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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

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (19 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

More importantly, BT headphones are inherently not sustainable compared to wired ones

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to think that too. Then i got some wireless ones. I spent way more money getting replacement wired headphones and adapters than replacing my wireless ones. Only thing is, you gotta charge em.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the opposite for me because I keep losing them if I don't put them immediately back in their charging case. But I don't like bringing it wherever I go, so that's the only draw back imo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I do always put them right back, since i know me and id be the type to lose them otherwise too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are various models of wired headphones with easily replaced cabling. E.g., Sennheiser, Audio Technica, and Bose all make (or have in recent memory made) over / on-ear headphones with detachable / replaceable cables that just use a detachable connector at both ends instead of being permanently attached.

Sony and others make in-ear earbuds with detachable cables as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wired is still an option though thorough an adapter

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