When the Fairphone 5 launched in late August 2023, it price €700/£650 for an 8/256GB unit – that was the one configuration out there on the time. Now the corporate is introducing a extra reasonably priced variant and a brand new colorway too.
The Fairphone 5 now has a 6/128GB model, which sells for €550/£500 (word: in some areas the net retailer exhibits the value as €500 as a substitute). The unique 8/256GB model remains to be round and even obtained a value reduce to €630/£570. The cellphone has a microSD slot, so storage enlargement is simple. Nonetheless, Fairphone is promising assist as much as 2030 and by that point 6GB of RAM will in all probability really feel fairly small.
Fairphone 5 (6/128GB) within the new Moss Inexperienced and the previous Matte Black colours
The brand new colorway is Moss Inexperienced and you’ll solely get it in a 6/128GB configuration. Alternatively, you possibly can go along with the Matte Black choice. The Sky Blue and Clear editions solely are available in 8/256GB.
You could find each variants of the Fairphone 5 on the firm’s on-line retailer. The previous Fairphone 4 remains to be out there at €450/£420, however you’re in all probability higher off with the 6/128GB Fairphone 5. Some time again Fairphone’s CEO talked about that the corporate desires to begin providing telephones at an excellent lower cost level of €400, however plainly it has a protracted approach to go but.
You may observe the Supply hyperlink to a weblog publish the place Fairphone lays out why it thinks 6GB of RAM is sufficient. Mainly, the corporate argues that except you’re a heavy consumer, the perfect RAM capability is someplace between 6GB and 12GB, whereas 16GB to 24GB of RAM “might be overkill”.
You requested, we delivered: Introducing the Fairphone 5 Neighborhood Version in moss inexperienced. And with 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage, this model can also be our most reasonably priced but at simply €549. Test it out on our web site! https://t.co/MrKWjWk4vv pic.twitter.com/sosdFGIk8A
— Fairphone (@Fairphone) September 4, 2024
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