<s>
Shiftphone	B-Application
is	O
a	O
modular	O
,	O
easy	O
to	O
repair	O
smartphone	B-Application
brand	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
SHIFT	B-Application
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
emphasizes	O
fair	O
trade	O
and	O
ecology	O
similar	O
to	O
Fairphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
release	O
was	O
the	O
SHIFT6mq	O
(	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
Shift6m	B-Application
)	O
in	O
June	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
upcoming	O
device	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
SHIFTphone	B-Application
8	O
,	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
Tiger	B-Device
Lake	I-Device
i5-processor	O
,	O
features	O
a	O
swappable	O
battery	O
and	O
two	O
M.2	B-Protocol
slots	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
will	O
support	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
company	O
name	O
is	O
SHIFT	B-Application
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
names	O
of	O
models	O
start	O
with	O
the	O
string	O
"	O
SHIFT	B-Application
"	O
in	O
upper	O
case	O
letter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Except	O
for	O
the	O
SHIFTphone	B-Application
8	O
this	O
is	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
length	O
of	O
the	O
display	O
diagonal	O
rounded	O
to	O
full	O
inches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SafetyNet	O
based	O
SHIFT-OS-G	O
or	O
ShiftOS-G	O
with	O
Google	O
services	O
or	O
the	O
AOSP	O
based	O
SHIFT-OS-L	O
or	O
ShiftOS-L	O
without	O
Google	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SHIFT	B-Application
has	O
been	O
developing	O
smartphones	B-Application
since	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
brothers	O
founded	O
Shift	B-Application
GmbH	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
with	O
limited	O
liability	O
by	O
German	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
Shiftphones	B-Application
were	O
launched	O
with	O
model	O
series	O
SHIFT4	O
and	O
SHIFT5	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiftphones	B-Application
are	O
built	O
modular	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
customer	O
to	O
change	O
parts	O
and	O
repair	O
the	O
device	O
without	O
voiding	O
warranty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
c't	O
described	O
the	O
Shift5	O
as	O
a	O
typical	O
cheap	O
smartphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
,	O
the	O
journal	O
argued	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
evidence	O
that	O
coltan	O
is	O
not	O
used	O
in	O
Shiftphones	B-Application
and	O
thus	O
criticized	O
the	O
transparency	O
of	O
SHIFT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SHIFT	B-Application
and	O
further	O
secondary	O
sources	O
claim	O
that	O
coltan	O
is	O
not	O
in	O
use	O
for	O
their	O
manufacturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
c't	O
,	O
the	O
SHIFT	B-Application
partner	O
company	O
"	O
Vstar	O
and	O
Weihuaxin	O
"	O
did	O
not	O
provide	O
information	O
about	O
conflict-free	O
material	O
used	O
in	O
Shiftphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Shiftphone	B-Application
,	O
Fairphone	B-Application
provides	O
detailed	O
audit	O
reports	O
about	O
component	O
suppliers	O
through	O
a	O
Chinese	O
agency	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
facilitates	O
detailed	O
information	O
on	O
problems	O
and	O
compromises	O
in	O
the	O
supply-chain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ProSieben	O
magazine	O
Galileo	O
tested	O
the	O
newly	O
released	O
smartphone	B-Application
Shift6m	B-Application
and	O
illuminated	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
video	O
recordings	O
,	O
the	O
production	O
conditions	O
of	O
the	O
in-house	O
manufactory	O
located	O
in	O
China	O
in	O
June	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N-tv	O
described	O
the	O
initial	O
efforts	O
for	O
fairness	O
and	O
sustainability	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
Shiftphone	B-Application
,	O
in	O
September	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
the	O
ecology	O
portal	O
no	O
longer	O
reported	O
any	O
lack	O
of	O
transparency	O
regarding	O
Shift	B-Application
's	O
Chinese	O
hardware	O
manufacturing	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
issue	O
15/2018	O
the	O
computer	O
magazine	O
c't	O
showed	O
a	O
more	O
positive	O
approach	O
on	O
the	O
topic	O
of	O
German	O
smartphone	B-Application
manufacturer	O
Shift	B-Application
,	O
although	O
the	O
report	O
itself	O
was	O
rather	O
short	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
other	O
European	O
hardware	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
