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Fairphone 5 Review

Score: 75.5 / 100

Fairphone 5 is a top-level Android cellphone launched in September, which counts with a 6.5 inches screen, a 50 megapixels back-facing camera and a high performance 2.7 gigahertz Octa-Core processor. Great! That's it? No, it's only the starting point of this extreme review.

This time, it seems like didn't care about the weight in this 7.48 ounces phone. The Fairphone 5 is only 6.36" long and 2.98" wide, but it still manages to hold a 6.5" display. This cellphone is just 0.38 inches thick, taking it to the thinnest cellphone's category. This phone design is a mix of Plastic and Aluminum. This cellphone is sold in three different color options, matte black, sky blue and transparent edition.

designed this phone with a completely amazing 6.5 inches screen, and a 1224 x 2700 resolution, which makes everything look beautiful and brightful.

decided to build this cellphone with a very powerful Octa-Core CPU clocking at 2.7 gigahertz, packed into a Qualcomm QCM6490 (6 nm) chip with a huge 8 GB of RAM memory. This cellphone comes with an excellent 256 GB internal memory and even though it doesn't include an external memory slot, it is still enough to install hundreds of apps and even the largest games available nowadays without worrying about running out of space.

This device only features a 50 mega-pixels back camera. Its back camera lens has a F1.9 aperture so it can capture detailed photos even in poorly lit environments.

This phone uses a 4200 mAh high capacity Li - Ion battery, enough to provide this phone with an incredible battery duration.

The Fairphone 5 includes Wi-Fi capability (and it can provide it to other devices as a mobile hotspot), 5G ultra high bandwidth connection type, LTE-A 4G ultra fast connection and also HSPA+ connection type (a slower 4G variation) and fast 3G data connection, over HSDPA technologies. This cellphone works with a Nano SIM card for GSM networks.

The Fairphone 5 also comes with a great numbre of great features as Fingerprint Reader, NFC (to trigger actions, transfer data or make payments by holding your cellphone close to another NFC device or tag), Bluetooth (5.2) and GPS Localization, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

The Fairphone 5 is a great option no matter whether you will use it as a social phone, need a cellphone to play games, you love taking photos or want a work phone.




Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Operating System (OS):Android 13
Dimensions:6.36 x 2.98 x 0.38 inchesMetric16.15 x 7.57 x 0.97 cmImperial
Weight:7.48 ouncesMetric212.05 gImperial
Colors:Matte Black, Sky Blue and Transparent Edition
Materials:Aluminum and Plastic
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2023-09-15

Display

Screen Type:OLED
Size:6.5 inchesMetric16.5 cmImperial
Resolution:2700 x 1224 pixels
Pixel density:456 pixels per inchMetric179.53 pixels per cmImperial
Brightness:800 cd/m2
Touch screen:No

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm QCM6490 (6 nm)
Processor: Octa-Core 2700 MHz
RAM Memory:8 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 643
Internal Memory:256 GB
SD Card Slot:No SD card slot

Battery

Battery type:Li - Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:4200 mAh

Camera

Back camera:50 megapixels
    Aperture:f/1.90
    Sensor size:0.67 inches (1/1.49")

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
5G Bands:n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, SA, NSA
Technologies:5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 5.2
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Fingerprint ID:Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor