Shift6m

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SHIFT6m
Shift 6m.jpg
Brand SHIFT
First released2018;6 years ago (2018)
Type Smartphone
Form factor Slate
Dimensions151.5 mm (5.96 in) H
79.8 mm (3.14 in) W
10.0 mm (0.39 in) D
Mass189 g (6.7 oz)
Operating system Android 8 "Oreo"
CPU MT6797X Helio X27 ( 2* Cortex-A72 + 4*Cortex-A53 + 4*Cortex-A53 )
Memory4 GB RAM
Storage64 GB
Removable storage microSDXC
Battery4240 mAh Li-ion
Display5.7 in (140 mm) diagonal AMOLED 1080×1920 px FullHD ... ppi
Rear camera21 MP
Front camera 8 MP
Other accelerometer, gyrometer, digital compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, dual SIM
Website www.shiftphones.com/en/

The Shift6m is a modular smartphone produced by the Shift GmbH from Falkenberg, Hessen, Germany. It was released in May 2018.

Contents

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

Modular parts of the SHIFT6m Shift6m.jpg
Modular parts of the SHIFT6m

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X SoC - Benchmarks und Specs".
  2. ↑ https://bundespreis-ecodesign.de/en/winner/projectoverview/shift-6m [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Sustainability does not have to be too expensive or ugly (German) , retrieved 2019-12-05
  4. ↑ The first German Smartphone (German) , retrieved 2019-12-05
  5. ↑ Fair high technology from Hessen - A smartphone that is supposed to change the world (German) , retrieved 2019-12-05
  6. ↑ Test: Shift6m of Shiftphones - the German Fairphone alternative (German), 11 August 2018, retrieved 2019-05-12
  7. ↑ Smartphone Repairability Scores iFixit
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