Fairphone 6+ is now official and coming to the US

18 August 2026
Here are the upgrades compared to the Fairphone 6 and how much the new phone costs.


deRykcihC, 25 Aug 2026Sad to disappoint you, I actually fix phones myself, from d... moreOh boy, sorry to disappoint you, but what you claim does not really reflect reality.

The cheapest phone repair I have ever seen was around €80 for a battery replacement on a glued-shut device, and it takes around one to two weeks to complete. Meanwhile, I can do it myself for €40 in a matter of minutes, and that is with an original battery, not some sketchy so-called “third-party” one, which is what most repair shops will use because of the lack of original parts.

A screen replacement is the same story: i have to pay around €90 for an original screen that I can replace myself in a matter of minutes, versus €120 for a fake screen or up to €250 for an original screen in Android world, give or take €50 depending on the model and screen originality. And with Apple, you can be looking at €150–450 for a screen replacement, again depending on whether it is a third-party or original screen. Of course, you also get to wait up to two weeks. Yeah, that makes perfect sense.

Honestly, I don't even know why I bother with this Fairphone. I must be so clueless, while apparently every ChinaWare expert here knows best.

Anyway, the fact that the device is repairable and modular actually makes the whole thing more expensive for more reasons than you might think. One of them is right there in plain sight: modularity means more production costs. But let's not gloss over that, because there is a lot to talk about when it comes to economies of scale.

Fairphone is a small company selling devices in the hundreds of thousands, while the major manufacturers sell them in the millions. I know you probably have no idea what that means, so perhaps do some research into why a small company has significantly higher costs in this regard than a giant corporation.

Even after taking all of that into account, a significant amount of the money goes into fair labour, ethical mining where possible, recycling, and running the business in a more ethical and sustainable way. You simply cannot compare this device directly with all the others based on hardware and as if they were operating under the same conditions. From the ground up, it is a very different product.

Fairphone is also very transparent about its business practices and everything it does in the “fair world.” None of this is particularly difficult to research, unlike all others.

So when you talk about this device, you cannot simply call it “expensive” because other phones are cheaper. That's not really how it works. 😉 If there were another mainstream company doing things the same way as Fairphone, with the same standards and commitments, while selling a comparable device for €150 less, then sure, you could make that argument.

But there isn't. There is no mainstream manufacturer doing anything remotely comparable at that price. Their is an even more niche small firm called shiftphone, but they are even smaller and with it, more expensive.

Fairphone was one of the first companies to seriously pursue this model, and they are still refining their products, supply chain, manufacturing processes, and economies of scale. That's precisely how they have managed to make newer generations cheaper than the Fairphone 5 was at launch.

Any other company trying to replicate the Fairphone approach would have a huge amount of work to do before it could reach these prices while maintaining the same standards. But there would not be any, as all of them are in for the money not for changing the ethics.

    Carol-, 18 Aug 2026Phones aren't difficult to repair nowadays? 😂 You prob... moreSad to disappoint you, I actually fix phones myself, from display, battery, ports, button, anything other than motherboard is just replacement, and it's not expensive to go to your local store and ask for a fix, the difficult part is sourcing genuine parts. Unless you break your phone every other day, I don't think this is even a concern to justify 2-3x the price for it.

      Anonymous, 20 Aug 2026Are you into narration, fantasy or smth? I'm not tryin... moreI had no doubt you would not understand the metaphor. In fact, exactly what you wrote in the first part of your comment is perfectly described by my metaphor.

      It could also be that you simply don’t know what a metaphor is. You can translate it, though, it’s quite easy these days. So anyway...

      If you think you somehow “damaged my ego,” for whatever reason, and whatever BS you wrote in your previous comment, it once again shows how highly you think of yourself.

      The only thing that pisses me off is people who lack a lot of knowledge and understanding but talk about exactly those subjects as if they know better than everyone else.

