European alternatives to Samsung Galaxy

South Korea's leading smartphone line and the world's top Android brand.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd · Outside Europe

About Samsung Galaxy

Company: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd · Samsung Group
HQ: South Korea
Zone: Outside Europe

Key concerns

Non-European ownership

Fairphone

100 · Certified European

Netherlands · Electronics & hardware

Dutch social enterprise making modular, repairable smartphones with ethical supply chains. Founded in Amsterdam in 2013. Fairphone 5 supports 8–10 years of software updates. Certified B Corp, carbon neutral, Fairtrade gold. The European answer to planned obsolescence.

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Paid · from €649 Partly open source 🇪🇺 EU

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Why switch away from Samsung Galaxy?

CLOUD Act

Allows US authorities to compel American companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.

FISA Section 702

Permits mass surveillance of non-US persons' data held by US tech providers, without a warrant.

GDPR vs US law

Transferring personal data to US companies may conflict with EU data protection rules under GDPR.