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Environmentally friendly and fairly sourced, except for the consumable blue tooth earbuds we will sell you as a consumable to push our profits while creating e-waste.

I know it's a crutch, but there's always a USB-C to 3.5mm converter. There are some versions sold that still keep the charging port.

I switched to using wireless headphones a good decade ago and I've never had a set die die to the battery going.

I've had plenty of wired headphones die bectthr cable became frayed or loose though.

I am still surprised at the lack of a headphone jack in the Fairphone, but I don't agree that wireless devices are somehow more prone to becoming e-waste.

The battery will fail to hold charge and they will become useless. Not the truth for wired headphones.

I don't know how you use your headphones, but in my case I switched to wireless because every single pair of wired headphones I had would break. Usually the cable, earbuds because they were in my pocket, and the overhead ones I'd drive over with my office chair.

Switched to wireless a couple years ago, no issues since then.

USB DACs are quite small now. I don't mind having to plug mine into my phone to use wired headphones.

Because they promised and continue to deliver more on Fairphones 2&3

I wonder if they're considering making a cheaper version equivalent to the Pixel a series

I doubt it. Every different iteration of the phone means producing less pieces, which will inevitably drive the cost up. I doubt Fairphone can afford it.

I think due to the custom designs involved in making it modular / repairable, combined with the niche appeal, it’s expected that these devices will be produced in low volumes and therefore will always cost more than the equivalent Pixel, due to missing out on economies of scale.

Sustainability has a price. You're indirectly paying that price for the Pixel too btw, it's just not on the bill.

I am looking forward to them eventually release a modular smartphone, like the framework. Since most component in a phone last way more than 5 years, yet the chipset is unlikely to be snappy after that amount of time.

Iirc, a lot of them also have efficiency as a secondary priority, since whatever the chip is running will always be plugged in.

How about, fuck no.

People have a right to demand a very simple feature that costs almost nothing and is incredibly useful. If that's a major requirement, then who the hell are you to say they can't depend it?

For a phone who's ethos is sustainability buying a 2nd device just for music is antithetical. When my FP3 eventually goes out of support I'll have to look elsewhere.

I've bought 2 wireless Samsung earbuds pros because 1 stopped working. The second one also stopped working so I bought 10 dollar wired earbuds and haven't had an issue. I wasted like 250 dollars before finding a 10 dollar solution.

Lol, they were funded 10 years ago snd when fairephone one came out people were already saying what you're saying.

There are customers for this kind of phones and the idea to not throw away perfectly working electronics.

But customers accepted to not be able to replace their batteries or being sold phone full of glue.

Outdated hardware isn't really as important on a phone than it is as a PC. Unless you are gaming on your phone, phone hardware is plenty powerful enough these days for the grand majority of tasks.

The software updates are the biggest concern and they intend to do 10 years of updates. That is more than long enough for this device before it becomes obsolete.

There are such pads that plug in via the usb and can be hidden under a case, if you had no other option. I've used it for my android mp3 player.