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The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone. (shop.fairphone.com)
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I don't like smartphones. I use a dumbphone.

But this is a wonderful initiative.

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 32 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Bring back the headphone jack & we'll be happy.

Next up, make the phone compatible with Linux OSs

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

We can but hope. I have a dongle that plugs into my charging point to make it a headphone jack, but it's not the same

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I recently went through that dongle buying experience. Having to get the correct DAC and amplifier chipset so the sound won't be too low is annoying. For the record I ended up going with one that has the CX31993 DAC and the MAX97220 amplifier, it doesn't have a real name so I'll just give a link: https://aliexpress.com/item/1005008755907868.html. It is a bit louder than my first impulsive buy, but I haven't tested the microphone yet.

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 7 hours ago

Thanks for the link!

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz -5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

No thanks, i've broken every single one. A dap with bluetooth receiver works better.

[–] Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

But the presence of a headphone jack doesn't prevent you from using Bluetooth?

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

It doesn't and for many people the jack dying isn't an issue.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What do you do to break them?

In my forties and never broken a headphone jack, headphones, cable, or in fact anything like that. I tend to take care of my stuff and not treat it in such a way as I’m going to break it.

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz -1 points 6 hours ago

Put it in my jeans pocket and move about my day as usual. Cycling broke them in a year, reliably.