The answer — one pick, priced
Get the
Fairphone 6
no budget ceiling
12 sources and one clear top pick: a perfect 10/10 iFixit score, 12 user-replaceable parts, and Fairphone-promised software support to roughly 2033.
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Fit ledger — need → measured evidence
■ The catch — co-equal billing, always
In the US it's de-Googled. Fairphone has no Amazon listing and no US retail. American buyers order Murena's /e/OS edition at $749 — a de-Googled Android with no Play Services, tuned for T-Mobile and its MVNOs, not compatible with Verizon. Fairphone's own shop reads 'Coming soon' during restocks. In the EU none of this applies: €549, ordinary Android.
Dealbreaker? Runner-up №1 is ordinary Android, in stock at Amazon ↓
■ Every product has a catch. Verdicts that hide it are how bad buys happen.
Runners-up — if your needs differ
Adjacent verdicts — same method
Traps — this verdict avoids
Two meanings of 'removable'
Half of these phones don't pop open. The EU's 2027 rule counts a battery you reach in about 5 minutes with a screwdriver — decide which definition you actually need before you buy.
No flagship qualifies
Zero 2026 flagships — no Apple, no Galaxy S, no Pixel, no OnePlus — ship a user-removable battery. Choosing this category means accepting mid-range or rugged hardware, full stop.
Round-ups list dead phones
Fairphone ended Fairphone 5 sales on 12 January 2026 and HMD killed the Nokia G42 — both still headline 2026 round-ups. 'Current' in a review does not mean purchasable this week.
Provenance — 12 sources, dated
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