Comment on 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

• stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I disagree about this being a good solution. USB-C is not meant to take the strain of being used as an audio port when being used in the go so there is risk of damaging the port while a headphone jack is more stable and allows the plug to rotate. Plus I don’t want to have a dingle I can forget when in a rush.

  source

  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They should make cases with the adapter built in, the way they used to (still do?) for external battery packs.

    source
• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You also have to remember to have that adapter with you

  source

  • Laser@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    An issue shared with the headphones themselves

    source

    • Fermion@feddit.nl ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I just leave the adapter plugged into the headphones. Then there’s nothing extra to manage.

      source

      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I have like a dozen pairs of headphones

        source

        • -> View More Comments
• HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You can find adapters that can charge while still having a 3.5mm back

  source

  • hcbxzz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    fast charging / USB-PD may not work, and 3.5mm media controls may not pass through properly

    source
• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have a tablet that came with a C to 3.5 adapter and it worked well enough for a bit but soon enough it was only intermittently allowing the headphone connection to work, with a message about the port being dirty or something. Yet I could go right from unplugging that and putting the charger in and it worked fine.

  There’s just no substitute for a dedicated port, especially when it barely takes up any room

  source
• Panties@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s really a small inconvenience, but using an adapter would mean I’d be prone to misplace it when I use my headphones on anything else, so it hardly makes anything better

  source

  • Laser@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The reason for not using a headphone jack is making it simpler for the manufacturer, one less connector to handle which also limits how slim a phone can be.

    I’m not saying this is good for the consumer, but there are reasons for integrating the functionality into the USB-C port.

    source

    • shaggyb@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      For $700 I’m not interested in compromising my own convenience for theirs.

      source

      • Laser@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Fair, though the fact doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

        If you want easily replaceable parts and a system that can unlock the bootloader for example, your argument can be made for 99% of phones on the market. The more requirements you add, the smaller the scope gets until there are no devices left to choose from.

        source
    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      one less connector to handle which also limits how slim a phone can be.

      The headphone jack is 3.5mm. iPhones are ~7.5mm thick, more than double. The smallest phone available on the market is 4.2mm.

      source
    • hexonxonx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      These points were all disproved long ago. The jack is a the same thickness as the display.

      The reason is because BT headphones have a much higher margin, and need to be replaced every few years because of the battery (if not already replaced because they were lost or damaged).

      It’s just a dumb cash grab.

      source
    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s not hard to manufacture a headphone jack. We’ve been doing it since the 80s. Probably costs them a penny BOM.

      source

      • ProjectPatatoe@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I don’t think his point was the jack itself but the device around the jack. Physically and electronically.

        source

        • -> View More Comments