The Fairphone 6 launched final month with an expanded modular design, a greater chipset, and a bigger battery in comparison with its predecessor. That is nonetheless no flagship Android smartphone, however its key promoting level is not efficiency or battery life, it is repairability.
Thus, you is perhaps to search out out what the oldsters over at iFixit need to say about it – in spite of everything, they have been championing folks’s proper to self-repair their units for years, and Fairphone itself can also be all about giving those who possibility. It is all excellent news for the Fairphone 6, as iFixit has discovered it to be essentially the most repairable handset but.
So, it was awarded an ideal 10 out of 10 repairability rating, one thing that mainstream smartphone manufacturers can solely dream of, however have by no means achieved. Fairphone has already made elements and restore manuals obtainable for the Fairphone 6, which it guarantees will get not less than seven main Android updates and not less than eight years of safety patches. That is necessary as a result of a telephone being straightforward to restore is type of pointless if its software program is not supported previous a yr or two.
Your entire telephone makes use of solely T5 Torx screws, so one screwdriver is sufficient to get to any part. Talking of which, clearly the entire numerous bits and items are very straightforward to exchange – this consists of the battery, cameras and the display screen in addition to the USB port. There isn’t any glue anyplace inside, which makes repairs a breeze however means it may solely be IP55 rated for mud and water resistance.
