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I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too
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this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
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Yup! I daily drive a Fairphone 6 with Mint Mobile in the US.
Awesome! And just to clarify, 5g works as well? Any issues with MMS or RCS messages? Visual voicemail works?
I ask because I am actively looking for a replacement for my 4a, it really is at its end of life at this point.
I was also considering some Nokia/HMD phones,as they made good scores on the ifixit repairability scale. Apparently HMD (who actually make Nokia phones) has a whole line of phones where their goal was modularity/repairability. It's just been unclear which of these phones actually work on US networks.
There's also shift phones out of Germany, but same deal, will they work on US networks?
I'm guessing the EU has some incentive programs to help these phones exist, but as a result, they're mostly aimed at EU markets and networks.
Yeah, 5G works (I'm on it at the moment!). No issues with MMS, but I haven't tested RCS since I'm on /e/OS (which doesn't support RCS as far as I'm aware - I just use SMS/MMS and Matrix). The visual voicemail functionality in the stock /e/OS Phone app doesn't work with Mint Mobile, but the T-Mobile Visual Voicemail app does work.