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The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone. (shop.fairphone.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by dwazou@jlai.lu to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I don't like smartphones. I use a dumbphone.

But this is a wonderful initiative.

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[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

but I have had an issue w/ my Bluetooth headphones dying and not being able to plug in my wired headphones

and I refuse to use a dongle

Sounds like your problem was self-made. I use wired headphones flawlessly without the 3.5mm jack and reap all the benefits of both worlds, because the older tech isnt actually superior

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 days ago

I'm going to lose the dongle, that's the problem. If it's built-in to the device, there's nothing to lose.

What's the benefit of losing a popular port? I don't need my phone to be waterproof, nor do I care if my phone is slightly thicker. So it just feels like a downgrade.