Fairphone 5 vs Honor Magic8
Fairphone
5
Honor
Magic8
At a glance
- Brand
- Fairphone
- Honor
- Release date
- August 2023, 2 years 10 months ago
- October 2025, 8 months ago
- Launch price
- € 699.00 ($ 816.29)
- CN¥ 4,274.00 ($ 626.03)
- AnTuTu
- 605.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 76% of devices
- 4.028.332 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 99% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.46"
- 6.58"
- Resolution
- 1224 x 2700 px QHD
- 1256 x 2760 px QHD
- Type
- pOLED
- Oled
- Density
- 407 ppi Very high density
- 461 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, DisplayPort 1.4, Refresh rate 90 Hz, Touch sampling rate 300 Hz, Peak brightness - 880 cd/m², Always-On Display, HDR, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, 3D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, 1-120 Hz refresh rate, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, TÜV Low Blue Light, 4320 Hz PWM, Variable refresh rate 1 Hz, Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 6000 cd/m², Always-On Display, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel (8-bit +2-bit FRC), Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, King Kong Diamond JuRhino Glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon QCM6490
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- CPU
- 1×2.7GHz Cortex A78 +3×2.4GHz Cortex A78 +4×1.9GHz Cortex A55
- 2x4.61 GHz ARM + 6x3.63 GHz ARM
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 6 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 2.7 GHz
- 4.61 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 643
- Adreno 840 1.2 GHz
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- RAM LPDDR5X
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 54 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.88
- ƒ/ 1.9
- Sensor
- Sony IMX800
- Sony IMX906
- Pixel size
- 1.00 µm
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.49"
- 1/1.56"
- Flash
- Dual LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- Yes, 1920 fps
- Features
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- Tracking AF, Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode
Front camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.45
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
- —
- Sony IMX816
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.64 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 4200 mAh
- 7000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 33.0W
- Yes , 90.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1300 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 36h
- —
- Features
- Removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 256 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- No
- Type
- —
- UFS Storage 4.0
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.8 mm 161.6 mm 9.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 74.0 mm 157.1 mm 8.0 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 212 g
- 205 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Aluminium alloy
- Colors
- Black Blue Transparent Edition
- Black White Gold Green
- Water/dust resistance
- IP55 , MIL-STD-810H
- IP68, IP69
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 300 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 82 %
- 90 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Android 16 Android 16
- Updates
- OS updates: 8 years
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Without Google Mobile services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + eSIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC, Apt-x Adaptive
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n71 (600), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n12 (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n41 (2500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B32 (1500), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- CDMA BC0 (800), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- Hi-Res Audio, Stereo Speakers
