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Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US
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The Fairphone 6 Plus is a refreshed version of the 6, with more RAM and a faster chipset.
The Fairphone 6 Plus is a refreshed version of the 6, with more RAM and a faster chipset.
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The Fairphone 6 Plus is a minor hardware refresh, but a major launch for the company: It’s the first phone that Fairphone is selling directly in the US. It’s on sale now for $649.99, available through Fairphone’s website and Amazon, and is sold unlocked with support for both T-Mobile and AT&T. In Europe, it costs €649, a €50 increase on last year’s phone.
Fairphones from the 4 onwards have been available to buy in the US, but never from Fairphone itself. They were exclusively sold through a partnership with Murena, the developer of /e/OS, a “de-Googled” version of Android. That meant buyers were forced to use Murena’s software — which is capable, but certainly an acquired taste — and paid a significant premium for the phone. Last year’s Fairphone 6 sold for $899.
The 6 Plus is ultimately a very similar device to the Fairphone 6, which is no bad thing — I liked the 6 a lot, giving it 7/10 in my review last year, and would have scored it higher were it not for the unfriendly US price tag. The 6 Plus builds on it with a faster chipset — Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, which is firmly midrange but a solid performer — and an industry-bucking jump up to 12GB of RAM.