I’ll design and 3D print the best Fairphone 6 back cover ideas from this thread

Hi everyone! I’m a Product Engineer and I’m looking to develop some custom battery covers for the Fairphone 6. I want to move beyond basic plastic.

If you could have anything on your back cover, what would it be?

- Built-in Features? (Card holder, kickstand, tripod mount, lanyard loop…)

- Materials/Finish? (Transparent, rugged, fabric texture…)

If this post gets enough traction and upvotes to show there’s real interest, I’ll select the most upvoted/interesting designs, prototype them in high-quality resin, and share the results here.

What are we building? :rocket:

(Picture from Phone Repair Guru on YouTube)

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I would be a huge fan of a stand!

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What do you think about a back cover which supports wireless charging and then plug the cable of the wireless charging pad into the usb c port somehow?(like this)

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I wouldnt know the brands, but some bike, motobike or car mount adapters that are secured to the phone via the screws instead of with adhesive would be cool. so that couriers or drivers could have hands free while they ride or drive

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This is really cool. The idea you are showing has been posted on the internet some months ago. Still quiet in the designer world for it.

So really cool you bring this up here. I think there’s a lot of potential to get cool extra’s like you already mention.

Although I don’t own a fairphone yet, tripod, battery case, wireless charging option, bankpass/kickstand in one would be great too.

An Adapter for the SP Connect system would be great.

https://sp-connect.eu/collections/phone-case

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I think all in one go would be very heavy/bulky, but a magnetic back cover and then making magnetic adapters for it then makes it easier to swap

I would prefer a back cover with a card holder for my drivers license. This is the final card which isn’t on the phone already :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Is there anything about that not already possible with the official card holder?

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Oh, this must be new. The last time I checked there was only the cover with a card holder. Thanks.

I would like a card holder with enough space to also accommodate a credit card-sized pocket mod and a small ballpoint pen.

Very interesting ! I wonder if there should be some soldering on the usb-c port, or simply letting a slot for the connector to fit Somewhere when not in use.

a back cover that allows you to position the phone vertically or horizontally for viewing while resting it on a table.

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This stand should sit flush with the standard FP6 case when folded in, and ideally allow for both portrait and landscape orientation.
Materials - needs to be fairly robust, so rigidity is important and the leg needs to use a real hinge rather than a folding component.

I am not sure if it is possible that a stand would be fully aligned with the back cover when folded in, but perhaps it would be acceptable if it were on the same level as the camera bump.

Could be a challenge - depends on the material, I guess. But yes, should work if it’s aligned with the camera bump as long as it doesn’t get wobbly.

A chess board. If you could magnetise it somehow, then it would work with those mini travel pieces :grin:

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If it’s Fairphone, I guess tree bark (or its imitation :slight_smile: ) would be great to show the connection to conserving the environment :smiley:

I guess you’ve seen this?

Yeah, my girlfriend has something similar… But this looks more like polished wood than raw bark. What I meant originally was raw pine bark with the large “valleys” :slight_smile: