This cheaper Fairphone 5 is basically a Google Pixel 8a rival
Expect less RAM and storage, but at least the phone still has microSD expansion.
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- Fairphone has announced a cheaper version of the Fairphone 5 smartphone.
- The new variant comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage compared to the standard model’s 8GB/256GB allocation.
- Expect to pay ~$607 for this cheaper variant.
The Fairphone 5 is arguably the best phone to get if you really care about repairability and software updates, but it’s not exactly cheap at €699 (~$773). Fortunately, the company has now released a more affordable Fairphone 5.
The new Fairphone 5 variant differs from the standard model by only offering 6GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable storage. By contrast, the standard variant packs 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Thankfully, microSD expansion means the reduced internal storage shouldn’t be a big problem. But we’re guessing that the reduced amount of RAM might be an issue for multitasking.
