The Fairphone 6 is broadly anticipated to get an official unveiling within the subsequent week however the leadup to the repairable smartphone’s launch has been leakier than a nasty faucet. In a brand new report from , purported photos of the Fairphone 6 present that it’ll characteristic two again covers: one for the primary physique overlaying the cameras, and a decrease panel that may be simply eliminated by loosening a number of seen screws.
Doing so grants entry to the battery, which WinFuture notes will not be glued down, although swapping it out would require you to take away a number of further screws. The again plates can be found in three completely different colours – black inexperienced and white – which you’re free to combine and match with to present the telephone a extra personalised look.
This being a Fairphone product, the battery unsurprisingly isn’t the one detachable element. If you already know what you’re doing, you can even substitute the 50- and 13-megapixel major cameras and the 32–megapixel front-facing digital camera, in addition to the show, speaker and USB-C charging port.
By way of specs, the Fairphone 6 is pretty unremarkable, however you’d anticipate it to be on the rumored €550 (round $630) value level it’ll reportedly retail at. In addition to the aforementioned trio of lenses, it’ll reportedly have a 6.31-inch 120Hz show, 256GB of inside storage (expandable by way of a MicroSDXC slot), 8GB of RAM and a 4,415mAh battery. Below the hood is a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, so we’re firmly in mid-range territory. The Fairphone 6’s anticipated IP55 score for water and mud resistance means it’ll comfortably face up to a little bit of rain, however doubtless gained’t take effectively to a dunk within the tub.
Of its predecessor, the , launched (although not within the US) in 2023, Engadget’s Daniel Cooper stated: “Should you’re trying to choose up a mid-range handset you can maintain going for twice so long as another telephone in the marketplace, and also you wish to do a bit of excellent within the course of, that is in all probability the telephone for you. It’s not usually the view from the ethical excessive floor is this snug.”
