The unexpected protagonist of the day was undoubtedly the Fairphone 5. Because? Well, because just a few hours ago, its technical specifications were leaked along with the news that it will be officially unveiled tomorrow. That would already make it stand out, but we don’t know if it’s due to an error in the leaked information or Fairphone’s response to the leak that the company decided to make it official today and pre-announce its new model. – sales on your website.

Fairphone was born more than 10 years ago Rare avis in the competitive smartphone market because it competes neither in terms of performance nor price, but in terms of durability and associated sustainabilitya bet that, without becoming a massive demand, has allowed the company to endure over the years and improve its designs generation after generation, which we repeated two years ago, with the arrival of the Fairphone 4.

If you are not familiar with Fairphone, you should know that this company focuses on the repairability of its smartphones. So the first of the models got a respectable seven out of ten on iFixit, but since then all released models reached 10, the maximum score awarded by this site. For this purpose, the brand chooses a modular design, in which some of the components (of course not all, but that would be terribly complicated) can be easily replaced and thus extend the life of the device.

The new Fairphone 5 of course remains faithful to this philosophy, but in addition to the repairability of the phone, it also adds the manufacturer’s commitment to enable extend its life with software updates. The Fairphone, sold with Android 13, therefore guarantees at least five major updates to the operating system, which would take us until 2028, but it isSecurity updates will be extended until at least 2031. And in case there are any skeptics, remember that the Fairphone 2, which went on sale in 2015, has had its life cycle extended until this year 2023. And that’s not all, as the manufacturer also offers nothing less than five-year warranty. to purchase a terminal. Fairphone is undoubtedly miles away from other manufacturers in the industry in this regard.

As you can see in the picture, the modular design of the Fairphone 5 allows the exchange of many of its components, thus guaranteeing the repairability of the smartphone.

Fairphone 5: technical specifications

As you can see, after a quick look at its specifications, we are not talking about the top of the range, a fact that is mainly determined by its SoC, and Qualcomm QCM 6490 which, as its own manufacturer suggests, targets the IoT ecosystem rather than the smartphone market. It integrates an octa-core Kiro 670 processor (2 2 GHz Kryo 360 and 6 1.7 GHz Kryo 360) along with a GPU. It is accompanied 8 gigabytes of RAMprobably LPDDR4 as this SoC does not support LPDDR5 and 256 gigabytes of storagewhich we can expand with a MicroSD memory card up to two terabytes in size.

As for the screen, which, by the way, is one of the components that we can easily replace thanks to the design of the smartphone, the Fairphone 5 makes an interesting leap compared to its predecessors, because if we found IPS panels in the model 4, at this time they make a leap to technology OLED. So it integrates the panel 6.46 inches with a resolution of 1224 x 2700 pixels in an aspect ratio of 20:9 and with a refresh rate of up to 90 hertz. It scales up to 880 nits, offers HDR, represents 16.7 million colors, offers a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 and uses Corning Gorilla Glass for protection.

Since the SoC used is new, apart from the expected cellular connectivity 5G (which was already present in the 2021 model), we can also find it in the wireless section Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, in addition to NFC and, of course, compatibility with the main global geolocation networks. It integrates a USB-C port for data transfer, use of wired headphones and charging functions. And since I mentioned charging, it integrates a battery that is also easily replaceable, thus perfectly adapting to future European regulations. It is 4200 milliamps and has a 30W fast charging function. However, keep in mind that the Fairphone 5 does not come with a cable or charger.

His proposal in the photography section is quite balanced. In the main chamber we find two elements, a wide-angle (84.1 degrees) Sony IMX 800 with a resolution of 50 megapixels and number F/1.8, accompanied by a ultra wide-angle (117º) with a resolution of 50 megapixels and number F/2.2. The front camera is located behind the perforation in the upper center of the screen and integrates a a wide-angle (90º) 50 megapixel, which yes, works pixel binning combining a matrix of 2 × 2 pixels, thus providing the resulting images of 12.5 megapixels.

Fairphone has already put the new Fairphone 5 up for pre-sale on its website, with deliveries set to begin on September 14. It is available in three colors, matte black, sky blue and the brand’s signature transparent finish, and is priced at €699.00.