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TL;DR
- Fairphone may launch its subsequent cellphone, the Fairphone 6, later this month.
- The system might function a modular again panel, permitting customers to simply swap to a distinct again panel shade or add equipment.
- The Fairphone 6 may are available three colours and retail for €549.99.
It’s been virtually two years since Dutch smartphone maker Fairphone launched the Fairphone 5, and a successor is lengthy overdue. Happily, there’s lastly some excellent news. A brand new leak means that the Fairphone 6 could also be proper across the nook, and it may function an up to date modular design with help for interchangeable equipment.
The Fairphone 6 may launch on June 25, in keeping with retail knowledge sourced by Dutch publication Nieuwe Mobiel. The system will reportedly be out there in a single 8GB RAM and 256GB storage configuration, with WinFuture including that Fairphone will provide it in three colours: Horizon Black, Cloud White, and Forest Inexperienced.
Though we don’t have extra particulars concerning the Fairphone 6’s inner {hardware}, WinFuture has shared a picture of its entrance profile and revealed that it may function a modular two-part again panel. This new again panel may very well be considerably just like what we’ve seen on the CMF Telephone 1, and permit customers to simply swap to a distinct shade again panel or make the most of its two-part design to present the cellphone a dual-tone look.
The modular again panel can even help equipment like a card holder, a lanyard, or a hoop to make holding the system simpler. We don’t have a transparent concept of the mounting mechanism for these equipment, because the picture doesn’t showcase the cellphone’s again panel. Nonetheless, it does give us a take a look at what seems to be a sliding latch, which could enable customers to open the again panel simply.
Moreover, the publication provides that the Fairphone 6 will function a user-replaceable fundamental, wide-angle, and selfie cameras. Just like the Fairphone 5, its earpiece, speaker, USB-C port, show, and battery can even be interchangeable. Fairphone may retail the cellphone for €549.99 (~$629), however we’ll have to attend till the launch for affirmation.
