The new fairphone 5 came out, it looks cool but the price is really, really high…

If it’s a phone that can really last 10 years it could be good, but is that true? Is it worth it? I could get the one with /e/os from Murena because i want a degoogled phone with a bootloader locked, but is it usable on a daily basis?

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    1 year ago

    How is buying a dongle you shouldn’t need better for the planet than a phone manufacturer providing a headphone jack??? The phone already has a DAC in it, they literally only need to include the actual port

    almost everyone I see in public transportation use wireless earbuds. Usually I look like the odd one out for wearing wired earphones.

    your sample is incredibly biased, you’re taking 1 demographic and assuming everyone acts like that. Go into a recording studio and see how many wireless headphones they use, Go to a concert and see how they are driving their speakers. Just because a lot of consumers use wireless earphones in an environment that doesn’t lend itself to good audio (like public transport), doesn’t mean most people are using it.

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      Most people use wireless headphones. That’s just the truth. Sure, professionals don’t while they’re working, and probably not even at home, but I guarantee many do while out and about because of the benefits they provide.

      Wireless headphone sales outsell wired headphones. Phone companies bundle them with phones that sell millions. People want them and people use them.

      Wired headphones have a place, but that place is fast becoming pro only and even then usb-c will eventually replace those places if they already haven’t.

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      How is buying a dongle you shouldn’t need better for the planet than a phone manufacturer providing a headphone jack??

      Did you even read my reply fully?

      Go into a recording studio and see how many wireless headphones they use

      Recording studios also don’t use a smartphone to do their work.

      Even if we do assume that the majority of the world still uses wired earphones, it still makes sense to remove the audio jack for reasons I have explained already.

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        1 year ago

        You haven’t provided a single good reason. Why are you fighting this so hard? Samsung isn’t gonna kiss you.

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          Ah yes, it is totally unfair to expect consumers who prefer wired audio to make a one time purchase of a 10$ dongle. Instead phone manufacturers should continue to ship every single phone with an audio jack for years to come. And anybody who says it is fine to remove the audio jack because those who prefer wired audio can use a dongle is obviously a samsung shill.

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            1 year ago

            How ironic is it that the guy who makes personal attacks over a debate surrounding freakin headphone jacks calls others a snowflake :)

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            1 year ago

            When you’re reduced to attacking someone’s profile picture you know you should have stopped posting already.