Honor 50 vs. Fairphone 5

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Honor 50 and Fairphone 5. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory capacities and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect phone. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the phone that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Honor 50 vs. Fairphone 5 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Honor 50 Fairphone 5
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Manufacturer Model Number NTH-NX9 -
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 159.96 mm 161.6 mm Fairphone 5 has greater height than Honor 50.
Width 73.76 mm 75.83 mm Fairphone 5 has greater width than Honor 50.
Depth 7.78 mm 9.6 mm Honor 50 is narrower than Honor 50.
Weight 175 g 212 g Honor 50 is lighter than Honor 50.
Body Colour Midnight black | Emerald Green Sky blue | Transparent | Matte black
Body Material - 100% post-consumer recycled plastic
Protection - Splash-resistant, dust-resistant, shock-resistant
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - - Fairphone 5 is waterproof.
IP rating - IP55
SAR Value 1.1 W/kg (body), 0.8 W/kg (head), 2.76 W/kg (limb) -
Connector Type USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM, Electronic SIM card (e-SIM)
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Honor 50 Fairphone 5
Display Type OLED display OLED display
Display Technology AMOLED OLED
Screen Size (Display Size) 6.57" 6.46" Honor 50 has larger screen size than Fairphone 5.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 2340 x 1080 pixels 2700 x 1224 pixels Fairphone 5 has better screen resolution than Honor 50.
Display Format - Full HD+
Pixel Density 403 ppi -
Aspect Ratio - 20:9
Max Brightness - 880 cd/m²
Colour Depth 1073.7 million colours 1.07 billion colours Honor 50 has better colour depth than Fairphone 5.
Contrast Ratio - 1000000:1
Display Refresh Rate 120 Hz 90 Hz Honor 50 has better refresh rate than Fairphone 5.
Touch Sampling Rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Display Features - Wide colour display (P3), Adaptive Tone, Pixelworks technology
Display Protection (Screen Protector) - Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (scratch resistant glass)
PROCESSOR Honor 50 Fairphone 5
Processor Type (CPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G Qualcomm
Processor Number - QCM6490
Clock Speed - 2.7 GHz
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
Graphics System (GPU) - Qualcomm ADRENO 643
MEMORY Honor 50 Fairphone 5
RAM 6 GB 8 GB Fairphone 5 has more RAM than Honor 50.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 128 GB 256 GB Fairphone 5 has more internal memory than Honor 50.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) - microSDHC, microSD, microSDXC - up to 2 TB
CAMERA Honor 50 Fairphone 5
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 4 2
Sensor Resolution 108 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Honor 50 has better camera resolution than Fairphone 5.
Sensor Size 1/1.52" 1/1.49" Honor 50 has better camera sensor size than Fairphone 5.
Sensor Name - Sony IMX800 sensor
Lens Aperture F/2.2 F/1.88 Fairphone 5 has better lens aperture than Honor 50.
Lens Construction - 6-element
Pixel Size 2.1 μm 1 μm Honor 50 has larger camera pixel size than Fairphone 5.
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Fairphone 5 has optical stabilisation.
Focus Adjustment - Automatic
Minimum Focal Length (Focal Distance) - 10 cm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 26mm
Digital Zoom - 8x
Camera Modes Slow motion mode, Fast Motion mode, Multi-video recording Panorama, Slow motion mode, Pro mode, Portrait, Super Night mode, Stop-Motion Video Mode, High-Pixel Mode
Light Source LED flash LED flash
Still Image Resolutions 12032 x 9024 -
Video Resolutions 3840 x 2160 (4K) 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps, Slo-mo video 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 120 fps, Slo-mo video 1280 x 720 (720p) at 240 fps, 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 30 fps
Camera Features (Functions) Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS) 4-in-1 pixel binning, OIS+EIS dual stabilisation
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 8 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Fairphone 5 has better second camera resolution than Honor 50.
Sensor Size (2nd Camera) - 1/2.51"
Sensor Name (2nd Camera) - Sony IMX858 Sensor
Lens Type (2nd Camera) Ultra wide-angle lens Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) F/2.2 F/2.2 Both phones have the same second camera lens aperture.
