That is really good news! The old cower is much to difficult to move for a battery change. They should talk about it at the faiphone shop.
Just received an e-mail announcing this… those cases look pretty cool but when I press on pre-order I’m led to a page for pre-ordering a whole FP2.
Can’t we pre-order the case? will it be available for sale separately?
I think I’m not the only person who would love to have the 3D blueprints for the new model…
I was wondering about the weird form of the cover at the bottom of the phone. It seems illogical to have the grey/black part “invade” the edge of the white one. Maybe it’s some kind of click-mechanism that holds the two differently coloured parts together?
@evidemment, please read post #12. Sorry, I didn’t see that your post was moved here from somewhere else.
I’m guessing they don’t sell the case separately just jet so they have enough for all the people who want to buy/pre-order the phone.
That’s the same with the original cover. That’s where the USB hub is. I know you’re still used to it being on the top of the phone! 
Glad to hear that… I would have been very disappointed if there were modifications on the phone itself…
I’d really like a thinner back cover as I find FP2 very thick and big and inconfortable… (FP1 is perfect size for me!)
Will not buy a new cover if it still has the hole for the earphone jack, got to keep up to the competition fairphone!
Any news on the explosion module?
Is that really the case or does the same percentage of all covers break, but only the absolute number of broken cases is blue translucent, juat because a quite big majority of FP2s was orderd in this color?
Btw: I was also pretty surprised when I learned last year that I was by far not the only one to order such an exotic colored case…
Probably. I had a white one that broke. Now I have a blue one and it’s starting to fall apart. This time it’s in the vicinity of the power button.
I really hope they fixed this with the new covers as it’s fairly annoying to have the cover die slowly .
Yup, my first translucent one and my new blue one are both cracking too 
I’ve filed a support issue where I asked Fairphone whether the cover cracking problem is solved, I’ll report accordingly (if they don’t do it in the meantime)
Update : support told me there are new batches of “thick” covers made with a different material, although it’s currently impossible to say whether this solves the problem definitely. We’ll have to see over time.
Damn it. This makes the decision for my next replacement even more difficult: Transparent or slim …
Tough choice 
Well I had a transparent one which broke like the other colors, so if production materials/methods don’t change you eventually end with a broken transparent case 
P.S: support was great, I sent the request on Sunday 9th October and received a new case Thursday 13th! 
Well, I was referring to
So there’s the hope that the “new” thick covers last longer.
I just hope they’ll get a proper green one at some point… Gotta say, those slims are not looking too bad at all!
If you can afford to wait a few months I’ll gladly keep you updated 
Grey transculent are also very bad, 2 split in only 4 weeks on my FP2. The transparent case seems to much more solid
great job !
I find it great the opportunity to customize a bit more FP2 thanks to those new cases.
it seems that edges are now exactly similar ??
Hope those cases are more robuste too…mine (transparent blue) juste broke on one camera’s corner !!!
and 28€…for a plastic case…is it the way to reimburse R&D costs
I would say, if you don’t take advantage of your warranty, then it is your generous donation to future R&D costs