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Ok. Next time I go to Europe, I'm buying a Fairphone.
Unless you're happy with a very mediocre phone - please don't. I very much applaud the idea behind fairphone, but the years I had my fairphone 3 were full of frustration.
I'm waiting for the FP to hit the NA market. I have run Nexus/Pixel devices exclusively for 12 years, and all kinds of custom roms over the years; 3 years now on GrapheneOS. But the repairability is a strong draw to the FP, and I believe it also allows bootloader unlocking and relocking with a different key, so software-wise it checks that box too. The only downside is hardware, especially the camera. But I'm still quite interested in it.
The hardware being very poor was the killer for me. Unless they improve starter specs or allow you to upgrade hardware I won't ever buy another one.