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Released a replacement camera for the modular smartphone Fairphone 2

Выпущены сменные камеры для модульного смартфона Fairphone 2The concept of the device involves the replacement of the necessary components for a few minutes.

Modular smartphone Fairphone 2 appeared in 2015 as a competitor to the then developed Google Project Ara. The concept of the device involves the replacement of the necessary components for a few minutes: damaging, for example, a display, a user just buy and install a new screen, as shown in the video below. Not less rosy looked the future to upgrade the smartphone at home, but if you deliver the promised maintainability developers, and according to this indicator, the unit received the highest rating from the experts iFixit, the content of the modules market to improve their offspring, they were in no hurry.

However, as it turned out, the idea of easy upgrades smartphone owner’s hands are still alive, and at the IFA exhibition in 2017 was presented two replaceable component for Fairphone 2. We are talking about the rear 12-Megapixel camera format 1/2,8” Omnivision OV12870 with dual flashlight and front photo module Omnvision OV5670 with a resolution of 5 MP. Individually their cost is €45 and €30, respectively, in the set — €70. New Fairphone 2 is originally shipped with them, but first, the gadget is equipped with 8 – and 2-Megapixel cameras. To replace them you will need a sequence of simple steps to remove the back cover and battery, Unscrew the screws, remove the old camera, to put one in place, screw the screws back in place the battery and cover.

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Modules are already available for order on the official website of Fairphone, but it is unclear why the authors of the project decided to update the camera when the smartphone is outdated even single-chip system Qualcomm Snapdragon 801, which debuted on the market in the first quarter of 2014. Inferior Fairphone 2 modern machines and RAM that is 2 GB. It is smaller not only compared to today’s flagships, but with the mid-range models, although it should Fairphone 2 almost €530. At this price it was sold about 75 000 copies.

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