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I really do hope they'll make a smaller and lighter phone. According to https://specs-tech.com/en/fairphone-5/ this weights 220 grams. It's almost twice of what I deemed to be a reasonable limit for a phone.

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It's comparable to the Pixel 7 Pro (212g) or iPhone 14 Pro (206g), but it would be nice to see that number trend downwards. I had a Pixel 4a in the past, and that seemed like a good balance between size and weight.

> It's almost twice of what I deemed to be a reasonable limit for a phone.

true. and it's not like 100g smartphones weren't possible ten years ago

I feel like a lot of the issue is because the new operating systems are a lot more power intensive and Google play services is always doing so much in the background, you need a super heavy battery just to get an all day battery life whereas older phones could get the same battery life with a lighter/smaller battery and less OS bloat.

Unless you're gaming, most of modern phone's battery usage comes from the LTE modem

Not modular ones.

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