The new fairphone 5 came out, it looks cool but the price is really, really high…

If it’s a phone that can really last 10 years it could be good, but is that true? Is it worth it? I could get the one with /e/os from Murena because i want a degoogled phone with a bootloader locked, but is it usable on a daily basis?

  • monke@kbin.social
    711·
    10 months ago

    Citation needed.

    I don’t have a source ready with me to back up my statement. But at least here in India, almost everyone I see in public transportation use wireless earbuds. Usually I look like the odd one out for wearing wired earphones.

    If people already have wired headphones, then the most eco-friendly solution would be to enable users to continue to use them, and not force them to buy even more new products.

    You absolutely don’t need to go out and buy a new headphones if your phone doesn’t have an audio jack. Just buy a dongle. Yes, I’m aware that this is worse for the planet than just including an audio jack in the phone. But if you buy a dongle once, you don’t have to worry about your future phones not having a headphone jack. So in the long run, this move is better for the planet.

    • andyMFK@reddthat.com
      113·
      10 months ago

      How is buying a dongle you shouldn’t need better for the planet than a phone manufacturer providing a headphone jack??? The phone already has a DAC in it, they literally only need to include the actual port

      almost everyone I see in public transportation use wireless earbuds. Usually I look like the odd one out for wearing wired earphones.

      your sample is incredibly biased, you’re taking 1 demographic and assuming everyone acts like that. Go into a recording studio and see how many wireless headphones they use, Go to a concert and see how they are driving their speakers. Just because a lot of consumers use wireless earphones in an environment that doesn’t lend itself to good audio (like public transport), doesn’t mean most people are using it.

      • monke@kbin.social
        610·
        10 months ago

        How is buying a dongle you shouldn’t need better for the planet than a phone manufacturer providing a headphone jack??

        Did you even read my reply fully?

        Go into a recording studio and see how many wireless headphones they use

        Recording studios also don’t use a smartphone to do their work.

        Even if we do assume that the majority of the world still uses wired earphones, it still makes sense to remove the audio jack for reasons I have explained already.

        • andyMFK@reddthat.com
          104·
          10 months ago

          You haven’t provided a single good reason. Why are you fighting this so hard? Samsung isn’t gonna kiss you.

          • monke@kbin.social
            66·
            10 months ago

            Ah yes, it is totally unfair to expect consumers who prefer wired audio to make a one time purchase of a 10$ dongle. Instead phone manufacturers should continue to ship every single phone with an audio jack for years to come. And anybody who says it is fine to remove the audio jack because those who prefer wired audio can use a dongle is obviously a samsung shill.