      As for my metaphor: have you ever seen me going into Redmi, Xiaomi, Meowomi, or whatever Mi comment sections and bashing their devices? I highly doubt it. Yet I see people like you flooding comment sections everywhere they see fit, bashing devices left and right, and then getting offended when the people in those comment sections don’t share the same values and opinions. So get over yourself.

      If you still don’t get it, then there’s no hope for people like you, and there is no reason for people like me to further discuss it.

        Some ldiot, 19 Aug 2026All the people arguing about the European vs American price... moreWell, not quite, as it doesn’t work like that. €649 in Europe already includes taxes, so €103 of that price doesn’t belong to Fairphone; it belongs to the government. That leaves Fairphone with €545, which translates to about $632. That’s it.

        The only real difference is that in the US they added another $17 on top, so their income from the US is about €15 more than in Europe. Taxes don’t really matter here, as every government is an a.h.le in its own way. What matters is how much Fairphone actually asks for its device, or how much they receive from the sale. And they want a little more in the US, which makes sense. Given their ethics and workforce, they probably have higher costs getting the whole thing ethically over to the US. And here am i talking about shippig to US, not to a customer in US, as shipping to customer and value taxes are not calculated in the $649 price. They enter the picture at checkout.

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          • Anonymous
          • 093
          • 21 Aug 2026

          Bring back the jack and I'll consider it.

            It looks like they have got stuck with a battery from 15 years ago. That is not enough for a phone from today.

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              • Russell
              • utZ
              • 20 Aug 2026

              Probably would've considered it had it used an ips lcd screen, had expandable storage and 3.5mm headphone jack.
              Sadly not many people are like me 😅

                Minu, 20 Aug 2026Those that bring up those kinds of tone-deaf arguments are ... moreHei yeah...truth be told, i do not even know why i bother...
                How are you anyway?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 8mY
                  • 20 Aug 2026

                  Carol-, 20 Aug 2026You're probably one of those who goes to other people&... moreAre you into narration, fantasy or smth? I'm not trying to be mean, but that imaginary scenario was kinda cringe.
                  Literally the first half of my comment has just been proven by you. Maybe read it again if you're past your damaged ego and blinky emojis. Not that I have anything against you. Surely not against Fairphone users :)) at least many of them are not consumerist zombies.
                  I didn't say anything about 8gb of ram not being enough for the price. Only mentioned that it's not gonna be enough in the near future. Trust me, I'm not holding a flagship rn, it's a 3 yo phone with 8gb of ram. I always keep my phones clean, so I can already see how android 16 and only 12 installed apps have captured 5gb of ram. It is not gonna be enough, at least I won't pay 600$ to walk on those dangerous threads in a year or two.
                  I hardly follow trends, FOMO or whatever dumb bs it's called. But I don't really like lags and jitters on my 3 years old phone either. I can already see them on a clean android skin.
                  And again, please don't put words in my mouth, or at least tell me in which paragraph/ line I wrote those words. Maybe I did talk in a harsh way here and there, but I wrote the things I read from their community and vocal users, which goes without saying since I'm not a spy.
                  Other than that, I didn't say nor think anything like your weird accusations.

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                    • Minu
                    • ter
                    • 20 Aug 2026

                    Carol-, 20 Aug 2026You're probably one of those who goes to other people&... moreThose that bring up those kinds of tone-deaf arguments are the ones that lack common sense, have poor comprehension and research skills, those that have nothing to do with their time, or a combination of the above.

                    If the pricing is their biggest complaint, HMD has alternatives with more or less the same experience for a fraction of the price. If they desperately need a headphone jack and a MicroSD slot, they can consider other niche brands like Sony and Sharp. The problem is with them failing to acknowledge why different brands exist.

                      Anonymous, 19 Aug 2026It's funny how every news post about fairphone turns i... moreYou're probably one of those who goes to other people's homes, criticizes everything he sees, from how the person designed his home to how many rooms it has, and then gets offended and calls them narcissistic when they set you straight.

                      If anything, this behaviour is actually the narcissistic one. 😉 If you didn't understand the metaphor, we all know why.

