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Two years after the Fairphone 4 and following the release of some audio products like the Fairbuds XL, the Dutch company is back with a new repairable phone: the Fairphone 5. It looks and feels a lot like the Fairphone 4, but it adds choice upgrades across the board, making it the most modular and also most modern-looking repairable phone from the company yet.

The design is largely unchanged compared to the Fairphone 4, but the improvements that the company did make go a long way: The teardrop notch and the LCD screen is finally gone, with an ordinary punch-hole selfie and an OLED taking its place. Otherwise, you’re looking at an aluminum frame, a triangular camera array, and a removable back cover. Here, the company brought back its signature translucent back cover next to two black and blue variants. The dimensions and weight has been reduced ever-so-slightly compared to the predecessor.

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[-] huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago
[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

GSMArena says it's a Sony IMX800 with a 1/5.6" sensor, which is pretty respectable hardware, better than many premium compacts from years ago. With the right camera app or post processing you can get decent images from this.

[-] severien@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

1/1.56", big difference.

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[-] CCatMan@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Can anything from the new phone be used on the pervious models?

[-] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Looking at the spare parts from the shop it appears that it's not possible. It would have been cool, but that must be pretty dang hard to do without compromising the new device.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I like it. If Google didn't send me a new pixel 6a when my 5a broke, I'd have bought one right now. Hopefully these catch on and are still around in a few years when this one breaks. I'll get one for sure..

[-] c0mmando@links.hackliberty.org 5 points 1 year ago

Sounds like the perfect opportunity for GrapheneOS

[-] icdl@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

How did they fit in so many ads?

[-] rambos@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I could live without headphones jack, but its thick and cost almost 2x the price I can afford. Id consider keeping it if I get it for free because I like the Idea of repairability

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