Curated selection

Easy-to-repair phones

Since June 2025 every phone sold in the EU has had to publish a repairability index in the EPREL registry. This selection takes only the top class and additionally requires a replaceable battery — usually the reason an otherwise working phone is retired.

How this selection is made

EPREL repairability class A
The EU's mandatory repairability index (EPREL registry) at its best class. It is never mixed with iFixit scores — they are different scales.
User-replaceable battery
A sourced yes from the manufacturer or the EPREL registry. The battery is the part a phone outlives first.

A phone with any of these facts unknown is left out — a missing value is not a pass.

Criteria last reviewed on 17 Sept 2026.

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SpecShuttle · MVP demo · 2026