I’ve seen reviews about such and I think it’s a good approach. Now as AMD CPUs are also in the game I might take a closer look some day.
But maybe Fairphone pioneers again with such a design, who knows.
About the specs I am wondering what Fairphone will put focus on this time.
I don’t think more than 8GB RAM are needed for a “mobile” handset. But some individuals use such devices as desktop/notebook replacement. Anyway many apps not necessarily ask for more than 8GB RAM. 256GB storage sounds as a good start. Still one could pop in another 1TB sd card if it feels better.
More performance is always a good way to go. A 48MP camera already is within the top range. Some maybe want to have a “night vision” feature. But for one who is seriously/professionally moving in the still picture/video realm most probably use some kind of DSLR device as well.
There’s 5G capability but by now I didn’t think of changing my data plan at any time, so…
Maybe Wifi6(E) will be a new candidate onboard.
Imho there’s not much left in hardware to advance, I rather see many software issues to address.
Internal positions of some units I actually neglect. I don’t care where to push in my SIM or SD card.
I do care how the antennas are routed internally for better/best reception and transmission.
I didn’t see a valid point for dropping the tiny little bitty mini notification LED worth only $0,000000001 cent. But well, for me no reason to step away.
Atm. I couldn’t think of any feature that would get me to purchase the FP5 as I am fully covered with my FP2 + FP4 big. I tend to believe the pandemic put a serious cut into Fairphone’s expectations.
I’m curious though which magic will be presented.
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I skipped the FP4 (and 3.1) because 3 was still going strong. It still is, but I might be tempted into buying a 5 when the first bugs have been ironed out, and keep the 3 for parts (there are 3 more 3’s in the family)
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Only a year after the 3 and then only tinkering with the audio on the core module and a couple of camera ‘upgrades’ so you didn’t miss much there and have the benefit of a 3.5 jack socket and a notification LED…
So I’m in for waiting for the the FP6
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Just wondering if they have any lighter weight phones for the FP5 ? I have FP4, I think it is brilliant after flashing with e/os. Only thing that bothers me is the phones weight… !
Phones (plural) lucky to get one model every two year, so no way is a lighter phone likely, smaller is also a sometimes ask . . .
Coming from an almost 7 years old FP2 they need to integrate a real showstopper to keep me from upgrading. I think it’s a good sign that 4 and 5 look pretty similar as that probably means that they have found some design principles that were good enough to be repeated. I can live with an adaptor for the headphones, but some replacement for the notification light would be cool in the FP5 indeed. Looking forward to the exact specs.
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thought it would be too much to ask. Pixel 4XL is a thick heavy phone… I have a Galaxy A52 also, it is half the thickness and half the weight, so no problem in shorts or shirt pockets, as i do not carry a handbag !!
It’s no full LED replacement as it does not work in “sticky mode”.
But maybe an acceptable option for general subtle notification.
Does it look like the FP5 screen could be a replaceable unit onto an FP4? if it’s an OLED with AOD that would really be something I might consider doing 
Most likely not, the connector is at a different spot. Also I doubt that it’s OLED.
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I agree that most likely the complete FP5 display unit (the “module” as a whole) will not fit the FP4. However, I keep wondering if – assuming these are indeed the same size for FP5 and FP4 – the display and the touch-sensitive part might be usuable for future FP4 display units.
My thinking is that just the connecting parts (the connector band, the plastic clamps, the screw holes/threads etc.) would differ which could at least make production of FP4 and FP5 display units easier and cheaper (and thus allow these to be supplied as spare parts for longer).
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we can even wonder: maybe FP could try to make a display module for FP4 that would be a “version/port” of the FP5 display : it would be an upgrade for the FP4 (esp. if its OLED)
I don’t know enough about LCD/OLED to even know if it’s possible. @Razem you don’t seem to believe it’ll be OLED: why ?
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Yeah, retrofitting FP4 with a modified FP5 display seems possible and it would be pretty cool. I’m not a huge fan of the notch and the ginormous bottom bezel.
Fairphone has always been negative when asked about OLED, mainly because of the price and the possibility of burn-in. Even though the manufacturing process and lifetime of displays have improved significantly in recent years, I still think they will stick with LCD. But I’ll be happy to be proven wrong.
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Well, I’m not a big fan of offering upgrade modules for older phones. It only temps people to swap the modules although they are working well and produce unnecessary waste.
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On the other hand, it effectively creates a second-hand market. So when a screen breaks (which will inevitably happen for some people), you can buy a used one for cheap instead of a new one.
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If someone with a broken screen finds someone who is waiting for probably months to sell his screen 
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It does look like the FP5 is a few mm thinner. FP mentioned once that providing the FP4 with an OLED upgrade would be troublesome since an OLED is thinner. Just guessing, it may be a hint that the FP5 has an OLED.
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In my FP2 I hat to put in the SIMs the same way.
No problem if you can open your device and remove the battery.
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Looks like we won’t be seeing the return of the headphone jack, which is a shame. I’d like to be proven wrong.
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