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Fairphone, the Dutch smartphone maker, has entered the US market with the Gen 6+, priced at $650 and built around a repairability-first design that runs against how most of the industry assembles a phone.
CTO Chandler Hatton said the company's goal is a compelling mobile experience that also lets users fully own their device.
The next question for the order book is whether American buyers will pay that price for hardware explicitly engineered to outlast the typical upgrade window.
The physical case for repair Where most flagship devices are assembled from glass and aluminum sandwiches held together with glue, gaskets, and small screws, the Gen 6+ is designed so owners can take it apart and put it back together.
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