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Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts (shop.fairphone.com)
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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (5 children)

Compared to the Fairphone 5 it has some improvements but also a few downsides:

Pro:

  • It's a bit smaller (~4mm) and lighter (~20g)
  • Slightly better camera (future tests will tell how much better)
  • 120 Hz display
  • More RAM and storage (although I feel that the previous 6GB/128GB option was also sufficient for most users)
  • WiFi 6E Tri-Band (however you will likely never need this speed)
  • Bluetooth 5.4
  • Slightly larger battery

Con:

  • Backpanel now requires a screwdriver
  • Display has less resolution/PPI
  • Performance of processor will likely be nearly identical to predecessor (however it's more efficient and modern)
  • Downgrade to USB 2
  • 600€

My conclusion: Overall the improvements are ok, however just releasing the Fairphone 5 with a newer SoC might have been the better/more cost effective choice. Sacrificing display resolution for 120 Hz feels also quite wrong. 600€ is very pricy for a phone like this. Cutting some premium features away like the 120 Hz display or a bit of RAM and storage (that you can extend anyway with an SD card) might have saved enough to get the launch price down to somewhere near 500€ which would make it accessible for a wider audience.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 hours ago

Downgrade to USB 2

What the fuck?

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

USB 2? What a stupid choice that appears to be. Did they have any reasoning behind that?

[–] localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The transfer speed over USB on mine probably doesn't even pass USB 2 speeds anyway and I've had flagship phones in the past that were even slower over a cable. I guess if that's still the case then there's probably a good engineering argument to reduce complexity.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 4 points 12 hours ago

The extra RAM and storage probably increased the price much more than the screen upgrade.

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Regarding resolution, I've been using my S21 Ultra at FHD quality (2400x1080) since I got it and it has a significantly large screen. I don't see a point in higher resolutions but I definitely appreciate higher refresh rates. Makes it feel smoother and more responsive.

[–] localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 15 hours ago

If the 10hz reading implementation is good I may consider upgrading my fp4. A better camera would be nice too but if they get the power saving if that screen right then I'm interested...

Otherwise my fp4 has everything thing I need a phone to be