Exclusive: You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone—a Sustainable, Repairable Smartphone—in the US
Exclusive: You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone—a Sustainable, Repairable Smartphone—in the US
独家：你终于可以在美国买到 Fairphone 了——一款可持续、可维修的智能手机
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). 你的 iPhone、三星 Galaxy 和 Google Pixel 通常只有 1 年保修期。除非你额外掏钱购买延保服务，否则一旦屏幕损坏需要更换，你将支付高昂的费用（例如直接从苹果公司更换 iPhone 17 的屏幕大约需要 329 美元）。
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. 但情况本不必如此。如果能直接从制造商处订购零件并自行维修呢？多亏了 Fairphone，美国消费者的这一梦想终于得以实现。这家荷兰公司正将其可维修且可持续制造的安卓智能手机——Fairphone (Gen 6+)——引入美国市场。每部手机都附赠一把螺丝刀。
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 iFixit, not to mention an unmatched 5-year warranty and software updates through 2033. Fairphone 的替换屏幕仅需 90 美元，新的 USB-C 接口为 20 美元，新电池为 40 美元。总共有 12 个模块化组件可供用户自行更换。它依然是唯一获得 iFixit 10/10 可维修性评分的智能手机系列，更不用说它还提供无与伦比的 5 年保修以及持续到 2033 年的软件更新。
The new Fairphone (Gen 6+) is a small upgrade over the Gen 6 that the company launched last year. It has a newer Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 processor and double the RAM at 12 GB, but is otherwise largely the same device (hence the “plus” in the name). It now comes in Cobalt Blue, a nod to the miners who extract the cobalt used to make phone batteries, and the company’s efforts to improve working conditions in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 新款 Fairphone (Gen 6+) 是该公司去年推出的 Gen 6 的小幅升级版。它搭载了更新的骁龙 7s Gen 4 处理器，运行内存翻倍至 12GB，但在其他方面基本保持不变（因此命名中带有“plus”）。它现在新增了“钴蓝色”版本，旨在向开采手机电池所需钴矿的矿工致敬，并体现了该公司为改善刚果民主共和国矿区工作条件所做的努力。
The new Fairphone is available on Amazon and at Fairphone.com for $650, and it’s officially certified to work on T-Mobile and AT&T’s networks. 新款 Fairphone 现已在亚马逊和 Fairphone.com 上架，售价 650 美元，并已获得官方认证，可在 T-Mobile 和 AT&T 的网络上使用。
While this is the first time the company has brought its flagship mobile product into the US, its expansion to the States began last year with its repairable earbuds and headphones. (The company is also teasing its next-generation Fairbuds 2 wireless earbuds, launching later this year, which it says set “a new bar for repairability and performance.”) 虽然这是该公司首次将其旗舰移动产品引入美国，但其进军美国市场的步伐始于去年，当时推出的是可维修的耳塞和耳机。（该公司还预告了将于今年晚些时候推出的下一代 Fairbuds 2 无线耳机，称其将“为可维修性和性能树立新标杆”。）
Fairphone has been selling its ethically built smartphones in Europe for more than a decade. Its devices are easy to repair, and many of the components that make up the product are sourced sustainably. The Gen 6+, for example, is made with more than 50 percent fair-trade or recycled materials. The company supports living wages for factory workers in its supply chain, and its devices are assembled with renewable energy and are 100 percent e-waste neutral. The company is also a Certified B Corp with a platinum EcoVadis rating—two independent certifications that back up its environmental and labor claims. Fairphone 在欧洲销售其符合道德标准的智能手机已超过十年。其设备易于维修，且产品中的许多组件均以可持续方式采购。例如，Gen 6+ 使用了超过 50% 的公平贸易或回收材料。该公司支持为其供应链中的工厂工人提供生活工资，其设备采用可再生能源组装，并实现了 100% 的电子垃圾中和。该公司还是获得认证的 B 型企业（Certified B Corp），并拥有 EcoVadis 白金评级——这两项独立认证为其在环保和劳工方面的承诺提供了有力背书。
Fairphone CEO Raymond van Eck tells WIRED that he sees his company’s products as a good alternative for consumers who are feeling the pinch of the current economy. “If you look to the US market, it’s heavily duopolistic with very little real consumer choice,” van Eck says. “Americans are exhausted by planned obsolescence, closed-box ecosystems, and expensive yearly upgrades.” Fairphone 首席执行官 Raymond van Eck 在接受《连线》（WIRED）采访时表示，他认为自家产品对于感受到当前经济压力的消费者来说是一个不错的选择。“如果你看看美国市场，它呈现出严重的双头垄断局面，消费者几乎没有真正的选择，”van Eck 说道，“美国人已经对计划报废、封闭的生态系统以及昂贵的年度升级感到疲惫不堪。”
