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Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence (www.ifixit.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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While they were happy with what the fairphone 4 brought to the table, they seem to like what was changed for the fairphone 5.
What are you guys' opinions on this? A welcome change? would you get one if your phone died within the next year?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

I will be buying one. Sorry, the 3.5mm jack days have passed. The perceptible quality difference from current gen BT headphones is negligible for 99% of people. If you are in the 1%, listen on your dedicated hardware at home, but dont bog down item specs for the rest of people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes but also no, but also yes. Here's why:

  • yes: most people don't use cabled headphones
  • no: high quality headphones require a jack
  • yes: those high quality headphones need amplifiers beyond what the phones inbuilt dac can handle

So I'd probably overall argue that those who really care about audio probably have a separate DAC like https://www.techradar.com/audio/hi-fi/ifi-hip-dac-3-review

Which is probably an unpopular opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I disagree on point 1; I use cabled headphones/earbuds more than the screen. My audio jacks get more use than the all the usb jacks combined (short of peripherals like keyboard that stay plugged in constantly).

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