Fairphone 5 5G 256GB + 8GB RAM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + eSIM) Android 13 Unlocked Smartphone (Transparent Edition)

Love the modularity. Performance is good, but not flagship fast. Being able to remove the battery is amazing. Microsd card slot is super useful! Being able to remove any or all of the 3 cameras is kind of cool for privacy. I dont use a case, only a screen protector and its held up to many drops with some slight dings in the frame. The phone is rather heavy and thick as a result of its build design, but I dont mind. I would buy it again.

I was really worried about buying this phone because of all the negative reviews, but I figured that I could always just return it. After a few initial hiccups because I was moving from iPhone and not used to Android generally, I have found that I love this phone and that it does all that I need with a large beautiful screen and great battery life for my purposes. I thought the fingerprint sensor was slow initially, but I now realise that the trick is to see it as a sensor and not a button that you need to press down at the same time. if you just touch it, it should unlock the phone or the app you are using. The camera is good enough for holiday pics, family pics, selfies, etc. If you zoom in, the pics can be grainy, but that is because you are zooming in - for all normal purposes like showing the pics to other people or on a bigger screen, the quality is good enough! I also think the transparent cover is cool and I find the fact that the battery is replaceable to be reassuring. If your company has a Bring Your Own Device policy, one thing to check is whether your company supports Fairphone as sometimes they just support the major players.

Die Reparaturfreundlichkeit besticht. Der Support ist ausgezeichnet.

I was nervous as I chatted with a mint rep via their amazing online easy to reach chat and she was not clear if the Version 5 was compatible. Well it is. Once up and running it connected without a hitch. I don't have much of an issue with battery even though I take advantage of the 80% max charge. I have learned to be smart with resources. Wifi, BT, Location are all off if not needed. Talking to my friend for 40 minutes over speaker phone, I was surprised the FP5 only dropped 4% even though the screen was lit with max brightness the whole time. And btw the speakers are loud. And the screen is bright enough to see in full sunlight while I was at the beach. There is NO bloat ware, I mean NONe. Not even a photo gallery app. but easily viewable via the camera access, file manager, or google photos. Built in app by FP5 allows you to easily get costumer service or Order parts. I might get a secondary battery just for those over nights at the beach. Because I can and its an easy swap why not? I would say I would buy another one in the future but not likely since all the parts are replaceable I wont need to for at least 6 years, more likely 8.

By far the best phone I have ever owned. Feels quality. Not bloated with crap like the mainstream phones. Unlockable bootloader so I can run any software on it that I want (I have run LinageOS and e-OS on it so far, works perfectly). But it will not work with Telstra or anyone else who uses Telstra network. This seems to be a problem with Telstra after the 3G network closes (end of this month). I wrote to them about it and they said my phone is not compatible with VoLTE (which is wrong). I fixed this by changing to optus, works perfectly. Further update added 9th of November 2024: phone still working perfectly and using VoLTE with optus.