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Smartphones · Fairphone

Fairphone 3+

This record covers Fairphone Fairphone 3+. Screen diagonal: 5.65 inches. Mass: 189 g.

Your situation

Decision context · US · USD

Our scores

Longevity

Longevity score not available

Version 3.2.0

Required to calculate the score:

  • Current support status or published end year
Details that would improve the score (5)
  • Published support end date
  • Announced minimum support duration
  • Repairability index with scale and scheme
  • Official repair manual
  • Replaceable battery
How the decision is calculated

Declared resilience

Not rated

Missing criteria: Declared battery cycles, Declared water and dust protection, Declared repeated drop resistance, Declared support duration

Provisional

Coverage 0 %

Version declared-resilience/4.3.0

Published declarations: this score does not predict service life.

Score methodology

Editorial repairability

10.00/10*

Partial score: missing criteria: Disassembly depth, Repair documentation, Fastener removal

Provisional

Coverage 20 %

Version repairability/4.3.0

Publishers : gsmarena.com

Editorial score separate from the regulatory index and the longevity score.

Score methodology

Customer feedback

Not rated

Missing criteria: Customer review score

Provisional

Coverage 0 %

Version customer-feedback/4.2.0

Customer satisfaction, not a durability test.

Score methodology

What we know

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Version repair-economics/1.4.0 · How the decision is calculated

Support and repairability

Battery replacement
you are expected to eventually take that phone apart yourself

Strengths and things to know

Reported strengths

  • The phone contains 7 individual modules that can be easily replaced, repaired and even upgraded

Prices

US · USD Published price information for this market, without currency conversion. Prices do not affect the verdict.

Price unknown

Key facts

Repairability

Available parts
the upgraded cameras that the 3 Plus comes with · just the main camera module gsmarena.com · Oct 20, 2026gsmarena.com · Oct 20, 2026
Battery replacement
you are expected to eventually take that phone apart yourself gsmarena.com · Oct 20, 2026
Index scale
10/10 repairability score gsmarena.com · Oct 20, 2026

Durability

Editorial justifications
The phone contains 7 individual modules that can be easily replaced, repaired and even upgraded · There is a solid right-to-repair undertone to the project gsmarena.com · Oct 20, 2026gsmarena.com · Oct 20, 2026
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 gsmchoice.com · Oct 18, 2026
Strengths
The phone contains 7 individual modules that can be easily replaced, repaired and even upgraded gsmarena.com · Oct 20, 2026

Specifications

Bluetooth
5.0 lab.fnac.com · Oct 18, 2026
Brand
Fairphone lab.fnac.com · Oct 18, 2026
Front camera
16 Mpx gsmchoice.com · Oct 18, 2026
Main camera
48 Mpx gsmchoice.com · Oct 18, 2026
Mobile connectivity
GSM, UMTS, LTE gsmchoice.com · Oct 18, 2026
CPU
Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Silver) gsmarena.com · Oct 20, 2026
Screen size
5.65 inches gsmchoice.com · Oct 18, 2026
Refresh rate
60 gsmchoice.com · Oct 18, 2026
Show all specifications
Resolution
1080 x 2160 lab.fnac.com
Display technology
IPS TFT gsmchoice.com
Fingerprint sensor
Fingerprint (rear-mounted) gsmarena.com
GPU
GPU: Adreno 506 gsmchoice.com
Weight
189 gsmchoice.com
Model
FAIRPHONE 3+ lab.fnac.com
RAM options
4 GB gsmchoice.com
Release year
2020 gsmchoice.com
SIM
nanoSIM, nanoSIM gsmchoice.com
Processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 gsmchoice.com
Storage options
64 GB gsmchoice.com
USB
USB v2.0 Type-C gsmchoice.com
Wi-Fi
a, b, g, n, ac lab.fnac.com
Not disclosed · 61
Declared drop resistance
not disclosed
Isolated report
not disclosed
Limitations
not disclosed
Acknowledged defect
not disclosed
Number of reviews
not disclosed
Review platforms
not disclosed
Review scale
not disclosed
Review score
not disclosed
Risks
not disclosed
Suitable usage profiles
not disclosed
Unconfirmed signal
not disclosed
Usage limitation
not disclosed
Assessment method
not disclosed
Disassembly depth score
not disclosed
Repair eligibility
not disclosed
EU repairability class
not disclosed
Fasteners score
not disclosed
Repair manual
not disclosed
Parts pairing restrictions
not disclosed
Spare parts availability
not disclosed
Repair programme
not disclosed
Repair limitations
not disclosed
Index scheme
not disclosed
Repairability index
not disclosed
Announcement date
not disclosed
Audio
not disclosed
Battery capacity
not disclosed
Charge cycles
not disclosed
Battery energy
not disclosed
Optical image stabilisation
not disclosed
Telephoto camera
not disclosed
Ultra-wide camera
not disclosed
Declared battery life
not disclosed
Brightness
not disclosed
eSIM
not disclosed
5G
not disclosed
Height
not disclosed
IP rating
not disclosed
Manufacturer reference
not disclosed
Measurement protocols
not disclosed
RAM
not disclosed
Storage
not disclosed
Supported frequency bands
not disclosed
Thickness
not disclosed
Variant
not disclosed
VoLTE
not disclosed
Width
not disclosed
Wireless charging
not disclosed
Announced support period
not disclosed
Support commitment
not disclosed
Current official OS
not disclosed
OS upgrades delivered
not disclosed
Published end-of-support year
not disclosed
Last documented patch
not disclosed
OS at launch
not disclosed
Manufacturer interface
not disclosed
Patch scope
not disclosed
Promised OS upgrades
not disclosed
Support status
not disclosed
Support variant
not disclosed
Update release date
not disclosed

Summary

This record covers Fairphone Fairphone 3+. Screen diagonal: 5.65 inches. Mass: 189 g.

Durability and repair

No admissible observation for this section.

Software support

No admissible observation for this section.

Sources and confidence

  1. gsmarena.comOct 20, 2026

    The phone contains 7 individual modules that can be easily replaced, repaired and even upgraded

    Open source
  2. gsmchoice.comOct 18, 2026

    Corning Gorilla Glass 5

    Open source
  3. lab.fnac.comOct 18, 2026

    5.0

    Open source
Reference date
2026-11-05
Published revision
1541
Evidence coverage
Not disclosed
Sources shown
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