<s>
SHIFT	O
is	O
a	O
German	O
smartphone	B-Application
and	O
phablet	B-Application
manufacturer	O
with	O
its	O
headquarters	O
with	O
design	O
and	O
development	O
department	O
in	O
Wabern	O
in	O
Northern	O
Hesse	O
Germany	O
and	O
Production	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
smartphone	B-Application
products	O
are	O
called	O
shiftphones	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
foundation	O
of	O
Shift	O
was	O
preceded	O
by	O
the	O
crowdfunding	O
of	O
the	O
smartphone	B-Application
shift7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
magazine	O
c't	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
raised	O
doubts	O
about	O
the	O
fairness	O
of	O
the	O
companies	O
smartphone	B-Application
Shift5.1	O
in	O
its	O
9/2016	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
,	O
which	O
according	O
to	O
c't	O
von	O
Waldeck	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
main	O
partner	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
has	O
the	O
shiftphones	B-Application
manufactured	O
by	O
another	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conclusion	O
of	O
the	O
article	O
is	O
correspondingly	O
harsh	O
on	O
Shift5.1	O
:	O
it	O
should	O
not	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
fairphone	O
alternative	O
,	O
but	O
merely	O
a	O
typical	O
cheap	O
smartphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
Shift5	O
was	O
then	O
included	O
in	O
a	O
top	O
list	O
of	O
ecological	O
smartphones	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
magazine	O
c't	O
found	O
more	O
positive	O
words	O
about	O
the	O
German	O
smartphone	B-Application
manufacturer	O
in	O
issue	O
15/2018	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
reporting	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
other	O
European	O
providers	O
is	O
very	O
brief	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
7	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Deutsche	O
Welle	O
headlines	O
:	O
"	O
Smartphone	B-Application
and	O
sustainability	O
-	O
is	O
that	O
possible	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
shiftphone	B-Application
it	O
is	O
!	O
</s>
