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TL;DR
- Fairphone might launch its subsequent cellphone, the Fairphone 6, later this month.
- The machine could function a modular again panel, permitting customers to simply change to a distinct again panel coloration or add equipment.
- The Fairphone 6 might are available in 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. Luckily, there’s lastly some excellent news. A brand new leak means that the Fairphone 6 could also be proper across the nook, and it might function an up to date modular design with assist for interchangeable equipment.
The Fairphone 6 might launch on June 25, based on retail information sourced by Dutch publication Nieuwe Mobiel. The machine 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 in regards to the Fairphone 6’s inside {hardware}, WinFuture has shared a picture of its entrance profile and revealed that it might 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 Cellphone 1, and permit customers to simply change to a distinct coloration again panel or make the most of its two-part design to offer the cellphone a dual-tone look.
The modular again panel will even assist equipment like a card holder, a lanyard, or a hoop to make holding the machine simpler. We don’t have a transparent thought of the mounting mechanism for these equipment, because the picture doesn’t showcase the cellphone’s again panel. Nevertheless, it does give us a take a look at what seems to be a sliding latch, which could permit customers to open the again panel simply.
Moreover, the publication provides that the Fairphone 6 will function a user-replaceable primary, wide-angle, and selfie cameras. Just like the Fairphone 5, its earpiece, speaker, USB-C port, show, and battery will even be interchangeable. Fairphone might retail the cellphone for €549.99 (~$629), however we’ll have to attend till the launch for affirmation.