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Exclusive: Fairphone CEO teases ‘two new products’ that will ‘really push the envelope’ for sustainable tech — could we be about to see the first Fairtablet?

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Fairphone CEO Raymond van Eck (Image credit: Fairphone)

Fairphone CEO Raymond van Eck has teased two new Fairphone products

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Fairphone CEO Raymond van Eck has teased two upcoming Fairphone products in an exclusive statement provided to Tech Radar.

"We’re working on two new products that the whole Fairphone team is incredibly proud of,” van Eck told us over email. “I can't give away the surprises right now — where's the fun in that? — but I promise they’re going to really push the envelope on what people expect from modular and sustainable tech, and Tech Radar readers will be some of the first to know!"

At the same time, the Fairphone chief also shared a Linked In post featuring You Tuber Zack Nelson (aka Jerry Rig Everything), in which Nelson writes, “Finally! It’s about freakin’ time. I’ve been waiting.”

The Fairphone 6 was officially announced in June last year, so it figures that van Eck’s tease relates to the company’s next sustainability-focused smartphone. However, Fairphone has so far released a new model every two years — the Fairphone 5 arrived in 2023, the Fairphone 4 in 2021, and so on — so there’s no guarantee that this upcoming device will be the Fairphone 7, nor even that it’ll be a smartphone at all.

The Fairphone 6 was announced in June 2025 (Image credit: Fairphone)

The nature of the second product in van Eck’s tease is even harder to predict. Fairphone routinely launches audio products to sit alongside its smartphones, but the latest edition of its Fairphone Fairbuds XL over-ears launched in December 2025, which writes off the possibility of an imminent successor. The company’s wireless earbuds, the Fairphone Fairbuds, launched in April 2024, so a new pair of those in 2026 makes more sense.

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Perhaps Fairphone is preparing to enter an entirely new product category. It hasn’t yet released a sustainability-focused tablet, and Nelson’s excitement — “Finally! It’s about freakin’ time” — does suggest that something truly new is on the horizon from the Dutch manufacturer. Could this be the Fairtablet?

Mind you, Fairphone’s expansion into the US market — where Nelson is based — also falls into the category of ‘something truly new’. At present, it is possible to pick up a Fairphone 6 in the US, but only in a de-Googled, T-Mobile-locked configuration, as exclusively sold by Murena for $899. US buyers, therefore, have particular reason to be excited about any new Fairphone smartphone.

In any case, it’s been a good few years for Fairphone. While undoubtedly 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, a faster chipset, and a more attractive design — was well received by buyers and reviewers (us included).

Here’s hoping Fairphone can continue its upward trajectory with whatever two products it's cooking up for 2026.

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Axel is Tech Radar's Phones Editor, reporting on everything from the latest Apple developments to newest AI breakthroughs as part of the site's Mobile Computing vertical. Having previously written for publications including Esquire and Four Four Two, Axel is well-versed in the applications of technology beyond the desktop, and his coverage extends from general reporting and analysis to in-depth interviews and opinion.

Axel studied for a degree in English Literature at the University of Warwick before joining Tech Radar in 2020, where he earned an NCTJ qualification as part of the company’s inaugural digital training scheme.

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