I miss Qi / wireless charging. Will that be available with an optional backcover as upgrade? IMHO a must for a phone with long lifetime, since plugging in for charging wears down contacts.
The other question would be the usual “bigger battery” :D.
For the FP4, wireless charging was not implemented because of the lower efficiency compared to wired charging. I guess here its the same reason. If in the future the USB-port will be worn out or damaged, it can be changed easily.
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As nobody did so far I’m leaving a link to the specs here 
It seems it’s not possible to directly link to the full specs, so just click on the “More specifications” button after you followed above link.
P.S.: yes, battery capacity has increased a bit to 4200 mAh
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This is my biggest hope, I would really like the ability to be able to upgrade the screen if possible, I haven’t checked the dimensions but it seems to be the same
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on the power button.Lovely find! 
Fairphone gives you 25% more hours a day! 
We mean it when we say longevity. 
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Sure, some people will want to wait for an official statement…
But if modules of the FP5 would be interchangeable with the FP4 I’m pretty sure that such a huge breakthrough would have been mentioned in the release event or on the shop page.
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Hi !
Great to see Fairphone launching new projects/ new phones. Juste for information, the first details I went to look for were the size and the weight (which might be pretty important criteria for me). I had to scroll a lot for size and did not find the weight. Something to add maybe ?
I was curious if it was smaller/ lighter than the 3 and rhe 4.
Thanks !
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But while this made me smile just like the CET/CEST confusion, the FP5 looks like a convincing device and the presentation was well made, so kudos for that. I like this conscious choice of the chipset off the beaten track to achieve the long-term-support goal - I hope it plays out nicely.
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You could use magnetic adapters … 🏒 Canadian Fairphoners! 🇨🇦 - #153 by AnotherElk … at least if you don’t plan to use USB OTG devices or audio adapters often.
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Its 212g, so about 13g less then the FP4.
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By the way, while there are specifications in the Shop’s Fairphone 5 section, it took me a couple of seconds as well to find them. However, here’s a bit of official FP5 info, too (weight in the left column):
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Then I will have to wait until Fairphone 6 or whatever comes along. My Xiaomi Mi 9 with Qi has still up to five days on standby after over four years, from up to seven days when it was new. Without Qi = Still “no” for me. Not even magnetic. I won’t go back to cable. I’d still use my Lumia 950 XL, but that one is used as playground for Windows 10/11 pro now after M$ ditched a good working phone OS right when it reached 10% market share in several European countries.
I’m preferring cabled charging, as wireless charging, if it is not positioned by magnets like MagSafe, is always a hassle. And it takes longer, generates more heat and so on.
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For wireless charging I guess it makes sense to continue somewhere here (has been discussed several times already):
https://forum.fairphone.com/search?expanded=true&q=wireless%20charging
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Depends! It has to be done right. Lumia 950 Xl and Apple are inefficient and get MUCH hotter, even overheat. My Xiaomi stays cool and charges even faster. Using the same old Nokia Qi charger bought for my Lumia.
Nice hardware. Awesome approach on an even more sustainable phone.
Sadly they are still not able to run propper software.
I think till they are able to handle software as they do in hardware, it’s a no for me.
Thats very sad, as I realy like fairphone as a brand and as for what they are standing.
But it is, as it is…so excited what to come though.
What do you mean by proper software? There’s e.g. lots of google-free android OS alternatives out there, and there are already efforts for the Fairphone 5, e.g. Fairphone partners with /e/ for that.
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