Fairphone introduced its newest sustainable smartphone with the Fairphone 6 aka the Fairphone (Gen. 6). It brings a couple of notable upgrades over its predecessor together with a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset, a bigger 4,415mAh battery and a brand new accent system
That is nonetheless a cellphone that’s constructed to final. Fairphone 6 is as simple to restore as ever, with the corporate supplying spare components and video tutorials on how one can exchange the entire key elements. Fairphone 6 is E-waste impartial, assembled in factories with honest labor circumstances and boasts a wonderful repairability ranking from the EU’s new vitality effectivity label. Fairphone can be providing a five-year guarantee and eight years of software program help.
As for the specs, Fairphone 6 is constructed round a 6.31-inch LTPO OLED with FHD+ decision and a 10-120Hz adaptive refresh fee. The panel is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 7i and options 1,400 nits peak brightness and a 32MP front-facing digicam.
The smaller display screen helped Fairphone 6 shed 19 grams of weight in comparison with Fairphone 5 and it’s additionally shorter and narrower. Fairphone 6 is constructed from a matte composite physique, and options IP55 ingress safety and is now drop resistant as much as 1.5m.
The brand new bits this 12 months are the equipment which may connect to the again of the cellphone. You’ll have to take away two screws and you’ll then connect a card holder, lanyard or finger loop.
Additionally new for this 12 months is the devoted yellow change on the aspect that activates Moments – a digital detox mode the place the UI turns monochrome and you’ve got entry to solely 5 of your important apps.
Fairphone Moments key and UI
Elsewhere Fairphone 6 will get a 50MP fundamental 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 by way of the microSDXC slot. The brand new 4,415mAh battery helps 30W wired charging speeds.
The software program division can be fascinating, as Fairphone 6 comes with two choices. The “common” Fairphone 6 boots a near-stock Android 15, however you can too go for the “de-Googled” model working on /e/OS. The latter remains to be based mostly on Android Open-Supply Challenge (AOSP), however it omits Google apps and companies for privacy-conscious customers.
Fairphone 6 is available in Cloud White, Forest Inexperienced, and Horizon Black colours. The common Android 15 model is priced at €599 whereas the one with /e/OS begins at €649.
Fairphone 6 • Fairphone 6 (/E/OS Version)
