I see a lot of people complaining that the Fairphone 6 doesn’t have an Aux jack.

Just use an adapter cable.

A 3.5mm Aux jack takes up a significant amount of space just to connect a few wires that could be connected through USB-C anyway, that space could be used for a bigger battery.

Even if there was a good enough reason to keep Aux it should be 2.5mm Aux and not the usual 3.5 as it does exactly the same thing but uses less space

  • SirActionSack@aussie.zoneEnglish
    241·
    2 days ago

    that space could be used for a bigger battery

    This is the truly bizarre part. Removing thr 3.5mm port is about thinness.

    It is the antithesis of increasing battery life.

  • tvik@lemmy.mlEnglish
    19·
    2 days ago

    Yeah… I disagree. One only thing that I got to give to bluetooth headphones is dealing with the cable - sometimes it’s just more preferable to have no wires, especially during sport activities.

    I’m still on the lookout for the next phone with a headphone jack. I was so hoping for it to be the next fairphone, but sadly that’s not it. (Old small ZenFone was perfect but software support of Asus is ass)

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    I’ve taken apart a phone for the purposes of replacing a battery. While everything is very compact as you can imagine, there is also a surprising amount of unused space. I’ll admit I’m not an engineer, so I don’t know if this space is error margin for manufacturing tolerances or something, but there is certainly enough room for a jack to be installed were this space tightened up just a little.

  • Ydna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 days ago

    I hate how small the USB-C connector is though! They’re fragile and wear out pretty quickly. Everybody discounts the round barrel jack size as if it’s a bad thing, i think it’s the exact opposite. It’s large and the internal contacts are similarly large which keeps them working forever lol

    • rbesfe@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Usb C is far more resilient than the micro B connectors it replaced. What are you doing to your type C ports that makes them wear out? Could just be dust stuck in there, easy to scrape out with a toothpick

      • Ydna@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        I’m comparing it to ports larger ports like 3.5 and USB-A. The ports in the phone are fine, but the plugs on the headphone end wear out like crazy. Carrying a phone in my pocket with a USB-C header sticking out for a while day of work causes it to wiggle around no matter what I do. Eventually I realized it was a losing battle 😐

  • xia@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I suspect this is unpopular in the tech community, but if this were truly an unpopular opinion, then phones without a headphone jack wouldn’t sell, and they would be replaced in the next generation. Instead, it seems like I get fewer and fewer options each time I look for a phone at the intersection of qualities that matter to me (unlocked bootloader, sd card, headphone jack).

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    52·
    2 days ago

    Used for a bigger battery? Lol. OP has never taken a phone apart. Aux port might get you another 20mah. Out of that 4,415mah battery.

    • TonyOstrich@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      2 days ago

      I have seen so many people say the 3.5mm port takes up room, and it is such a crock of shit. The space it takes up is practically non existent and it costs almost nothing implement.

      Like literally if I’m making a custom circuit board, or even bread boarding, with a microcontroller of all the IO currently on phones a 3.5mm jack is probably the cheapest and easiest thing to implement. It’s a hell of a lot less of both than say a finger print scanner and I don’t see anyone calling for those to be removed despite the fact that many people don’t use that feature.

      • kayazere@feddit.nlEnglish
        131·
        2 days ago

        Yeah just remove the camera and connect an external camera to the USB-C port.

        • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          Just give me a featureless brick and I’ll pay for the dongles I want. Like the screen dongle and the sound dongle. All through USBC ofc

      • TheOakTree@lemm.eeEnglish
        121·
        3 days ago

        Show me an affordable dongle that supports full speed passthrough charging and clean audio simultaneously. Then, I’ll agree on redundancy.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    2 days ago

    Yah, I couldn’t give a fuck about aux, and up until last year I always had one. I moved on to Bluetooth once it started working properly.

  • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
    26·
    3 days ago

    Counterpoint:

    External DACs on multiple recent generations of Pixel devices frequently experience severe distortion and Google seems to not give a shit about fixing that.

    I literally cannot use wired headphones or speakers with my phone even with relatively high end equipment without horrific audio glitches.

    • GreenCrunch@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I have issues even with the simplest Apple USB-C to 3.5 mm dongle on my phone. The USB side rocks back and forth, disconnecting from the phone and exploding my ears with popping noises.

      It’s also flimsy as hell.