[intricatedetail]

As I understand it is mostly made in China so it's isn't true.

[lucideer]

They are outsourcing but they're specifically negotiating contracts that guarantee living wages, ethical worker conditions and ethically sourced raw materials, so that's gonna be factored into costs.

See:

https://www.fairphone.com/en/2020/12/18/living-wage/

https://www.fairphone.com/en/category/good-working-condition...

[criddell]

According to the articles, that explains about $2 of the difference.

[lucideer]

That's the change as of that blogpost: they're using their own initial costings as a baseline so it's still going to be much more than a $2 increase over average manufacturers.