Fairphone 5: Keeping it 10/10?

When I started taking apart the Fairphone 5, I didn’t really expect any surprises. 

Having dis- and reassembled the previous model several times, I had some experience with Fairphone’s approach to building a smartphone: Modularity paired with easy access to all major components. 

It’s a winning formula for a repairable smartphone they have iterated on several times now. So, what’s actually different this time around—apart from a new and shiny OLED screen and beefed up cameras?

Manuel Haeussermann for iFixit

Spoiler: it’s still a 10/10 for repairability, but with new niceties to make the process even more pleasant.

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