Fairphone 6 vs Nokia G42

Fairphone
6

Nokia
G42
At a glance
- Brand
- Fairphone
- Nokia
- Release date
- June 2025, 1 years ago
- June 2023, 3 years ago
- AnTuTu
- 810.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 80% of devices
- 380.000 Antutu v9 Overall performance better than 64% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.31"
- 6.56"
- Resolution
- 1116 x 2484 px FHD+
- 720 x 1612 px HD+
- Type
- pOLED
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 432 ppi Very high density
- 269 ppi Medium Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, 10-120 Hz refresh rate, Refresh rate 90 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, Brightnes 800 cd/m² (typ), Peak brightness - 880 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 1400 cd/m², Always-On Display, HDR, Scratch resistant, 3D curved glass screen, Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, 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 7s Gen3
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus (SM4350-AC)
- CPU
- 1x2.5GHz Cortex A720 +3x2.4GHz Cortex A720 +4x1.8GHz Cortex A520
- 2x2.2 GHz Kryo 460 + 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 460,
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 4 nm
- 8 nm
- Frequency
- 2.5 GHz
- 2.2 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 810 480MHz
- Qualcomm Adreno 619
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 4 GB
- RAM type
- RAM LPDDR5
- LPDDR4X RAM
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.88
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Sony LYT-700C
- —
- Pixel size
- 1.00 µm
- —
- Sensor size
- 1/1.56"
- —
- Flash
- Dual LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- No, 30 fps
- Features
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual 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
- 32 Mpx
- 8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.45
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
- Samsung S5KKD1
- —
- Pixel size
- 0.70 µm
- —
Battery
- Capacity
- 4415 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 30.0W
- Yes , 20.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 53h
- —
- 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
- 73.3 mm 156.5 mm 9.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 75.8 mm 165.0 mm 8.6 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 193 g
- 193 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black White Blue Green Transparent Edition
- Gray Purple
- Water/dust resistance
- IP55 , MIL-STD-810H
- IP52
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 300 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 78 %
- 82 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 13 Tiramisu Android 13
- Updates
- OS updates: 8 years, Security updates: 8 years
- —
- 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 5.4 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) , WiFi 6E
- 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), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), 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), B17 (700), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B32 (1500), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), 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













