Shift6m
 | |
| Brand | SHIFT |
|---|---|
| Type | Smartphone |
| First released | 2018 |
| Form factor | Slate |
| Dimensions | 151.5 mm (5.96 in) H 79.8 mm (3.14 in) W 10.0 mm (0.39 in) D |
| Weight | 189 g (6.7 oz) |
| Operating system | Android 8 "Oreo" |
| CPU | MT6797X Helio X27 ( 2* Cortex-A72 + 4*Cortex-A53 + 4*Cortex-A53 ) |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM |
| Storage | 64 GB |
| Removable storage | microSDXC |
| Battery | 4240 mAh Li-ion |
| Rear camera | 21 MP |
| Front camera | 8 MP |
| Display | 5.7 in (140 mm) diagonal AMOLED 1080×1920 px FullHD ... ppi |
| Other | accelerometer, gyrometer, digital compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, dual SIM |
| Website | www |
The Shift6m is a modular smartphone produced by the Shift GmbH from Falkenberg, Hessen, Germany. It was released in May 2018.
Hardware
Core
The phone measures 79.8 mm × 151.5 mm × 10.0 mm.
The processor is a MT6797X Helio X27, 2,6 GHz, 10 core by MediaTek, introduced on 2 July 2018. It contains three clusters, two ARM Cortex-A72, four ARM Cortex-A53 with up to 2 GHz and further four ARM Cortex-A53.[1]
The display measures 5,7-inch in the diagonal and is Full HD display (1080x1920) using AMOLED-technology and is protected by Gorilla Glass 5. There are two cameras: 21 MP back, 8-MP front, 4K video is supported. The battery has a capacity for 4240 mAh. The RAM is 4 GB DDR. The internal storage is 64 GB. There is a receptacle for microSDXC cards to add storage of up to 256 GB. Further receptacle is for USB-C supporting USB 3.1 another for 3.5 mm audio plugs. Two slots for nano-SIM cards exist. The model supports 4G LTE, NFC and features a fingerprint sensor.
Modules
The phone consists of 13 modules.
Connection between the modules
The modules are connected by plugging or with screws. The screws are only of one type, torx 3 of the same length.
Additional parts
A Torx 3 screw driver is included.
Software
At time of release it came with Android 8 Oreo.
Reception
Awards received
In 2018 it was awarded the highest national ward for ecological design in Germany, the Bundespreis Ecodesign, in the category "product".[2]
Reports
golem.de reported in detail on the company and its efforts in terms of sustainability and fairness in June 2018.[3]
The ProSieben magazine Galileo tested the newly published smartphone Shift6m and illuminates, in the form of video recordings, the production conditions of the in-house manufactory located in China in June 2018.[4]
N-tv describes the initial efforts for fairness and sustainability as well as the history of the Shiftphone, in September 2018.[5]
In August 2018 the ecology portal Utopia.de reviews the product and lists it in its "Bestenliste faire Smartphones".[6]
In 2019 iFixit gave it 9/10 score for repairability.[7]
References
- ^ "MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X SoC - Benchmarks und Specs".
- ^ https://bundespreis-ecodesign.de/en/winner/projectoverview/shift-6m [dead link]
- ^ Sustainability does not have to be too expensive or ugly (German), retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ The first German Smartphone (German), retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ Fair high technology from Hessen - A smartphone that is supposed to change the world (German), retrieved 2019-12-05
- ^ Test: Shift6m of Shiftphones - the German Fairphone alternative (German), 11 August 2018, retrieved 2019-05-12
- ^ Smartphone Repairability Scores iFixit
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