Ever since I learned about the Fairphone, I keep trying to figure out when they’ll release the Fairphone 5.
Further, I keep wondering whether it’ll be usable easily and realistically by Verizon, since there’s some complications with Fairphone being based in the Netherlands, but I believe generally supported across Europe since so much of their website is in English.
Just about anything I find over on Reddit seems to be outdated, speculating and guessing, or otherwise unreliable.
Anybody know many details about when it might come out, and whether it’ll be supported here in the US??
Headphone jack, if the fair phone 5 still doesn’t have a headphone jack, fairphone demonstrates that their user hostile company. Removing the headphone jack while introducing earbuds was removing customer choice to force people to buy earbuds.
I don’t care how repairable the phone is, if it’s designed to remove optionality from me. I’d rather have a phone that gives me more options and is less repairable, then a phone that’s very repairable but not user friendly.
Hell, they’re all about replaceable, user serviceable modules. Make the headphone jack an optional module!
Not trying to downplay your point about removing functionally, I completely agree. But I bought a 3.5 to usb-c adapter and it works just as well.
I’m not in love with the idea of either carrying an extra dongle, or buying yet another set of wired headphones with the USBC device and a DAC built in. But I could get over it. If, and only if, the phone had two USB ports one on the top one on the bottom.
No need for a DAC, USB-C can transmit analog audio signal, it’s part of the standard.