                      Funny enough, you talk about people who want to switch to Fairphone 6 from Fairphone 2, 3 and 4... two of these devices are older than 7 years and have reached end of support, while the Fairphone 4 is almost 5 years old. Some owners might have the skill and will to install /e/OS on the Fairphone 3 and get another two years of support, but these devices have accomplished what they were made for. Fairphone 2 is 11 years old, for God's sake. So again, what the hell are you talking about?

                      And nope, not everybody buys Fairphones because of the ethical aspect. Some buy them because of repairability and long software support. Other people who are clumsy buy Fairphones to avoid paying €1,000 for a device and then another €300 every time they break something, only to reach end of support after 3 years. There are a lot of reasons why people buy the device, so if anyone is on the high horse thinking he is better and knows better, that's you. 😉

                      Given the fact that Fairphone 3 received updates for 7 years, this year receiving its last official update, which means 2 years more than they originally committed to, I'm fairly confident that the trend will continue with Fairphone 4, 5 and 6.

                      So talking about timely updates? My Fairphone 6 is already on Android 16. With that said, they are not the fastest to release a new Android version, but when you're not a spec and update zombie, it really doesn't matter if an update comes 12 months after its official first release, as long as security updates, bug fixes and new features keep coming.

                      As for the "pathetic" 8/256 and 12/256: those are not remotely pathetic specifications. 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage are still perfectly normal configurations in 2026, including among phones that cost considerably more. And the Fairphone 6 also supports expandable storage, so 256 GB isn't necessarily the maximum amount of storage you can have. And nope, SD card are not sensitive and break easily as you claim.

                      You also seem to assume that more RAM automatically means a phone will last longer. That's not how it works. At this point, software optimisation matters more. There are still perfectly usable computers with 8 GB of RAM, and RAM requirements don't suddenly make 8 GB useless because a new Android version gets released.

                      And all of this is coming from somebody with a 5-year-old phone that hasn't received an update since 2023, in a 4/64 or 4/128 GB configuration, which received only around 2 years of software support and is now well past its official security-support period. Calling Fairphone hardware "pathetic" while using that as your example of long-term ownership is, frankly, pretty funny.

                      Keeping your Redmi alive by replacing its battery and speaker is actually a good thing. That's exactly what extending the life of a device looks like. But keeping hardware physically functional and keeping it secure with current software are two different things.

                      You don't have to like Fairphone. You don't have to think their hardware is worth the price. But that's very different from declaring that everyone who buys one is a narcissistic virtue signaller, especially when you sound like one.

                        Anonymous, 19 Aug 2026not everyone is as incompetent as you, most phones are stil... moreOh, I’m sorry, I didn’t know you know me and how competent I am. My bad.

                        Jokes aside, between you and me, I bet on myself when it comes to competence and technology, but hey, you are happy.

                        As for repairability, easy to repair are: a Fairphone, a SHIFTphone, or whatever other phone that can actually be opened with a screwdriver or opened without risking damage is easy to repair. Anything glued shut? Sure, it can be repaired, but easy to repair? Nope.

                        And then there are foldables. Have fun "easy-repairing" those e-waste. 😅

                        As for spare parts… well, good morning.

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                          • Some ldiot
                          • Ibx
                          • 19 Aug 2026

                          All the people arguing about the European vs American prices just need to add tax to the American version and move on.

                          €649 euro in Europe vs ~€598 in the US when taxes are added (and converted to euros). There, was that so hard?

