Come on. Who cares about a release date for a FP6 when there are too many problems at the moment. First of all, Fairphone needs to get all the problems under control before it releases a FP6.
If not, sustainability isn’t important and the whole Fairphone idea is just a nice-intentioned but also sh1t3 story, like every ‘green’ company does.
I care. But in slightly different terms. Will be nice to get any info about plans for the future releases, updates and so one. Probably no one want to purchase older device just before releasing new one, especially if you want to hold new device for extended period of time.
Me and i’m sure i’m not alone. I will be mine and I will come back to Fairphone, 1 year after i move to Apple and iOS.
And this one, i will keep it long time.
How did you know for the 25th june ?
Through my employer, as I mentioned.
Sorry I didn’t see that.
Are there any plans for Fairphone 6?
And if yes do they have a timeframe?
Hi and welcome to the community forum, jensitus!
Your question has been asked before so I moved your post to this existing topic.
There has not been an official word on this, just the speculations in this topic plus the wishes and hopes of the users that have been expressed since the FP5 came out here:
Just stumbled over this hint on Fairphone 6. Not too much information, but maybe interesting enough:
Summarized:
The article from NewMobile reveals the first evidence of the Fairphone 6, suggesting a possible name change to “Fairphone Gen 6.” It will be available in Horizon Black and Forest Green, with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, and might launch earlier than the usual August or September timeline.
Pretty sure this is Confirmed. Yesterday I got a comment from Fairphone in TechAltars YouTube Video when I mentioned the release was incoming. Sadly they removed the comment again.
Given the leak suggests 8 RAM, I d like to ask a general question in a way mirroring the discussion from How much RAM does your smartphone need?
Taking into the consideration the newest EU law on repairability that should govern all the new launches from June 2025 (correct me if I am wrong) then also FP6, and the previous times of end of sales, we can easily assume at least 9 years of software updates, taking us to 2034
I can easily imagine 8 RAM be enough for at least five more years but nine? Would you imagine a second version of FP6 with more RAM to follow?
That is exactly what I thought, too, when I read about the maybe-configuration. The FP5 was released with 8 GB, what was quite good 2 years ago. But a phone which is to be released today should bring 12 GB in my opinion. That’s why I want to believe that there will be a better equipped version available shortly after the 8 GB version (although it makes more sense to release the more expensive version first; maybe the leak is just not too trustworthy).
Thanks.
My guess is FP is torn between providing the best (possible) specs and an attractive price for new customers (also companies).
If there’s a company purchase, it might be people would be switching phones after six years anyway and potentially reselling phones for less demanding customers.
I hope for a 12 GB version from the start, anyway.
PS. In a kinda contradictory way I also hope my FP5 with its 8GB will continue to deliver even past 2031 
Although I never really checked RAM usage, I can barely believe that normal usage can even use 8GB. In fact I suspect 4GB to be well enough.
If I am missing out something, I’d be glad to know.
From what I’ve read in this forum in the topic about apps being closed and my own personal experiences of the FP5 closing my active music player while driving or closing my game after answering a Whatsapp message, I was hoping the FP6 would have more memory. My previous Xperia 5 II already had 8GB of memory and that was plenty, it never closed my music player even on an 8 hour drive nor did it close my game if I switched to Whatsapp to answer a message. Even doing some web browsing, all was fine! Imo 8GB should be enough but for some reason FPOS seems to be dog water with memory management or processes in background. I remember a post on here where someone checked and it seems to be constantly closing stuff in the background. Maybe it’s an attempt to get some kind of usable battery life out of the IoT processor but it’s getting pretty annoying if I’m honest. I can only imagine how mad the 6GB variant of the FP5 would drive me!
I checked this thread about apps closing in the background but tbh I find it confusing as the apps don’t close on my phone. I have several open with no issues whatsoever so am not sure if that’s not the question of certain apps/settings.
A Google Pixel 9a has 8 GB and should be updated for 7 years at least. So I don’t understand why people think 8 GB for the FP6 wouldn’t be enough.
Also don’t forget that the most environmentally friendly phone part is such that is never produced. So the decision to go with 8 GB might also be supported by this line of thinking.
How much RAM do you use? Desktop PCs do fine with 8GB as well. If it’s fast 8GB I think it should be fine. It’s indeed not taking into account AI for the future. But maybe that has a dedicated accelerator with it’s own RAM in the FP6. Just guessing of course.
A sustainable phone is a phone that is used as long as possible. How do you make people use their phone as long as possible? You provide a good user experience as long as possible, meaning that the phone should run common software smoothly.
I think that there’s maybe no better/easier way to increase the longevity of a smartphone by adding some extra RAM, maybe by offering different versions. While the support of different processors would increase development resources, extended RAM comes without expensive software adaption.
The comparison to Pixel 9a with 8 GB is not correct in my opinion as longevity and sustainable are not the core the Pixel brand. So it’s not even their goal to provide a GOOD experience for 7 years, for them it’s just cheap to provide longtime android support, for obvious reasons. Fairphone instead should go one step further to ensure that there are not only software updates but that people can use the device properly without the urge to buy a new device after 4 years.
Btw. many new midrange smartphones offer 12 GB of RAM already, so it’s apparently not too farfetched to expect the same configuration from a new Fairphone.