Fairphone 6+ earns a perfect 10/10 repairability score from iFixit

The Fairphone 6+ has just received the highest repairability score iFixit awards — a perfect 10 out of 10 — making it the rare smartphone you can actually fix yourself without voiding everything or visiting a specialist. The phone launched on August 18, 2026, priced at $649 in the US and £569 in the UK, and marks the first time Fairphone has sold a device directly to American buyers without a middleman.

What makes it different

Most modern phones are built around thinness: components are glued together, batteries are buried under displays, and a cracked charging port can mean replacing half the board. Fairphone takes the opposite approach. The 6+ uses screws instead of adhesive throughout, and iFixit's teardown confirms that 12 individual components — including the battery, USB-C port, and display — can each be swapped out independently in under five minutes with a single screwdriver.

The battery is reachable after removing the back panel, with no major disassembly required. The USB-C port sits on its own module, so a worn-out charging connector doesn't drag the entire motherboard into the repair bill. iFixit notes that video guides exist for all common fixes.

Fairphone backs the hardware with a five-year warranty and a promise of eight years of software updates — terms that undercut most sealed flagships sitting at the same price point.

The US and UK picture

In the UK, the 6+ is available now via Fairphone.com and Amazon at £569. In the US, Android Authority confirms this is the first Fairphone sold unlocked directly to American customers; the previous model was only accessible through Murena's privacy-focused /e/OS variant at $899.

The 10/10 score puts quiet pressure on Apple and Samsung, whose sealed designs have drawn increasing scrutiny from the FTC's right-to-repair push. Fairphone's screw-only construction is entirely legal and commercially available — the question is whether enough buyers make repairability a deciding factor at checkout.

For anyone tired of replacing an entire phone because one component failed, the 6+ makes a straightforward case: fix it, don't bin it.