• Fairphone 5 will be presented in the next few days, price: 699 euros
  • Focus on green construction, 70% fair trade and recycling
  • Increased modularity for easy repairability
  • 8 years software support
  • 6.46 inch OLED display, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB internal memory
  • Improved camera with two 50 megapixel sensors, 4K video
  • Battery capacity of 4200mAh, Bluetooth 5.2, WiFi 6E, IP55
  • Performance on August 31st, availability at the end of September
  • @TheYang@lemmy.worldOP
    3•10 months ago

    I’m currently in the market for a new phone, but not sure if i want a fairphone 5 or a pixel 8
    I want a

    • microSD slot
    • headphone jack
    • customROM support (for de-googling/and root)
    • decent picture quality
    • I like performance but it doesn’t have to be the very very latest
    • the device should be case-friendly
    • should not exceed rougly 165x75mm

    with fairphone it seems i have to pay out the nose, but get less picture quality, less custom rom support for the microSD slot
    with a pixel I support google instead of local companies and fairer trade, get better images, better custom ROM support and will lack a microSD slot

    may be that I’ll decide by picture quality of Fairphone 5 vs Pixel 7, and if the Fairphone can hold its own, I might choose that

  • TurboTurbo
    2•10 months ago

    I am a bit disappoited about the CPU and the substantial price hike, but most af all the size increase. Is there any market research at all indicating that customers want 6"+ displays?