Lens Element Qty (2nd Camera) - 6-element
Pixel Size (2nd Camera) - 0.7 μm
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 13mm
Camera Functions (2nd Camera) - Autofocus
Camera Modes (2nd Camera) - Macro mode
Camera Features (2nd Camera) - Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS), 2.5cm macro photography, 4-in-1 pixel binning
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) 2 Megapixel -
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) F/2.4 -
Camera Functions (3rd Camera) Macro camera -
FOURTH CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (4th Camera) 2 Megapixel -
Lens Aperture (4th Camera) F/2.4 -
Camera Functions (4th Camera) Depth camera -
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution (Front) 32 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Fairphone 5 has better front camera resolution than Honor 50.
Sensor Size (Front) - 1/2.76"
Sensor Name (Front) - Samsung JN1
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.2 F/2.45 Honor 50 has better front lens aperture than Honor 50.
Field of View (Front) 90 degree(s) -
Pixel Size (Front) - 0.64 μm
Focus Adjustment - Focus free
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera - 22mm
Camera Modes (Front) Super night selfie mode, AI Wide-angle selfie -
Light Source (Front) - Display flash
Still Image Resolutions (Front) 6528 x 4896 -
Video Resolutions (Front) 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps -
Camera Features (Front) - Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS), 4-in-1 Pixel technology, up to 1.5x digital zoom
BATTERY AND CHARGING Honor 50 Fairphone 5
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 4300 mAh 4200 mAh Honor 50 has larger battery capacity than Fairphone 5.
Fast Charging Technology Honor SuperCharge - Honor 50 has fast charging technology.
Recharge Time (Charging Time) 45 min -
Standby Time - 459 hours
Talk Time - 2280 minutes
Run Time Details - Talk: up to 2280 min
Standby: up to 459 hrs
Continuous browsing: up to 18 hrs
Battery Technology - Lithium Ion
CELLULAR Honor 50 Fairphone 5
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 5G 5G Both phones have the same mobile network generation.
Operating System Android 11 Android 13
User Interface Magic UI 4.2 -
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
COMMUNICATIONS Honor 50 Fairphone 5
Data Transmission FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR FR1 LTE, 5G NR, HSDPA+
2G Band - 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM
3G UMTS Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 8, Band 19 Band 1, Band 2, Band 5, Band 8
3G UMTS Frequency 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800 2100, 1900, 850, 900
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 34, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41, Band 66 Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 20, Band 28, Band 32, Band 38, Band 40, Band 41, Band 42, Band 48, Band 66, Band 71
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2000, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS-3 FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 800 DD, FDD 700 APT, FDD 1500 L, TDD 2600, TDD 2300, TDD 2500, TDD 3500, TDD 3600, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS-3, FDD 600
5G NR Band N1, n3, n7, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n40 N1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n48
5G NR Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1800, FDD 2600, FDD 700APT, TDD TD 2600, TDD TD 2500, TDD TD 3700, TDD TD 3500, TDD 2300 FDD 2100, FDD 1900PCS, FDD 1800, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 800, FDD 700APT, TDD TD 2600, TDD TD 2500, FDD AWS-3, FDD 600, TDD TD 3700, TDD TD 3500, TDD 3500
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.2 BLE Bluetooth 5.2 LE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
MEDIA Honor 50 Fairphone 5
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, LDAC, SBC AAC, apt-X, LDAC, SBC, apt-X HD
Supported Digital Video Standards 3GP, MP4 -
Sound Enhancements Qualcomm aptX audio, Qualcomm aptX HD audio -
FEATURES Honor 50 Fairphone 5
Sensors Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gravity sensor, gyroscope Accelerometer, proximity sensor, magnetometer, Time of Flight (ToF), light sensor, gyroscope, compass
Security Devices Fingerprint reader (under display) Face recognition, fingerprint reader (side)
Security Technology - Face Unlock
Additional Phone Features - OTG Reverse Charge, modular and repairable design, recycled and fair materials, DisplayPort over USB Type-C, 8 years of software upgrades
Android Enterprise Recommended - Yes
OTHERS Honor 50 Fairphone 5
Included Accessories USB cable, 66W HONOR SuperCharge charger -
Compliant Standards TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light Certification IP55, MIL-STD-810H, ICE 60058-2-31
Product Recycled Content - 70 % - fair focus or recycled materials
Max Height of Shock Resistance - 1.8 m
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