2026 rank
Fairphone, rank 42
- Rival 50 Score
- 3.52
- Differentiation
- 4.0
- Relevance
- 4.0
- Talkability
- 4.32
About Fairphone
Founded in the Netherlands in 2013, Fairphone makes modular, repairable smartphones built with traceable, conflict-free minerals and supply chains that put fair labor first.
Why it’s a challenger
Smartphones are typically sold on the latest specs, built for rapid obsolescence and backed by opaque supply chains. Fairphone makes repairability and ethical sourcing the selling point, offering extended support and publishing supplier lists as marketing material. In the first half of 2026 it sold 74 percent more phones than a year earlier, its best half-year since launch.
This brand is in the Rival 50 2026 list. The report’s deep dives cover 14 of the top 20.
Reviewers’ view
Reviewers credited Fairphone with a new take on phones that no one else is doing, pairing a unique modular design with fair market hardware and ecological arguments rare in the category, carried by a noticeable color scheme.