Fairphone 5 vs Nokia G42

Fairphone
5

Nokia
G42
At a glance
- Brand
- Fairphone
- Nokia
- Release date
- August 2023, 2 years 9 months ago
- June 2023, 2 years 11 months ago
- Launch price
- € 699.00 ($ 816.29)
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- AnTuTu
- 605.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 76% of devices
- 380.000 Antutu v9 Overall performance better than 64% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.46"
- 6.56"
- Resolution
- 1224 x 2700 px QHD
- 720 x 1612 px HD+
- Type
- pOLED
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 407 ppi Very high density
- 269 ppi Medium 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
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), 560 cd/m² peak brightness, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon QCM6490
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus (SM4350-AC)
- CPU
- 1×2.7GHz Cortex A78 +3×2.4GHz Cortex A78 +4×1.9GHz Cortex A55
- 2x2.2 GHz Kryo 460 + 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 460,
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 6 nm
- 8 nm
- Frequency
- 2.7 GHz
- 2.2 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 643
- Qualcomm Adreno 619
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 4 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- LPDDR4X RAM
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 54 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.88
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Sony IMX800
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- Pixel size
- 1.00 µm
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- Sensor size
- 1/1.49"
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- Flash
- Dual LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- No, 30 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
- Triple camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
Front camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.45
- ƒ/ 2.0
Battery
- Capacity
- 4200 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 33.0W
- Yes , 20.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1300 cycles
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- Runtime
- ~ 36h
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- Features
- Removable
- Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- No charger in box
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.8 mm 161.6 mm 9.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 75.8 mm 165.0 mm 8.6 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 212 g
- 193 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black Blue Transparent Edition
- Gray Purple
- Water/dust resistance
- IP55 , MIL-STD-810H
- IP52
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 300 drops without defects
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- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
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- Usable surface
- 82 %
- 82 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Android 13 Tiramisu Android 13
- Updates
- OS updates: 8 years
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- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + eSIM)
- Single SIM (Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.1 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- 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)
- 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
- 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, Galileo
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), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n28b (700), n28a (700), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n66 (1700), 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), B13 (700), B17 (700), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), 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), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, on the side
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- No
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- 2 microphones












