Publish date: August 30, 2023
announced Dutch smartphone company Fairphone 5, its latest sustainably-produced, repairable phone The new phone is made from 70 percent ethically sourced and recycled materials by workers for a living wage, and is designed to be easy to repair with its long software support period .
“You can use the Fairphone box to ship your old phone to us for recycling on your behalf,” the company said. The Fairphone 5 comes with a 5-year warranty and software support until at least 2031, making it long-lasting.
And you get Android 13, and the company plans to provide at least five OS updates. This phone is easy to fix, all you need is a screwdriver, there are ten units you can replace yourself, you don’t need to go to a repair shop, Fairphone and its partners sell the units.
The units include a new OLED screen, rear and front cameras, USB port, and battery. The screen comes from a 6.46-inch OLED with a resolution of 1224 x 2700 pixels, a refresh rate of 90 Hz, and a peak brightness of 880 nits, and it is covered with Gorilla Glass 5.
The company provided the phone with a 50-megapixel front camera with an F / 2.45 lens slot with HDR support, a 90-degree field of view, electronic image stabilization and 1.5x digital zoom, and it is capable of capturing 4K video at 30 frames per second.
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The phone includes a dual rear camera, with a 50-megapixel main lens that supports optical and electronic image stabilization with a field of view of 84.1 degrees and 8x digital zoom, and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide lens that supports auto focus, macro mode, and electronic image stabilization with a field of view of 117 degrees. It can capture 1080p video at 30 and 60 frames per second and is also capable of capturing 4K video at 30 frames per second.
Fairphone chose the Qualcomm QCM 6490 chipset, an industrial part with long-term software support. Other connectivity includes Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, and NFC. And the 5G modem supports more bands.
The Fairphone 5 comes with a 4200 mAh battery that supports 30W fast charging capable of charging the battery from 0 percent to 50 percent in 20 minutes, and the fully charged battery should last for a day and a half, and it is very easy to replace the old battery with a new one.
There is only one version of the phone with 8 GB of random access memory and 256 GB of internal storage space, and a microSD slot is available that accepts cards with a capacity of up to 2 terabytes, at a price of 700 euros, and you only have to choose the color or request the new transparent version, as it is scheduled Shipping begins September 14th.
