With five major OS ugrades and eight years of patches.

Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.

  • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
    1421·
    9 months ago

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

    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      25·
      9 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.

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
      72·
      9 months ago

      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.

      • axo@feddit.deEnglish
        41·
        9 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

    • TwoCubed@feddit.deEnglish
      3·
      9 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
      • …

      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…

    • SheeEttinEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      And USB-C-to-3.5mm adapters too, so you can continue using your preferred listening device.

      Yes, it does mean you can’t also plug in a USB cable at the same time, but that seems like a very rare use case to me. If you really want to do that, you can also get a USB hub that has a power input port.