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Fairphone 3 Plus Samsung Galaxy S20
Launch
Released
Sep, 2020 Mar, 2020
Status
Available Available
Body & Operating System
Operating system
Android 10 up to 13 Android 10.0
UI
NA One UI 2
Dimensions
158 x 71.8 x 9.9 mm (6.22 x 2.83 x 0.39 in) 151.7 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm (5.97 x 2.72 x 0.31 in)
Weight
189 g 163 g
Body
Modular phone with swappable components Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 6), aluminum frame
Color Options
Black Cosmic Grey, Cloud Blue, Cloud Pink, Cloud White, Aura Red
Display Specifications
Technology
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Dynamic AMOLED 2X capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size
5.65 inches 6.2 inches
Resolution
1080 x 2160 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~427 ppi density) 1440 x 3200 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~563 ppi density)
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 6
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
HDR10+ Always-on display 120Hz (up to FHD resolution)
Features
NA NA
Battery & Charging
Capacity
Removable Li-Ion, 3040 mAh Non-removable Li-Po, 4000 mAh
Charging
NA Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W
Power bank/Reverse wireless charging 9W
Fast battery charging 25W
USB Power Delivery 3.0
Processing Power
CPU
Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Silver) Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585) - USA
Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.60 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) - Global
Chipset
Qualcomm SDM632 Snapdragon 632 (14 nm) Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+) - USA
Exynos 990 (7 nm+) - Global
GPU
Adreno 506 Adreno 650 - USA
Mali-G77 MP11 - Global
Memory & Storage
Ram
4GB RAM 8GB RAM
Storage Memory
64GB Built-in 128GB Built-in, UFS 3.0
Memory Card
microSD, up to 256GB (dedicated slot) microSD, (uses shared SIM slot)
Cameras
Rear/Back
48 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF Triple 64 MP, f/2.0, (telephoto), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x hybrid optical zoom
12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1.4µm, Super Steady video
Features

Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 4K@30fps, 1 80p@30fps, gyro-EIS Show more

LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 4320p@24fps, 2160p@ 0/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, HDR10+, dual-video rec., stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS Show more

Front
16 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/3.1"
HDR, Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.2", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF
Dual video call, Auto-HDR Video 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
Features
NA NA
Network
SIM
Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Data
GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G Bands
SIM 1: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
SIM 2: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
SIM 1: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
SIM 2: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - (dual-SIM model only)
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA
3G Bands
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Bands
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800),... LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900),...
5G Bands
NO NO
Connectivity
WLAN (WIFI)
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth
5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
USB
2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.2, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
NFC
Yes Yes
Additional Features
Sensors
Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
Extra
NA FM radio (USA & Canada only)
Pricing
Price
USD $559 USD $880
Resale Value
Low Very High
Comparison Result
Score
2 Point(s) 10 Point(s)
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