Murena Just Made The Fairphone (Gen. 6) Better!

We are used to seeing Murena roll out new devices every now and then. Their whole sales pitch revolves around a de-Googled, privacy-focused Android experience. Not everyone is sold on that approach, sure, but the company has managed to stick around for quite a few years now, which says something.

The latest addition to their lineup is the Fairphone (Gen. 6+) with /e/OS. It sits right next to the standard Gen. 6 model, which is still on sale. The new variant packs better hardware and carries a higher price tag to match.

The new device

The three colorways: Horizon Black, Cobalt Blue, and Forest Green.

The most significant change is the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 processor, paired with 12GB of RAM. The base model makes do with the older Gen 3 chip and 8GB of RAM. Though storage stays at 256GB across both, expandable via microSD up to 2TB.

Everything else on the hardware carries over from the base model, including the 6.31-inch 120Hz LTPO OLED display, the 50MP main camera with a 13MP secondary and 32MP selfie shooter, the 4,415mAh removable battery with 30W charging, IP55 water resistance, and Gorilla Glass 7i to protect the display.

There's also a new Cobalt Blue colorway that ties into Fairphone's fair-mined cobalt supply chain efforts. It joins the existing Forest Green and Horizon Black options. The modular design is unchanged, so you can still swap out 12 key components with a regular screwdriver.

The software itself has not changed for this launch. It is still the same privacy-first build Murena has been refining for a while now.

That means no Google tracking baked into the OS, an Advanced Privacy widget that lets you control what data individual apps can see, and a running Wall of Shame that calls out installed apps leaking the most personal information.

The founder and CEO of Murena, Gaël Duval, spoke about the device, saying that:

With devices like Fairphone (Gen. 6+) with /e/OS, users can have a truly ethical device both in terms of hardware and software.

When I developed Mandriva Linux back in the 90s, it was my mission to make the operating system usable for the everyday, non-techie user. This is my goal with Murena – to give the average user access to smartphones that do not hold their privacy to ransom.

Get yours

Pricing depends on which region you order a Murena Fairphone (Gen. 6+) from. For EU, it costs €699, more than the €649 Murena charges for the standard Gen. 6. In the US, the Fairphone (Gen. 6+) is priced at $699, which is more than the standard Gen. 6's $649 price tag.

People who order during the limited-time launch window of 18 August-1 September 2026 get a few extras. In the EU, that's two free accessories of your choice, where you get to pick from a case, screen protector, finger loop, card holder, or lanyard. US buyers get a case and screen protector bundle.

Everyone gets a year of 1TB Murena Workspace and a year of Murena MDM.

Availability differs by region too. The device is shipping now in Europe, with the US listed as a backorder.

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Closing thoughts

The ethical smartphone market is still tiny, and it mostly survives on partnerships like this one. Fairphone builds the hardware, Murena handles the software, and together they keep proving that a privacy-first phone does not have to mean a phone stuck in the dark ages.

Whether that is enough to pull people away from Google remains the same open question it was the last time Murena updated their lineup.

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