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.
It looks great, but I completely gave up on the Fairphone after they made it clear that the modules are replaceable but not upgradeable.
I don’t want to buy one phone in 2025 and be stuck with the same specs for multiple years. I want to buy one phone in 2025 and change the CPU in 2028, upgrade the camera in 2029, upgrade the display in 2030, upgrade the battery in 2031, upgrade the CPU again in 2032… like the phone of Theseus.
Yes, it’s pretty sad. The main reason I swap phones is rarely just the battery, but because they start slowing down. Memory and chips degrade over time. But the only way to buy a new motherboard is to buy. Whole new phone.
While I haven’t given up on FP, clearly they are targeting non tech savvy people.
