Fairphone is now officially available in the United States

AdmiralAsshat

No Verizon support. :(

mrbluecoat

"[GrapheneOS] lost most interest in that hardware due to the poor way privacy, security, updates and marketing based on these things has been handled." https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/28825-is-there-any-chance-o...

threemux

Looks great! For other T-Mobile users, it actually supports the full range of frequency bands. Quite a few devices claim T-Mobile support but are then missing band 12 or 71 on LTE or n71 on 5G, all of which are critical for coverage outside of cities.

commoner

Exciting to see this soon after someone got the Fairphone 6 camera working on postmarketOS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338285 The 6+ is a different model, but the announcement says the camera module is the same.

Runways

USB 2.0 port is the only thing preventing me from purchasing one. A wild choice since I believe previous versions did not have this limitation.

amazingamazing

$650 for anyone who does not want to click. Hard sell compared to the iPhone 17e but more choice is good.

VyseofArcadia

Fairphone products have been available in the US officially for ages. This is just the ability to purchase direct from Fairphone. I bought a Fairphone 4 from Murena years ago (and am still using it), and I bought a pair of Fairbuds XL just in April from the same.

ThinkingGuy

The Fairphone (Gen. 6+) comes with upgraded internal hardware that doesn’t compromise on our industry-leading repairability standards. The ‘plus’ isn't about adding features for a longer spec sheet; it's about intentional improvements that keep your device capable for longer. AI-like typing detected.

jarbus

Praying that fairphone somehow makes a foldable one day. My next phone will probably be a fold 8 because I really want a nice reading experience on the go, but I love the philosophy and love my framework laptop.

dmix

That website took a very very long time to load.

newsy-combi

A friend had the Fair Phone 4. It broke after a year. Hostile customer support, not worth her time. Idk. Stories of "good guy" indie companies who drop you as soon as you fell for their marketing keep piling up. It may be greed, short sightedness or an incompetent understanding of what it means to have customers, the results are the same. See Framework for another example of this.

Gormo

No standard audio jack? That's a dealbreaker for me, especially for something touting modularity, repairability, and user control.

idiotsecant

I got excited about this until i realized still no graphene. It seems like both sides have a huge incentive to support the other, I wish they would make it happen.

dataflow

Can someone explain why in 2026 we have artificial limits like this? > expandable upto 2TB with microSD I get that 2TB ought to be enough for everybody, but why the heck shouldn't a 4TB microSD Just Work?

Pfhortune

Disappointed they don't have a wireless-charging-enabled backplate. And I was just about ready to pull the trigger... I know wireless charging is wasteful... but I've got magsafe pucks everywhere in the house/car now... Let me have this one thing...

vazark

My gripe is the lack of usb 3 / dp-alt support. Fairphone as a whole feels like a company that prioritises the mission, but only this mission of ethical and reusable hardware. The user experience for power users who are most likely to recommend their devices feels like a let-down.

maxglute

How is the OS?

bitwize

grapheneos when?

g8425

I purchased a Fairphone 6 thinking I was going to solve a lot of issues I had with more popular phone models. This has not been the case. I think that when all is said and done, Fairphone will have done more to hurt the concept of device repairability than help it. Examples: Within a month of purchase, the little upper speaker grill/mesh sticker fell out. Now this is why I bought a Fairphone - a few clicks, a few days wait and a few screws later and I can easily replace it... not the case. They wanted me to warranty/send in my phone for a sticker replacement on "the world's most repairable phone." Not a great first impression. Another system update they shipped bricked my sim card. No support, no help, just me with a permanent fear of installing any updates in the future.