Fairphone 5 5G (GSM Unlocked, International Version) 256GB + 8GB RAM - Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + eSIM) Android 13 Smartphone (Matte Black)

I was nervous as I chatted with a mint rep via their amazing online easy to reach chat and she was not clear if the Version 5 was compatible. Well it is. Once up and running it connected without a hitch. I don't have much of an issue with battery even though I take advantage of the 80% max charge. I have learned to be smart with resources. Wifi, BT, Location are all off if not needed. Talking to my friend for 40 minutes over speaker phone, I was surprised the FP5 only dropped 4% even though the screen was lit with max brightness the whole time. And btw the speakers are loud. And the screen is bright enough to see in full sunlight while I was at the beach. There is NO bloat ware, I mean NONe. Not even a photo gallery app. but easily viewable via the camera access, file manager, or google photos. Built in app by FP5 allows you to easily get costumer service or Order parts. I might get a secondary battery just for those over nights at the beach. Because I can and its an easy swap why not? I would say I would buy another one in the future but not likely since all the parts are replaceable I wont need to for at least 6 years, more likely 8.

I was surprised when I received the phone early, in good shape and in original fairphone packaking!

Cons: Price is high for what you're getting System update prompts are annoying and no way to disable update checks (I'll do it manually, on my time) Has an issue with the bottom microphone not working sometimes (restart fixes it), apparently this has been an issue even in the FP4 Poor wifi speeds when paired with a Zyxel NWA50AX, haven't tested other APs but it barely gets to 175mbps when right next to it, 5ghz only, meanwhile a MS tablet gets 3 times the speed on the same AP here. Pixel 8 also performs fine, it's only the FP5 that has this poor bandwidth. Update: September 2025, mic issue persists and now there are reports that the FP6 is affected by the same issue. So the problem persists between 3 FP generations.