Day 1

Hello all,

I have been given the opportunity by my workplace to test the FairPhone 2 device.

In this blog I shall be putting it through its paces and trying to work out the pro's and con's of the device.

For more information on the FairPhone please see their website here: FairPhone

Let start with the obligatory unboxing......

Lots of recyclable materials.


The device itself.

Inside!

Plug in charger and wake up.
 

Nice charging animation :)




The technical specifications


Operating System
Operating System Android™ 6.0, Marshmallow

Base platform
Processors Snapdragon™ 801
Main SOC Qualcomm® MSM8974AB
Application Processor Quad-Core 2.26 GHz Qualcomm® Krait 400
GPU Qualcomm® Adreno 330 GPU
RAM 2 GB LPDDR3
Flash Storage 32GB eMMC5
Networks
Configuration Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby (DSDS)
SIM Sockets 2x Micro-SIM (3FF)
Network Technology 2G / 3G / 4G
GSM/GPRS/EDGE Quad-band: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
WCDMA Bands 1 (2100 MHz), 2 (1900 MHz), 8 (900 MHz)
3G Max Downlink Speed Cat. 24 - 42.2 Mbps
3G Max Uplink Speed Cat. 6 - 5.76 Mbps (Cat. 7 capable)
LTE Bands 3 (1800 MHz), 7 (2600 MHz), 20 (800 MHz)
4G Max Downlink Speed Cat. 4 - 150 Mbps
4G Max Uplink Speed Cat. 4 - 50 Mbps
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) SAR10g: 0.65 W/kg (Head); SAR10g: 1.1 W/kg (Body)
Connectivity
WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac
WLAN Bands 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
WLAN Maximum Data Rate Up to 433 Mbps (802.11 ac)
Bluetooth® 4.0 LE and earlier
GPS / GNSS GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
FM Radio
Display
Display size 5 inch Full HD
Cover Glass Gorilla Glass 3 - 0.7mm (thick)
Display Type LCD TFT/IPS
Resolution 1080 × 1920
Pixel Density 446 ppi

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