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iFixit Gives Fairphone 6 Top Marks for Repairability
- On June 25, Dutch social enterprise Fairphone launched the modular Fairphone 6, arriving two years after its predecessor with an expanded design.
- Built to prioritize repairability and sustainability, the Fairphone 6 makes trade-offs like using USB 2.0, a lower-res screen, and 8GB RAM compared to flagship smartphones.
- IFixit awarded the Fairphone 6 a perfect 10 repairability score, citing its T5 Torx screws and glue-free design that facilitate repairs despite a lower IP55 rating.
- This approach directly reduces e-waste, with the Fraunhofer Institute finding spare parts like cameras and speakers pay off emissions in just 18 days.
- Fairphone commits to a 10-year warranty and at least eight years of software updates, emphasizing long-term support for the 6 model.
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Fairphone 6 gets a 10/10 on repairability
The new Fairphone 6 is smaller and more modular than older models in the series, but it’s just as repairable. The phone picked up a perfect score in iFixit’s teardown test, despite no longer offering tool-free battery replacements. It helps that the only tool you do need — throughout the phone — is a T5 Torx screwdriver, and only seven screws sit between you and a battery swap. Fairphone itself has shown you can get from shutdown to reboot with …
The Fairphone 6 won a perfect 10/10 mark on the iFixit disassembly test, joining its four predecessors in this unrivalled performance. No other smartphone has ever reached this level of repairability excellence, according to the specialized organization.
Fairphone 6 aces repairability test
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,…
Fairphone 6 Review: Sustainable & Modular Smartphone | 10-Year Warranty
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