Fairphone 6 official, gets expanded modular design with accessories
Fairphone announced its latest sustainable smartphone with the Fairphone 6 aka the Fairphone (Gen. 6). It brings a few notable upgrades over its predecessor including a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset, a larger 4,415mAh battery and a new accessory system
This is still a phone that's built to last. Fairphone 6 is as easy to repair as ever, with the company supplying spare parts and video tutorials on how to replace all of the key components. Fairphone 6 is E-waste neutral, assembled in factories with fair labor conditions and boasts an excellent repairability rating from the EU's new energy efficiency label. Fairphone is also offering a five-year warranty and eight years of software support.
As for the specs, Fairphone 6 is built around a 6.31-inch LTPO OLED with FHD+ resolution and a 10-120Hz adaptive refresh rate. The panel is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i and features 1,400 nits peak brightness and a 32MP front-facing camera.
The smaller screen helped Fairphone 6 shed 19 grams of weight compared to Fairphone 5 and it's also shorter and narrower. Fairphone 6 is made from a matte composite body, and features IP55 ingress protection and is now drop resistant up to 1.5m.
The new bits this year are the accessories which can attach to the back of the phone. You'll need to remove two screws and you can then attach a card holder, lanyard or finger loop.
Also new for this year is the dedicated yellow switch on the side that turns on Moments – a digital detox mode where the UI turns monochrome and you have access to only five of your essential apps.
Fairphone Moments key and UI
Elsewhere Fairphone 6 gets a 50MP main cam armed with a 1/1.56' Sony Lytia 700C sensor and OIS alongside a 13MP ultrawide lens.
There's a single RAM/storage trim with 8GB LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB storage, which is now carrying UFS 3.1 speeds. Storage is expandable via the microSDXC slot. The new 4,415mAh battery supports 30W wired charging speeds.
The software department is also interesting, as Fairphone 6 comes with two options. The 'regular' Fairphone 6 boots a near-stock Android 15, but you can also opt for the 'de-Googled' version running on /e/OS. The latter is still based on Android Open-Source Project (AOSP), but it omits Google apps and services for privacy-conscious users.
Fairphone 6 comes in Cloud White, Forest Green, and Horizon Black colors. The regular Android 15 version is priced at €599 while the one with /e/OS starts at €649.
Fairphone 6 • Fairphone 6 (/e/OS edition)
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