                            Honestly it's priced way less than I expected given the ram prices increase, it's only 50 euros more than the 6 despite having 12gb of ram which is a good news

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 8sx
                              • 19 Aug 2026

                              It's funny how every news post about fairphone turns into a hive of virtue signaling, narcissiat users who keep parroting the same marketing shi.
                              I'd have a hard time believing someone cares about their environment, recycling and sustainibility when they're present in each and every fairphone related discussion, bashing on other OEMs, on their moral high horse talking basic "ethical" bs to feel good about themselves.
                              A user who actually cares, keeps using their phone for (at least) the intended 6-7 years and then buy another fairphone without Maneuvering in other people faces with "look how sophisticated I am" cape on their back.
                              Then there are half of Fairphone community's users, nerding over which spare parts they should buy before it running out, how they're better off having 2 other healthy batteries with them all the time so they can switch batteries when their measlly ≈4000mAh battery ran out of juice.
                              Most ironic is that a great number of users are already deciding to upgarde their fairphone 2-3-4 to this one because "it looks like a great package" or "a nice upgrade". Are you mentally 'special' in some way? Lol
                              Actually I was checking their community just a few months ago and they were begging to get the ANDROID 15 update when 16 was already out. So it's just that weird *up to* 7 years of android update while:
                              - " up to" simply doesn't suggeest shi. You can say "up to 999 updates" and offer only 9, while still not being considered a liar.
                              -even if they offer the complete 7 updates, they're not timely. Plus the fact that they are just android numbers going up in settings' "system" info, offering little to no meangful upgrades/new features/improvements, IF not bugs.
                              - The pathetic 8/256 or even 12/256 will be of no use in 2030. Matter of fact, their highest cobfig is merely enough now. Plus I'm not gonna save my memories and media on a slow, highly instable and risky MicroSD card.
                              Let's imagine you somehow manage keeping at least 40-50gb to not hurt the phone's performance, what are you gonna do with the heavy android 19-20 and the apps that keep getting more and more heavy by day? Hell, even the SoC is gonna be at it's bottleneck in 4 years.
                              Talking about the shortcomings of their phone's specs was kinda pointless tho, since their hardcore fans are always fine with their phones and the funny specs are "perfectly fine" for them. Only heaven knows who..
                              Then I'm here in Iran, in Fkn middle east, repairing my old Redmi note 9t, replacing it's battery and speaker. All while the circuits and motherboard are still doing fine, considering it's the second battery replacement it gets.
                              Just hilarious how the same hardcore fans are over considering to upgrade from their #fair phone 3 to this.
                              Just add all of these to your equation and the whole purpose is mostly defeated. LoL

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                                • Anonymous
                                • AZY
                                • 19 Aug 2026

                                I bought the FP6 about six weeks ago for 550€, which stings a little, but only because of the unnecessary FOMO I need to get over.

                                I'm happy with the FP6 and do not need the extra CPU/RAM

                                At times when I hit the CPU/RAM requirements in 2030's, it may be time for the FP9 or FP10 anyway

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • AZY
                                  • 19 Aug 2026

                                  deRykcihC, 18 Aug 2026Stuff to squeeze out in 7th gen ofc. I totally lost interes... moreThe 3.5mm Jack is a bummer but coming from other brands who also dont have it makes it less impactful.

                                  The battery is still user replacable, now with four screws needing a common screwdriver instead of thumbscrews. Depending on how often you replace batteries relatively annoying or irrelevant.

                                  I still stand behind Fairphone, more so than behind Google Pixel or Motorola, considering de-Googled OS's

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 8w0
                                    • 19 Aug 2026

                                    FP6 is a very good phone. The first one that I would recommend to a non-technical person.

                                    The best part is that this phone will let you try other operating systems. It's a good place to try PostmarketOS, Ubuntu Touch, etc.

                                    It's not for everyone, but I can't imagine being a tech professional and not knowing what options are out there.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • X@K
                                      • 19 Aug 2026

                                      Carol-, 18 Aug 2026Phones aren't difficult to repair nowadays? 😂 You prob... morenot everyone is as incompetent as you, most phones are still easy to repair. the greatest barrier to repairability is the lack of spare parts

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • k2{
                                        • 18 Aug 2026

                                        Tarantulas, 18 Aug 2026All good, its silly that it's even something people ha... moreDominance? Isn't Verizon behind both T-Mobile and AT&T in total customers?

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