BQ Aquaris X Pro vs Fairphone 3 Comparison and Differences

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BQ Aquaris X Pro

BQ Aquaris X Pro

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Fairphone 3

Fairphone 3

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BQ Aquaris X Pro or Fairphone 3 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model BQ Aquaris X Pro Fairphone 3
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Release date March, 2017 2019, August 27
Dimensions (HxWxD) 146.2 x 72.7 x 7.8 mm | 5.76 x 5.76 x 2.86 in 158 x 71.8 x 9.9 mm | 6.22 x 6.22 x 2.83 in
Weight 158 g | 5.57 oz 189 g | 6.67 oz
Body Build Aluminium alloy, Glass
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Colors Black, White Black
Battery 3100 mAh, Li-Polymer, non-removable 0 mAh,
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Screen

Technology LCD IPS IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.2" in 5.65" in
Screen area 82.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 18:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70% 72.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 2160 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 424 PPI 427 PPI
Screen protection Scratch resistant Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - 500 nits (typ)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, ƒ/ 1.8, (wide), 1.40 µm -12 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF
Functions Dual LED flash Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 4K Video, 1080p video, Slow Motion 120 fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, ƒ/ 8 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/4.0''
Video 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.0 Oreo Android 9.0 (Pie)
Chipset - Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 (28 nm) - Qualcomm SDM632 Snapdragon 632 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-Core (8x Cortex A53 2.0 GHz) - Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Silver)
GPU Qualcomm Adreno 506 Adreno 506
External memory microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 3GB · 32GB 4GB · 64GB 4GB · 128GB , 4GB 64GB 64GB 4GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 198
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 763
GeekBench 5 Single Core 181
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1045

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM, dual stand-by (Nano SIM + Nano SIM) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network 2G / 3G / 4G / GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
-3G - B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850), B8 (900)
-4G - B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B7 (2600), B20 (800)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 20, 26
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11n 5GHz, 802.11ac,Dual band ,Wi-Fi Hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Galileo Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB Yes, USB Type C, USB On-The-Go (OTG) 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.298 W/Kg (head), 1.780 W/Kg (body)

SAR EU - 0.39 W/kg (head)     1.41 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio Yes
Headphone jack Yes Yes

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), Proximity, Accelerometer, compass, gyro , Infrared port - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
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