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Fairphone 6 aces repairability test

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Vlad 05 July 2025

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The Fairphone 6 launched last month with an expanded modular design, a better chipset, and a larger battery compared to its predecessor. This is still no flagship Android smartphone, but its key selling point isn't performance or battery life, it's repairability.

Thus, you might be interested to find out what the folks over at iFixit have to say about it - after all, they've been championing people's right to self-repair their devices for years, and Fairphone itself is also all about giving people that option. It's all good news for the Fairphone 6, as iFixit has found it to be the most repairable handset yet.

So, it was awarded a perfect 10 out of 10 repairability score, something that mainstream smartphone brands can only dream of, but have never achieved. Fairphone has already made parts and repair manuals available for the Fairphone 6, which it promises will get at least seven major Android updates and at least eight years of security patches. That's important because a phone being easy to repair is kind of pointless if its software isn't supported past a year or two.

The entire phone uses only T5 Torx screws, so one screwdriver is enough to get to any component. Speaking of which, obviously all of the various bits and pieces are very easy to replace - this includes the battery, cameras and the screen as well as the USB port. There's no glue anywhere inside, which makes repairs a breeze but means it can only be IP55 rated for dust and water resistance.

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  • gyg
  • 13 hours ago

Fdriend dont own the fair phone have Motorola edge 40 pro a years old phone still in perfect condition using only bundled 125W charger battery still perfect. How much are spare parts on fairphone you can see on offcial website. For the other...

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  • uBM
  • 18 hours ago

For a phone that you intend to use for 5+ years, you really want a flagship chipset as over time the apps you use become more and more demanding. Having a midrange phone, it's going to start lagging and impact your experience a few years down th...

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  • 18 hours ago

Did you even read what I said or did you just rage? Your reply doesn't mention any of the things I said. Instead you assume things that I never said, e.g. that climate change wouldn't exist. I am still asking you: Where am I going to get...

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