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Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 years ago by ericbuijs@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Fairphone is unique in the world of smartphones. It's pretty much the only company trying to build a sustainable device that isn't glued together and hostile to the repair community. Today, Fairphone is announcing a brand-new flagship: the Fairphone 4, which brings an updated design and better specs while still shipping with all the modularity you would expect.

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[–] freely@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Mostly looks nice, but why would they get rid of the headphone jack? :(

[–] Ninmi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

That and the camera in the screen rule this one out for me. Not that it matters since Fairphone 3 is pretty fresh still. Hoping it lasts until better design trends come.

E: I'm kind of wondering if 3 and 4 are actually supposed to coexist.

[–] ericbuijs@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

The 3 has been discontinued but the 3+ according to their website is temporarily out of stock but will become available again.

[–] ericbuijs@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

That's indeed puzzling but apparently Fairphone stated that due to the 5 year guarantee period the headphone jack wasn't an option because it's too vulnerable. Also the phone would have become too large with a 3.5mm jack. It's a pity really I love the simplicity of the analog headphone jack.

[–] ree@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

That sucks.

Sliminess is such a stupid feature compared to an audio jack.