Fairphone 1 End of Life Date
Fairphone 1 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data reconciled from official vendor documentation and endoflife.date at every build; the source of each date is on the product page.
Fairphone 1 was released on December 1, 2013 and support ended on July 13, 2017 — a supported lifespan of 3 years and 8 months, shorter than the 7 years median for Fairphone releases. It has been without security patches for 9 years and 2 months. 5 newer Fairphone releases have shipped since.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| → Fairphone 1 | — | Jul 13, 2017 | EOL |
| Fairphone 2 | — | Mar 7, 2023 | EOL |
| Fairphone 3 | — | Sep 30, 2026 | Warning |
| Fairphone 3+ | — | Sep 30, 2026 | Warning |
| Fairphone 4 | — | Sep 1, 2028 | Active |
| Fairphone 5 | — | Sep 14, 2031 | Active |
| Fairphone 6 | — | Jun 25, 2033 | Active |
What does Fairphone 1 end of life mean?
When Fairphone 1 reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: A CVE-based scan does not show the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. Running Fairphone 1 past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Fairphone 6 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.