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Fairphone 5 Released (shop.fairphone.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

With 5 years of OS support and 8 years of security update.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (18 children)

I really wish it had a 3.5mm audio jack. I don't see what companies stand to earn, other than money, when they remove the headphone jack.

I can see why Apple and Samsung removed it because the they can market their own wireless headphones.

Removing the jack only removes capability, it is not like older phones didn't have the capability to connect to Bluetooth headphones

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

Yeah their original excuse to remove it was largely related to space due to the modular design.

If you want to read it is here.

https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9836188988049-Audio-jack-3-5mm

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