Fairphone Launches $650 Gen 6+ in US, Betting on Repairable Phones
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Updated · Ars Technica · Sep 4
Fairphone Launches $650 Gen 6+ in US, Betting on Repairable Phones
3 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Sep 4
Summary
$650 is Fairphone’s opening price for the Gen 6+, the Dutch maker’s first push into the US smartphone market with a device built for long life and easy self-repair.
Fairphone is targeting a gap left by mainstream phones that now get years of software support but remain costly or difficult to fix when hardware breaks.
Modular construction lets users take the phone apart and reassemble it, a design CTO Chandler Hatton said aims to give owners fuller control over their devices.
The launch also extends Fairphone’s broader pitch on sustainability, including recycled materials, efforts to avoid conflict minerals and commitments to living wages in its supply chain.