Shiftphone

Shiftphone is a modular, easy-to-repair smartphone brand created by the company SHIFT in Germany.

[14] Shiftphones are built modularly to allow customers to change parts and repair the device without voiding the warranty.

Compared to the average Chinese worker in the manufacturing business, the staff is provided with insurances.

[21] However, according to c't, the SHIFT partner company "Vstar and Weihuaxin" did not provide information about conflict-free material used in Shiftphone.

[23] Recent reports paint a clear picture: articles by many magazines were able to capture the statements of Carsten Waldeck and prove their credibility accordingly.

[24] The ProSieben magazine Galileo tested the newly released smartphone Shift6m and illuminated, in the form of video recordings, the production conditions of the in-house manufactory located in China in June 2018.

[26] In August 2018, the ecology portal Utopia.de [de] no longer reported any lack of transparency regarding Shift's Chinese hardware manufacturing process.

[27] In the issue 15/2018, the computer magazine c't showed a more positive approach on the topic of German smartphone manufacturer Shift, although the report itself was rather short in comparison to other European hardware providers.