I tried the new Fairphone, a phone designed to be repaired

When I unpacked a new Fairphone from its box, I noticed something that doesn’t come with any other phone: a screwdriver. The tool is one small part of the company’s bigger effort to make a phone that users can actually repair—and that lasts as long as possible. If your screen breaks, you can easily unscrew the case and replace it yourself. Using the same screwdriver, you can take out a total of a dozen components, from the USB-C port to the camera modules. The Netherlands-based company also spent years rethinking the supply chain, sourcing materials like Fairtrade gold and recycled metals. Fairphone has been selling phones in Europe for more than a decade, but the $650 Fairphone 6+ is the first to be available in the U.S. I spent the past week testing it out and considering whether it could ever persuade me to ditch my iPhone. [Photo: Fairphone] A phone you can actually fix The phone was designed from scratch to be simple to repair. I tried taking it apart; I’m not an especially handy person, but I was able to disassemble all of the replaceable parts in about 20 minutes. You don’t need any special knowledge of electronics, or anything other than the single screwdriver. Anyone who …