Not much to add. Saw it in another technology forum and thought it also belonged here for the solarpunks
Only thing keeping me from being interested in this phone is the lack of 3.5 mm headphone jack.
Happy Fairphone4 user here - I have one of those USB-C to headphone jack converters, which works reasonably well. However, since I got some bluetooth headphones I never had the urge to go back to wired headphones.
‘i like this truck but I need 4 wheel drive’
“I only have 2 wheel drive and I’ve never got stuck!”
That’s cool for you mate, they probably know what they need.
I won’t die on the headphone jack hill but I will with microSD.
After my last phone upgrade where I chose a phone with a headphone jack, I found that I just did not use it that often. But when I did use it, it was absolutely critical. Being stuck with on a flight with bluetooth headphones without charge is awful, but aint no problem when you got a headphone jack (and the wire to connect your dead headphones). I could see myself getting a phone without it, but there would have to be a really good reason for it, and so far there has not been one.
I just can’t stand the inconsistency of Bluetooth. The quality is worse. Every single mic on a Bluetooth headphones sounds worse than just a cable mic. Only reason to remove it is for company profits. Plus my set of wired headphones will work for years maybe decades the same can’t be said about Bluetooth headphones.
Have you used any lately? I have several types of Bluetooth headphones and they’re chugging along great, sounding good and connected well all day. Maybe the tech and connections have gotten better.
I was super interested in this phone, but that omission has made me lose all interest. What the fuck.
They removed it as soon as they launched their bluetooth headphones… Curious how these coincidences work… That’s why I really don’t trust these “consumer first” brands anymore, they always eventually collapse into the same strategies that increase profits in detriment of user satisfaction.
I focus on products rather than brands. The fairphone and teracube are about the only options for the things I’m interested in. They both have flaws. I believe that of the two, the fairphone is the less critically flawed.
