Fairphone 6 Plus and Framework 12 Push the Case for Repairable Tech
The Verge's latest gadget roundup spotlights two devices built around repairability rather than disposability: the Fairphone 6 Plus and the Framework 12 laptop. Fairphone continues its niche mission of selling phones with swappable batteries, screens, and modules that owners can fix themselves instead of tossing the whole device. Framework, known for modular laptops, is extending that philosophy to a new 12-inch model aimed at buyers who want long-term upgradeability without sacrificing portability.
Both products target a small but growing segment of consumers frustrated with glued-shut phones and laptops that become e-waste the moment a battery degrades or a screen cracks.
Neither company is likely to out-sell Apple or Samsung anytime soon, but their existence pressures the broader industry narrative around planned obsolescence.