I am looking at getting one as my next phone when my Pixel 7 reaches EOL. Hopefully the Fairphones are still around by then and hopefully they get more support from custom ROMs. I know CalyxOS supports the Fairphone 4
I am looking at getting one as my next phone when my Pixel 7 reaches EOL. Hopefully the Fairphones are still around by then and hopefully they get more support from custom ROMs. I know CalyxOS supports the Fairphone 4
Thanks to the fact that the 4 (and the 5) do not have a headphone jack, no, I have decided against buying it. That’s a damn shame
For a phone whose entire selling point is being the cool, down-to-earth, for the people, type phone. It’s kind of odd to me they don’t include something like this.
More importantly, BT headphones are inherently not sustainable compared to wired ones
Wired is still an option though thorough an adapter
Why do you think so? My wireless Samsung Buds are about 2 years old and they are working great, as if new. Meanwhile when I had various wired headphones before that, 2 years was about their top life, mostly because of the cable getting damaged, which you can’t replace anyway. So the argument of battery not being replaceable is totally irrelevant for me, and I think for most other people as well.
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Like the other guy said, you can get headphones with detachable cables like IEMs. They don’t even have to be expensive mind you. I have a 22€ pair with a replaceable cable.
The main complaint with buds is that they are comparatively easy to lose, on top of the small size and lots of glue making repairs difficult and heat hard to dissipate.
The ifixit teardown of the FP buds was also scathing.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Fairphone+True+Wireless+Earbuds+Teardown/146449
Their selling point is repairability and well sourced materials - hence the price.
I’ve had a FP4 since launch, and the USB-C to 3.5 adapter has been attached to my headphones ever since. I’ve never been in a situation where choosing whether to charge or listen has caused a problem.
This, my phone is the same, no audio jack but a $1 dongle and I can use any 3.5mm headphone jack without problems
It’s probably a demand/cost offset. The demand for it probably doesn’t outweigh the increased cost of adding that component. Simply not worth it for them in the long run.
At the end of the day they are still a business and there to make money.
Does the FP4 or FP5 can use a $1 dongle usb-c to audio jack?
Love the passive-aggressive tone of this one, lol.
USB-C is for charging and transferring data. Dongles suck, they break and ultimately they’re just an uncomfortable workaround.
I will never understand why people are so willing to defend companies that have decided to take away a pretty big feature from their phones with the only clear intention of selling garbage BT headphones
USB-C is 24 pins, taking a ground somewhere and 3 pins for left/right/mic is the best thing for phone. I have super solid braided adapter to plug my 3.5mm audio jack. No need to use Bluetooth even if my phone supports LDAC, AptX HD or AAC.