Fairphone 5 specs leak: up to 8 years of help, new AMOLED show, more modules

Update: it is official!

Detailed data of the upcoming Fairphone 5 leaked, together with the announcement date – tomorrow. The new mannequin will probably be more highly effective, more repairable, more sturdy and with longer help and, sadly, more pricey.

The Dutch telephone firm made an attention-grabbing alternative for the chipset, it went with a Qualcomm QCM6490. That’s a chipset supposed for embedded and industrial functions. In phrases of efficiency it needs to be comparable to the Snapdragon 778G.

What makes it attention-grabbing is that Qualcomm provides long run software program help – eight years or till 2031. Fairphone does its finest to provide long run help, e.g. Fairphone 2’s final replace got here seven years after launch, however there may be solely a lot it may possibly do with out Qualcomm. Picking an industrial chip could possibly be a sport changer.

Anyway, mannequin 5 has 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage, plus a microSD slot. That microSD slot, together with the SIM slot, is now a separate module. There at the moment are eleven modules in whole (up from eight) with the cameras and vibration motor being separate components too. This permits customers to change them individually.

The Fairphone 5 is made up of 11 individually-replaceable modules

The firm dropped the LCD of earlier fashions and picked a barely bigger 6.46” AMOLED show (up from 6.3” on the Fairphone 4). It has increased decision, 1,224 x 2,770px, and runs at 90Hz to boot (up from 1,080 x 2,340px, 60Hz). Even with the change to AMOLED, the fingerprint reader stays on the aspect.

The new mannequin is supplied with three 50MP cameras – two on the again and one on the entrance. All three will file 4K video. They have “premium lenses”, apparently, however there’s no phrase on focal size or different options.

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Fairphone 5 (leaked pictures)

The battery is greater too with 4,200mAh capability (up from 3,905mAh). There is not any point out of charging specs within the leaked information (mannequin 4 had 20W wired solely charging). The new mannequin can also be packing improved connectivity with Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) and Bluetooth 5.2.

Additionally, it’s rated IP55, up from IP54 (the 5 means resistance to water jets, the 4 was resistance to splashes). As we’ve seen in leaked pictures, the new telephone will probably be accessible in Sky Blue, Gray and Transparent.

Fairphone 5 in Sky Blue, Gray and Transparent

The new {hardware} is more eco-friendly too with 70% truthful commerce and recycled supplies, up from 30-40% on the earlier mannequin. The telephone will even have a new local weather safety label that signifies a decreased carbon footprint over the lifespan of the machine.

That all sounds nice, however now it’s time for the unhealthy information – the Fairphone 5 will value €700 in accordance to the leak. For comparability, the outdated mannequin was €580.

The official announcement of the telephone is coming up, so verify again tomorrow. It will probably be attention-grabbing to hear what Fairphone has to say about software program help on the new module.

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