The successor to the Fairphone 5 will be officially unveiled on June 25, 2025, as NieuweMobiel has learned. WinFuture has already published an initial image showing the mid-range smartphone in Horizon Black.
Alternatively, the Fairphone 6 will also be available in Cloud White and Forest Green. At least one variant is reportedly equipped with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of flash storage. The design has been greatly modernized, with the screen bezels being significantly narrower than on the Fairphone 5, while the frame will be flat. One of the buttons is designed in a contrasting color, which could be the slider that detaches the back from the body.
The back is said to consist of two halves in different colors. Cameras include a main camera and an ultra-wide-angle camera, but no telephoto camera. The focus of the Fairphone 6 is said to be on making repairs as easy as possible. Components such as the two rear cameras, the selfie camera, the speakers, the USB-C port, the display and the battery are reportedly modular, making replacement by end users relatively straightforward. Spare parts will be sold directly to consumers.
The modular, split back allows users to get creative with color combinations. WinFuture speculates that the frame of the Fairphone 6 will be made of plastic instead of metal, as no antenna bands are visible. The base model of the Fairphone 6 is expected to launch for a suggested retail price of €549.
You can get a fp 4 which is still getting updates after 10 years. I have no idea where you got the idea that if a phone is not the newest thing, its obsolete. Except maybe if youre one of those iPhone Lobotomites
Again. It is 10 year old. You should not be getting a phone at the end of its lifespan.
That would be great, but again, a phone is not the same as a Framework laptop. You have way less space in there, and unlike Laptops, the Question of Modularity has not already been solved by a 20 Year old 10 kg Thinkpad.
Also, the things you care about like the Camera and such have not changed for phones in a long time, together with the Power requirement. I can still use my old af S7 just like my 2 year old pixel 7 without problems, and furthermore, the only thing that significantly changes with the models is their approach to the whole chassis to the phone, and aou cant just expect to put the mb of a Framework 13 into a 16 without problems
Fairphone 1: 2013
Fairphone 2: 2015
Fairphone 3: 2019
Fairphone 3+: 2020
Fairphone 4: 2021
Fairphone 5: 2023
Fairphone 6: 2025
The FP4 is 10 years old? How long have I had mine I wonder?
Never had a case on it, dropped it quite a few times, once or twice off a tram onto the pavement.
I started to notice some very thin cracks forming around the edges of the screen, but the frame looks like I took an angle grinder to it.
I don’t plan to replace it any time soon.
Sry, 3 year old
Iirc when i was looking the price had dropped due to the 5 coming.
How’s the replacement parts infrastructure holding up on the 4? Genuine ask, I mostly shitpost ✌️
The way I use tech I’m going back to 10 year old thinkpads, mp3 players, dumb phones and polaroid cameras anyway.
The replacement parts are still there. Just like with the 3, just like with the 2, partly
The only bad thing about it is that the support ends in 2 years, but you can just try Calyx Extended support on it, or postmarketOS
I’m actually a bit surprised, the parts for the 2 are what I remember being complained about lol.
Thats what I said, partly. They still have some, but its not reliable anymore