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Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts (shop.fairphone.com)

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[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No 3.5mm, no buy from me. I was hoping they would finally get the hint there is a lot of people for whom this is a dealbreaker.

[–] krydret_ismaskine 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I had the same opinion and refused to even consider phones without it, but I've had to resign myself to the fact that it's a losing battle.

My current Motorola One Vision has a 3.5mm jack, but I bought a USB-C to 3.5mm DAC/headphone amplifier a while back to use with my PC, and of course it works great for the phone. It's really just a barely noticeable ~5cm extension to the headphone cable.

My main concern was perhaps wearing out the USB-C port, but so far no issues. And of course it's easy to repair or replace on the Fairphone.

There's also the factor that the 3.5mm jack on phones often doesn't have enough power to drive anything other than earbuds and very efficient headphones, but the Meizu HiFi Pro dongle has enough oomph for full-size cans.

Ideally I would have liked a 3.5mm jack, but the fair supply chain, repairability and 8 years of software support outweigh it.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Understandable. For me though the only thing I use my phone for is messaging, calls, music, and light internet browsing. Hell, give me 1-2 camera sensors, if I wanted to do photography I'd get an actual camera and lenses.

Once my current phone dies I'm probably getting this or something similar to it. It's so frustrating that the one feature I want is nowhere to be found.

[–] bigsilicon@social.treehouse.systems 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Shayeta @SrMono what is the reason you really want an audio jack? What do you plug into the jack? Just asking an someone curious to hear from others about how they use the jack as I have been able to find alternatives to the jack for myself.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I use various IEMs (fancy name for more expensive, elitist earbuds), and they are all wired.

I tried wireless, I don't like how bulky and heavy they feel, I don't like having one more thing I have to charge, I don't like how easy it is to drop and lose wireless buds.

Also IEMs last much longer since you can easily swap out cables, they don't have a battery that that degrades after a few years.

I could just get a USB-C DAC but at this point I'm running on spite.

[–] bigsilicon@social.treehouse.systems 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@Shayeta ah, I get it. I have had wired and wireless products. I don't really know what to do once the batteries die. Hopefully I find a solution when the time comes. They do last long enough that I figure it might be possible to reduce the battery size and throw a photovoltaic array coating into the mix while not noticing the difference.

Have you ever had Rha earbuds? I had some that were a nice metal with swappable filters.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Most are an automatic no just because they're heavy with no earhooks to support the weight. If I ever go TWS I would probably get a Fiio UTWS5 and use whatever I want with it.