June 25: Fairphone announcement

Just got an email from Fairphone:

Hey…

It’s that time again.

We’ve been very hard at work designing something new that we’re almost ready to unveil to the world.

And as a member of our amazing Fairphone community (thank you, by the way), we wanted you to be among the first to know exactly when that is.

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It used to come in september…

@Manoj the partnership with Fairphone will continue with Fairphone 6?

Sure why not and beyond.

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For those interested:
The Fairphone 6 seriously (as opposed to unfounded speculation) pops up in the news since the end of May, there’s a collection of sightings in a Fairphone forum topic, starting with this post … Possible release date for the Fairphone 6? - #29 by FairyUltra - The Industry - Fairphone Community Forum
The article listing the most specs so far can currently be found here … Possible release date for the Fairphone 6? - #88 by d2w - The Industry - Fairphone Community Forum

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Just curious about the size.

Fairphone 3 has: 158 x 71.8 x 9.9 mm
Fairphone 4 has: 162 x 75.5 x 10.5 mm
Fairphone 5 has: 161.6 x 75.8 x 9.6 mm

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I can’t buy a FP5 in the USA, I could probably import one, but the modems in the EU phones have limitations for USA operation.

I wonder if the Murena shop will sell the FP6 to the USA market. It would definitely be a buy consideration for me.

More pictures :

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Anyone could find what is the expected thickness?

Dimensions i find on the web are :

164 X 75 X 8 Mm (6.46 X 2.95 X 0.31 In)

Well, if that comes to be true, that whould mean less 2.5 mm comparing to my FP4. It whould be great!

Galaxy S25 Edge comes with 5.8 mm :smiley:
but, of course, Fairphone is modular, you can fixit, change batery and, best of all, is fair phone!

Cost of 2mm for the ability to easily repair, sounds like a fair trade to me.

BTW, I think the looks of the FP6 are outstanding. Didn’t expect that, thought it would be an FP5 with better hardware.

They did add the need for a screwdriver to change the battery, but that’s probably better. That way it doesn’t explode into phone-cover-battery if you drop it. The down side is you can’t carry an extra battery and pop it in there real quick. Though people can pretty much always find a way to charge a phone so an easily swap-able battery may be somewhat redundant.

Didn’t see any IP rating, but the higher the better. Maybe the screw-on back bumps that up a tick. Ideally you want an IP68 rating, but I don’t think I’ve seen a repairable phone with a rating that high. It’s only the makers of non-user servicable phones that achieve a rating that high.

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I totally agree with you. But, comparing to my FP4 (less 2.5 mm), it’s still a huge gain.

Ummmm the version in white is nice but those two screws in the back could have been painted also in white :face_with_peeking_eye:

So they would then have to stock differently coloured screws? (It might not be so obvious from this picture, but the screws of the green version are not green either, at least in other pictures.)

They’ll probably declare them a statement and talking point to counter such sentiments and be done with it, and all for the better.

Yes, I guess you’re right :smiley:

Official specs are : 156.5mm x 73.3mm x 9,6 mm

For Fairphone users we have announced the release of the FP6 with /e/OS :loudspeaker:
Hope to release the build soon. Device specs available here

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Is the yellow side-button with ‘Fairphone Moments’ software also integrated in /e/OS?

So…

Fairphone 3 has: 158 x 71.8 x 9.9 mm
Fairphone 4 has: 162 x 75.5 x 10.5 mm
Fairphone 5 has: 161.6 x 75.8 x 9.6 mm
Fairphone 6 has: 156.5 x 73.3 x 9,6 mm

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