The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years - eviltoast
  • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I care less about the lack of a headphone jack and more about the lack of multiple ports

    USB C is genuinely a great multiport, but all of these companies leave the phone with one port. People would care less if each phone had two ports, so you could plug in headphones via adapter while also charging

    • Papercrane@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      There are actually dongles which have both an audio jack and a USB c port. I never used one of those dongles though

      • Kernal64@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I have. They tend to be poorly shielded so you get all kinds of hiss and other shenanigans in the audio when you’re charging and listening at the same time. The adapters exist, but I’ve yet to come across one that isn’t terrible.

      • GeekyNerdyNerd@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Those suck worse than the old school 3.5mm splitters we all used back in the discman, and later iPod days.

        The removal of the headphone jack is one of the worst developments in personal electronics over the last 30 years. Personally I hope that the EU’s next port mandate forces its reintroduction as Bluetooth headphones are an environmental catastrophe.