of trying to produce such a thing as a phone
in a fair way are important. But IMO it's strange they decided to first
go for the mining-practices of (some) important metals on the one hand
and on the other hand are looking for a production company somewhere in
Asia!

[...]
But still maybe it's possible to join forces with them as far as buying
parts is concerned? Or giving them your contacts to production
facilities in Europe?

Greetings
Hermann