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Fairphone’s new cables and chargers are LONGTIME®-certified. Here’s what that means. (www.fairphone.com)
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[–] the_swagmaster@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 hours ago

I don't think they blindly follow the trend to remove the headphone jack. They said they did it cause it free up space, make it a bit cheaper, and make it a bit easier to engineer the device for their small team. I think those are fair arguments and better than apple just saying "it took courage" and do little else with it.

They have literally kept repairability the same throughout their phones (and now other devices). They have also kept replacements parts and sending out some software updates for their old phones too. Imo, they have yet to compromise on their core promise.

One day Bluetooth may not be backwards compatible but to my knowledge that has not happened for over 10 years. I have a Bluetooth speaker from 2014 that still connects to every Bluetooth device. Unfortunately the battery on that is shit now and I can't replace it... So it will go to the landfill soon. If fairphone made that speaker then I could still use it. Playing down replaceable batteries in fp's headphones is crazy. I would agree, however, that their headphones (especially the in ears) should be better so that people actually want to keep them.