Fairphone 6 lands a perfect 10 for repairability
Fairphones are modular, and have been designed with easy repair in mind, but there is one change from the previous generations that makes things harder. Whereas the last few Fairphones have used hard batteries that could be flipped out with your fingernail, the new handset packs a soft-pouch cell that's thinner than its predecessors. That's slimmed the phone down, but it does mean the battery is now held in place with five screws. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so.
It's the same with every other component on the handset, since none of the components are held in with glue. The lack of adhesives does account for the phone's IP 55 rating, which is lower than the rest of the industry. But given you can't exactly get Samsung to send you a video guide telling you how to open your phone with nothing more than a T5 Torx screwdriver, so there's give and take.
iFixit is quick to point out that the Fairphone 6 isn't a bleeding-edge smartphone, nor is it intended to be. It's designed from the ground up to be as sustainable and repair-friendly as possible, and this means some trade-offs compared with flagship devices. The Fairphone 6's use of USB 2.0, a less pixel-dense screen, and only 8GB of RAM are all necessary design choices when built with longer life cycles in mind. Nevertheless, this almost certainly won't affect the day-to-day use of the handset for most consumers, and owning a device you can truly repair yourself just might be worth it. If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission.
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