Fairphone’s Latest Home-Repairable Phone Is Actually Easy to Buy

Fairphone has spent close to a decade selling repairable smartphones, but until now they haven’t exactly been the easiest tech to come by. Buying one in the U.S. has always required some finagling. The newly announced Fairphone (Gen 6+) will switch up this model by allowing American consumers to purchase the phone directly from Amazon or Fairphone, no workarounds required. In order to purchase past iterations of the Fairphone, prospective owners had to go through a third-party middleman called Murena, the developer of a “de-Googled” version of Android (the “e/OS” fork). The Fairphone 6+ is the company’s first new phone to be released in the U.S. running full-fledged Android software. It’s even available for use on AT&T and T-Mobile’s cellular networks. Fairphone’s pitch remains the same as ever: it’s a phone you can actually take apart at home to repair. The 6+ maintains the same repairable design as last year’s model, allowing owners to swap up to 12 parts with just a screwdriver. That includes the battery, USB-C port, display, cameras, and more. Buying new parts will run you anywhere from $7.99 for a SIM tray to $89.99 for a new screen. The only big change from the Fairphone 6 to