Fairphone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S23 FE

Fairphone
5

Samsung
Galaxy S23 FE
At a glance
- Brand
- Fairphone
- Samsung
- Release date
- August 2023, 2 years 9 months ago
- October 2023, 2 years 7 months ago
- Launch price
- € 699.00 ($ 816.29)
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- AnTuTu
- 605.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 76% of devices
- 1.188.176 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 86% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.46"
- 6.4"
- Resolution
- 1224 x 2700 px QHD
- 1080 x 2340 px FHD+
- Type
- pOLED
- AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED 2X
- Density
- 407 ppi Very high density
- 409 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 19.5:9
- 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, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Always-On Display, HDR10+, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon QCM6490
- Samsung Exynos 2200 (S5E9925)
- CPU
- 1×2.7GHz Cortex A78 +3×2.4GHz Cortex A78 +4×1.9GHz Cortex A55
- 1x2.8 GHz Cortex X2 + 3x2.496 GHz Cortex A710 + 4x1.78GHz Cortex A510
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 6 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 2.7 GHz
- 2.8 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 643
- AMD Xclipse 920 555MHz
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 8 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 54 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.88
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Sony IMX800
- Samsung GN3
- Pixel size
- 1.00 µm
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.49"
- 1/1.57"
- Flash
- Dual LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- Yes, 960 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
- 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), Dual PDAF, All Pixel Omni- Directional PDAF, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode, Dual Sight
Front camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 10.8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.45
- ƒ/ 2.4
- Sensor
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- Samsung S5K3J1
- Pixel size
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- 1.22 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 4200 mAh
- 4500 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 33.0W
- Yes , 25.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1300 cycles
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- Runtime
- ~ 36h
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- Features
- Removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
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- Wireless charging 15W, Reverse wireless charging 4.4W, No charger in-box
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.8 mm 161.6 mm 9.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.5 mm 158.0 mm 8.2 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 212 g
- 210 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Aluminium , Corning Gorilla Glass 5
- Colors
- Black Blue Transparent Edition
- Black White Purple Brown Green
- Water/dust resistance
- IP55 , MIL-STD-810H
- IP68
- 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 %
- 80 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Updates
- OS updates: 8 years
- OS updates: 4 years, Security updates: 5 years
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With 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 5.3 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), AVRCP (Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile), DIP (Device ID Profile), HFP (Hands-Free Profile), HID (Human Interface Profile), HSP (Headset Profile), LE (Low Energy), MAP (Message Access Profile), PAN (Personal Area Networking Profile), OPP (Object Push Profile), PBAP/PAB (Phone Book Access Profile), ANT+, APT-x, SBC
- 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, 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, 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), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), 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), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B32 (1500), 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, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- Dolby Atmos, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers
- Compass
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- Yes












