- Fairphone CEO Raymond van Eck has teased two new Fairphone products
- A new smartphone, potentially the Fairphone 7, will likely be among that number
- Fairphone recently confirmed its plans to enter the US market
Fairphone CEO Raymond van Eck has teased two upcoming Fairphone products in an exclusive statement provided to TechRadar.
“We are working on two new products that the entire Fairphone team is incredibly proud of,” van Eck told us via email. “I can’t reveal the surprises right now – where’s the fun in that? – but I promise they’re really going to go beyond what people expect from modular, sustainable technology, and TechRadar readers will be some of the first to know.”
At the same time, the Fairphone boss also shared a LinkedIn post with YouTuber Zack Nelson (aka JerryRigEverything), in which Nelson writes: “Finally! It’s time. I’ve been waiting.”
The Fairphone 6 was officially announced in June last year, so it appears van Eck’s teaser relates to the company’s next sustainability-focused smartphone. However, until now Fairphone has released a new model every two years (the Fairphone 5 arrived in 2023, the Fairphone 4 in 2021, etc.), so there’s no guarantee that this next device will be the Fairphone 7, or even that it will be a smartphone.
The nature of the second product of van Eck’s breakthrough is even more difficult to predict. Fairphone routinely releases audio products to sit alongside its smartphones, but the latest edition of its Fairphone Fairbuds XL over-ear headphones was released in December 2025, ruling out the possibility of an imminent successor. The company’s wireless earbuds, the Fairphone Fairbuds, launched in April 2024, so a new pair in 2026 makes more sense.
Perhaps Fairphone is preparing to enter a whole new product category. It hasn’t launched a sustainability-focused tablet yet, and Nelson’s enthusiasm (“Finally! It’s about time”) suggests that something truly new is on the horizon from the Dutch manufacturer. Could this be the Fairtablet?
Of course, Fairphone’s expansion into the US market, where Nelson is based, also falls into the category of “something truly new.” Currently, is It’s possible to buy a Fairphone 6 in the US, but only in a non-Google and T-Mobile-locked configuration, sold exclusively by Murena for $899. So American buyers have special reason to be excited about any new Fairphone smartphone.
In any case, it’s been a good few years for Fairphone. While it’s certainly still a small fish in a big pond, the company achieved record growth in 2025, and the Fairphone 6, which improved on its predecessor with a better display, faster chipset, and more attractive design, was well received by buyers and critics (including us).
We hope that Fairphone can continue its upward trajectory with the two products it is preparing for 2026.
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