Exclusive: You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone—a Sustainable, Repairable Smartphone—in the US
Your iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, and Google Pixel have a 1-year warranty. Unless you cough up extra dough for an extended service plan, you'll pay a hefty fee if you damage the screen and need a replacement (around $329 for an iPhone 17 done directly from Apple).
But it doesn't have to be this way. What if you could order the part from the manufacturer and do the repair yourself? That dream is finally being realized for American consumers, thanks to Fairphone. The Dutch company is bringing its repairable and sustainably built Android smartphone—the Fairphone (Gen 6+)—to the US. Each one comes with a screwdriver.
A replacement screen from Fairphone costs just $90. A new USB-C port is $20; a fresh battery is $40. In all, there are 12 modular elements you can swap yourself. It remains the only smartphone series with a 10/10 repairability score from...
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