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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Fairphone 6 review: cheaper, repairable and longer-lasting Android

Fairphone 6 review showing the Android home screen held in hand.
Sixth-generation Fairphone is a more ethical, repairable and sustainable alternative to mainstream Androids. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian

The Dutch ethical smartphone brand Fairphone is back with its six-generation Android, aiming to make its repairable phone more modern, modular, affordable and desirable, with screw-in accessories and a user-replaceable battery.

The Fairphone 6 costs £499 (€599), making it cheaper than previous models and pitting it squarely against budget champs such as the Google Pixel 9a and the Nothing Phone 3a Pro, while being repairable at home with long-term software support and a five-year warranty. On paper it sounds like the ideal phone to see out the decade.

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