The US is a tough market to crack, with a duopoly held by Apple and Samsung. It’s worse for phone brands not sold through US carriers, which is how most Americans acquire new phones—carriers drive as much as 66 percent of smartphone sales, according to a 2025 report from the International Data Corporation. This situation has forced many companies to pull out: OnePlus recently announced its decision to exit the North American market, following several other phone makers over the last few years, including HMD Global, Sony, and LG Mobile. To counter that narrative, van Eck says Fairphone is already in discussions with major carriers and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to sell its device through their stores. 美国市场很难攻克，因为苹果和三星占据了双头垄断地位。对于那些不通过美国运营商销售的手机品牌来说，情况更糟，因为大多数美国人都是通过运营商购买新手机——根据国际数据公司（IDC）2025 年的一份报告，运营商贡献了高达 66% 的智能手机销量。这种情况迫使许多公司退出：继过去几年 HMD Global、索尼和 LG Mobile 等手机制造商退出后，一加（OnePlus）最近也宣布决定退出北美市场。为了扭转这一局面，van Eck 表示 Fairphone 已经开始与主要运营商和移动虚拟网络运营商（MVNO）进行洽谈，计划通过他们的门店销售其设备。
While Google’s Android powers the company’s mobile hardware, there’s a version you can buy powered by Murena’s de-Googled /e/OS for $699. Fairphone also has a few features of its own. For example, you can flip a physical switch on the Fairphone (Gen 6+) to enable Fairphone Moments, a minimal interface designed to reduce digital distractions. Van Eck hopes the minor performance boost in the Gen 6+ will help it support more advanced software features—such as AI-powered capabilities that often require more RAM. Speaking of, he says Fairphone isn’t immune to the challenges of the global memory crisis, but its “deep relationships” with suppliers have tremendously helped the company secure components. 虽然谷歌的安卓系统为该公司的移动硬件提供支持，但你也可以花 699 美元购买搭载 Murena 去谷歌化 /e/OS 的版本。Fairphone 还有一些自己的特色功能。例如，你可以拨动 Fairphone (Gen 6+) 上的物理开关来启用“Fairphone Moments”，这是一个旨在减少数字干扰的极简界面。Van Eck 希望 Gen 6+ 的性能小幅提升能帮助它支持更先进的软件功能——例如通常需要更大内存的 AI 功能。说到这里，他表示 Fairphone 也无法完全免受全球内存危机的影响，但与供应商的“深厚关系”极大地帮助公司确保了组件供应。
“We do not view our codependence on US technology as a compromise or a downside, but as a powerful synergy,” van Eck says. “You could say we take the best of US innovation, which drives the industry performance, and we wrap it with European care for the planet and people. This creates, I would say, a stronger product than either side could build in isolation.” “我们并不认为我们对美国技术的相互依赖是一种妥协或劣势，而是一种强大的协同效应，”van Eck 说，“你可以说我们汲取了美国创新的精华来驱动行业性能，并将其与欧洲对地球和人类的关怀相结合。我认为，这创造出了一种比任何一方单独制造都更强大的产品。”
The company is finally growing, too, thanks to a newfound marketing strategy of focusing on the quality of the product rather than the company’s ethical mission. It’s seeing growth year over year for the fourth quarter in a row, with phone shipments jumping 74 percent in the first half of 2026 compared to the prior year. Van Eck says 80 percent of people who bought the Fairphone Gen 6 are also new to the brand. 得益于一种新的营销策略——即专注于产品质量而非仅仅强调公司的道德使命，该公司终于实现了增长。它已连续四个季度实现同比增长，2026 年上半年的手机出货量较上年同期激增了 74%。Van Eck 表示，购买 Fairphone Gen 6 的用户中，有 80% 是该品牌的新客户。
“We are really now expanding toward a more mainstream crowd,” he says. “That is helping us tremendously and also giving a lot of confidence that we are really on the right path.” “我们现在确实正在向更主流的人群扩展，”他说，“这极大地帮助了我们，也让我们非常有信心，我们确实走在正确的道路上。”
The Gen 6+ arrives only a year after the Gen 6, but van Eck says the company still plans to stick to its cadence of launching new phone generations every two years and is not moving to a yearly device launch like many of its big tech counterparts. Gen 6+ 在 Gen 6 发布仅一年后就上市了，但 van Eck 表示，公司仍计划坚持每两年发布一代新手机的节奏，不会像许多大型科技同行那样转向每年发布一次设备。
Nathan Proctor, who leads the US Public Interest Research Group’s Right to Repair campaign, is excited for Fairphone’s US entry and whether it will incentivize Big Tech to improve the repairability of their own hardware. He says there’s a market for people who want modular, fixable phones. 领导美国公共利益研究小组（US PIRG）“维修权”运动的 Nathan Proctor 对 Fairphone 进入美国市场感到兴奋，并关注这是否会激励大型科技公司提高其硬件的可维修性。他表示，对于那些想要模块化、可维修手机的人来说，市场是存在的。
“It’s proof that it can be done—if companies wanted to make eminently fixable modular products, they could,” Proctor says. “There’s no t “这证明了这是可以做到的——如果公司想要制造出极其易于维修的模块化产品，他们完全可以做到，”Proctor 说，“没有什么……”