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The repairable smartphone segment has operated almost entirely within European distribution channels, with the US market remaining a secondary consideration for most players in that space.
Fairphone broke from that pattern this week, launching the Fairphone 6 Plus in the United States at $649.99. It is on sale now through Fairphone's own website and Amazon, sold unlocked with support for T-Mobile and AT&T.
The headline development is the channel itself. Fairphone hardware from the Fairphone 4 onward has been purchasable in the US before, but never directly from Fairphone.
The company had routed American sales through a single partner: Murena, the developer of /e/OS, a de-Googled version of Android. That arrangement came with a requirement. Buyers had to run Murena's software.
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