Fairphone 6 comes in three colors: Black, Forest Green and White | Image credit: Fairphone
Dutch company Fairphone has just introduced its new modular smartphone, Fairphone 6. The Fairphone 6 offers a unique selling point of being easily repairable and customizable, making it a sustainable choice for environmentally conscious consumers. While it may be considered a mid-range phone, the Fairphone 6 comes at a premium price due to its ethical manufacturing practices and use of fair and recycled materials.mid-range phone, you’d expect to be priced below the $500 / €500 price mark, but Fairphone 6 is a pretty expensive device. That’s partly due to the fact that Fairphone 6 is a “clean” device assembled in factories with fair labor conditions.available for pre-order in the US for $900, but it won’t ship until August.Fairphone 6 is the company’s fairest phone yet
Made with more than 50% fair and recycled materials (by total weight)
Cobalt sourced through Fair Cobalt Alliance, an initiative Fairphone helped to create
Includes fair-mined gold and silver, and fair tungsten
Includes recycled aluminum & rare earth metals 100% e-waste neutral
Factories powered by 100% renewable energy
Supports better working conditions and living wages for the makers
Fairphone 6 allows users to attach various accessories | Image credit: Fairphone
Besides that, it features the highest repairability rating given in the EU. Fairphone 6 is built in a way that lets you swap 12 different parts. More importantly, users can swap the phone’s parts by simply using a standard screwdriver and the videos provided by Fairphone.
Is it worth paying nearly 50% more for a "fair" phone that you can easily repair?
I'm willing to pay more for environmentally friendly phones.
86.84%
I'd rather buy two other phones with the same money.
Camera: 50MP main (Sony Lytia 700C sensor), 13MP ultra-wide
Front camera: 32MP (Samsung KD1 sensor)
Battery: 4,415 mAh, 30W wired
Prices for Fairphone 6 parts and accessories | Image credit: Fairphone
The new stuff that Fairphone came up with for its new modular smartphone is the accessories that can now be attached to Fairphone 6 by removing two screws from the back cover. At launch, three accessories can be attached to the Fairphone 6: card holder, finger loop, and card holder.a calm, distraction-free space that’s more than a focus mode.” According to Fairphone, users can create their unique Moment with five essential apps and shut out everything else.
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