but it won’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack.
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Sadly, there is always a crucial bit about headphone jack information missing.
Some phones, anecdotally, from the ones I had, the Xiaomi 13 and the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, do not have a physical headphone jack - but they have analog audio output through USB-C. That, in my opinion, is fine. You only need a passive dongle - routing pins from usb c to a headphone jack. Those cost like 50 cents and you can just keep them on your headphones.
What’s inexcusable is phones like the Pixel 7 - which a friend has - which do not have this. You need an actual external DAC in the dongle. That costs actual money, making the cable not just a cable anymore.
Why don’t people copy the relevant pieces of information in their post?
- 8 GB RAM
- Android 13
- 8-core ARMv8 CPU:
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- 1 core with 2.71 GHz
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- 3 cores with 2.40 GHz
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- 4 cores with 1.96 GHz
Rumors tell it’s a Snapdragon 782G from Qualcomm.
That’s not exactly new hardware, more like 3 years old or so. 🤔
Only thing missing for me would be AV1 decoding. Also headphone jack, but that’s a lost battle.
Yeah I don’t understand why their hardware always sucks so much. I’m almost expecting it to come with a 8MP camera without image stabilisation, and a 720p screen.
They make it so hard for me to buy. I can get a better phone, for half the price, and it will still last me 4-5 years or so.
I’m honestly disappointed at the hardware:
- 8 GB RAM for a SKU is definitely fine by me
- Android 13 from the get-go is good, though I do wonder how fast 14 and up will come, and how many system upgrades it’ll get.
- The Snapdragon 782G is simply the worst of this phone. It is a decent improvement over the 4’s Snapdragon, but it’s worrying to see a Fairphone being sold at mid to early-premium pricing while budget phones got the same power for much less. I am aware of the Degoogling and Fair Trade Gold and the repairability parts of Fairphone. But I don’t see why they can not try and match some actual mid-performance phones nowadays.
- Haven’t heard anything about the display, but I would not be surprised if it will remain stuck at 60Hz - another pain point but this is arguably less of an issue and more of a wish I would had loved to see.
As long as other phones will have removeable storage (microSD slot) and are cheaper while beating FP’s performance, I’d rather stick with them. Really a shame, hoped to see a much better phone this time around. But there’ll be even more fierce competition with the EU law on replaceable batteries forcing others (including Apple even) to change to a better repairability model.
Does it have 3.5mm Headphone jack?
Does it have FM Radio support
Will it be supported for 5+ years
Those are the only features I want beyond the usual repairable, replaceable, FairTrade parts etc.
Also a shutter on the selfie camera or having the option to put a cover on it. The Fairphone 3 has a top bezel that allows enough space to get those cheap sliding camera covers on Amazon. The Fairphone 4 not having that is slightly annoying IMO. I do hope the 5 addresses this. Either bring back the upper bezel (which they won’t) or have a physical shutter built in like how some webcams have.
Minor grievances tbf but still
