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The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by TheLugal@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.

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[–] localhost443@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I still don't get this level of rage. I just have a USB C adapter on the end of my ear buds, problem solved, one less physical port to have to replace as I keep my phones until they're dead dead.

I guess you could argue you need an extra cable on you to plug direct into a HiFi system, but I cant even remember the last time that was something I'd want to do.

Aldo in the case of a repairable phone and having replaced the USB on this fp4, I struggle to see where they would have fit an extra daughterboard for a 3.5mm jack to make it repairable

[–] Lazhward@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, the rage seems to usually stem from two misunderstandings:

  1. It forces you to use Bluetooth headphones.
  2. A 3.5mm jack is cheap and trivial to build into a phone, so there's little or no reason to not include it.

You already pointed out why neither of those are legitimate reasons. For 1 you just need a simple dongle, not new headphones. For 2, because the Fairphone is modular and repairable, it's not just the 3.5mm jack but also a custom replaceable daughterboard they'd have to develop and keep in stock.

Not having a 3.5mm jack is a minor inconvenience at most, I don't get the rage either.