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[โ€“] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 hours ago

" is no longer a compromise (except in the US)"

Yeah that's about what I expect ๐Ÿฅน

[โ€“] dudesss@lemmy.ca 7 points 16 hours ago

Canada please!

[โ€“] Redex68@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (29 children)

I find it interesting how every post I see on Lemmy about Fairphone always has half of the comments complaining about the lack of a head home jack, but in real life I don't know a single person that really laments it's removal. All the people I personally know are fine with Bluetooth headphones. This is just such a loud minority, it's impressive. I know that there is overlap between people that want a headphone jack and people that want a repairable phone, but still, I feel it's way over-represented in the comments.

[โ€“] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Do you wish people would stop requesting the headphone jack? Why?

[โ€“] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I still use a wired headphone.

You can't beat the battery life of Infinity. Go non stop for a complete day and even or you forgot to charge, keep using the next day without any downtime.

For me, this is just one less thing to worry about.

Plus, I can use mine on flights instead of their sorry excuse of electronic waste.

[โ€“] Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

My wireless headphone batteries last weeks and I can use them on planes?... Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

[โ€“] thejoker954@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I just want the option. Sure I use bluetooth 98% of the time, but when I'm in a car I'd rather hook in through the jack than the tooth. And when I'm out hiking I also like the jack option so I don't have to worry about my blutooth battery dying, bluetooth draining my phone faster, loosing an earbud in the leaves and so on.

[โ€“] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 3 points 3 hours ago

bluetooth draining my phone faster

Bluetooth was specifically designed to be very low power. With a bluetooth headphone there is a battery in the headphone to power the amplifier and provide the energy to move the speaker diaphragm. With passive (wired) headphones, this has to be powered by your phone.

Do you really think that a phone that has to directly drive the speakers in a headphone uses less power than a phone that only has to power the bluetooth transmitter?

I love wired headphones, but I wouldnโ€™t ever drive them directly from my phone. Especially higher end headphones are more difficult to drive anyway, so I use a (wired) external DAC/amp with itโ€™s own internal battery for using my wired headphones.

[โ€“] Redex68@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

I mean, I get that. It's just that I'm triggered by the amount of people that constantly comment on every thread raging about how dare they not include a headphone jack. It's insane how loud this minority is when in real life very few people actually care about it.

[โ€“] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I hated the loss of the jack until I got lightning/usbc headphones. The microphone and sound controls are so good I honestly widh my steam deck had a second USB c slot rather than a headphone jack

[โ€“] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

You can get a splitter and/or dock to get there, but obviously it's not as nice as built in

https://youtu.be/BqxHwgfu6Sg

[โ€“] ptc075@lemmy.zip 14 points 18 hours ago

Since you asked, the lack of the headphone jack is the exact reason I have not upgraded my phone. I use my phone for music in my two cars and my home gym. None of those currently have Bluetooth.

Upgrading all 3 is just a matter of money of course - throw everything I have away & buy new. I see no reason to do that.

[โ€“] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Up until I got an amazing pair of bluetooth headphones I would also fall under the loud minority. I still want the option on any device I own, but I haven't been using wired ones much outside of things like my Sega Genesis.

Definitely agree the loud minority feels overrepresented, but I'm personally siding with them.

[โ€“] tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 points 8 hours ago

I haven't been using wired ones much outside of things like my Sega Genesis

At first, I was like, "โ€ฆHow did I never know it has one of those?" until I realized I have a model 2.

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[โ€“] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

I'm still on my Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. People getting new phones every year or two do it because they want to, they don't keep their phone in a case, or it got ran over or lost at sea or stolen.

My phone is five years old. Five years from now there will be very few Faiphone six's left in use. Why do you think they're already on their sixth iteration of phone? Can you upgrade the Fairphone two and make it just as good as the six?

[โ€“] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Yep, I have an old iPhone SE and it's still working. This Fairphone has perked my interest as a possible replacement.

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