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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 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[+] [email protected] -8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

USB-C earbuds exist. No one is "forcing" you to do anything.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

Which is still having to buy a second set of earbuds/headphones when there's no need for it. Or buy a separate dongle (a major pain in the ass over time).

This is not "sustainability" friendly design.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Headphone jacks also exist, so I won't be buying this phone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Having tried to use USB-C earbuds... the experience is lacking. Once they are plugged in there is a 2-5s lag for when the headphones start working. 30% of the time they don't work, having to unplug and plug them in to try again. Some apps won't use them at all if the headphones are not plugged in before you start a call (google voice).

Even if you got them working, they stick out of the bottom of the phone, so propping up the phone on a desk for a video call is now super awkward.

It's a poor echo of the experience of physically wired RTTP headphones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Never had those problems. Worked for me better than the AUX port actually, since no metal spring got damaged over time like in most of my previous phones.

The dongle works just like AUX earphones worked

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

can't charge the phone when the USB port is in use
can't use the aux input of any external devices
can't use the headphones with anything else
shitty experience as someone else here mentioned
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I like my Pixel 7 Pro but its also my first phone without a headphone jack and I hate it. Bluetooth is such a shitty standard and the USB dongles suck ass too. Why the fuck did they have to get rid of something so simple and practical...