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Dutch maker of repairable, sustainably sourced smartphones and audio products, selling in Europe for over a decade and now directly in the US.
Fairphone's repairable Fairbuds 2 reach US buyers on Nov. 2 at $119, after going on sale in the UK and Europe from £99 / €119. The buds keep the first generation's repair design, and that design pays off only for an owner willing to open them.
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Fairphone will sell Fairbuds 2 in Europe for 119 euros from October 14, 30 euros below the original's 2024 launch price. In the US they cost $119, more than the $99.99 the first pair sells for now, so the repair case turns on parts prices not yet published.
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The Gen 6+ sells for $649.99 and is the first Fairphone the company has sold directly in America. The argument it makes is arithmetic, not atmosphere.
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An open-access hub built by the refurbishment company Back Market with nine outside experts links cobalt, lithium and eight other metals to the places they are dug out of, alongside a six-country survey of what buyers know.
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The Fairphone 6+ costs $650 in the US and ships with the screwdriver that takes a dozen parts out of it. Fast Company's reviewer, who says he is not especially handy, had them all out in about 20 minutes.
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Fairphone's 6 Plus reaches US buyers at $649 with a five-year warranty and twelve parts an owner can swap. That moves the buying question off the chipset and onto what the fourth year of ownership costs.
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9to5Google's read on the new Pixels is that most of what is new will reach older phones within months. That is an argument for delaying a refresh, not funding one.
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The Momentum True Wireless 5 lets owners swap batteries in both the buds and the case. European rules landing in early 2027 are already visible in the industrial design.
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