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Headphone Jack ever coming back? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by original_reader@lemm.ee to c/fairphone@lemmy.ml

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I am looking for a new phone. Coming from the Sony midrangers, because they have a headphone jack. I love the FP philosophy. I don't see their devices having headphone jacks, though. Is there any talk of that being introduced?

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[–] WeebLife@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Considering that they actually had a headphone jack before, then removed it, they won't be re introducing it. https://forum.fairphone.com/t/headphone-jack-removal-lost-customer/76713

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, that's sad. Guess I'll stay with Sony for now.

Strange that the jack was removed in a phone that claims to support sustainability.

[–] WeebLife@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

it is sad. Louis Rossman covered it and called them out on that topic

[+] superkret@feddit.de -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you're happy with this solution, great. Good for you. It's just not for me, while I have a choice, because I find it clunky to have to walk around with an adapter all the time, especially one that keeps dangling a spare port around.

Why do you say that hardly anyone uses headphone jacks anymore? The fact that most mobile phone manufacturers have removed them (for unsavoury reasons) is, of course, forcing people in that direction. Whether they want to or not is a different question. I assume you mean that hardly anyone wants to use them. Any solid basis for that statement?

Personally, I love wired headphones because they're cheaper, often sound better, have no delays, are actually more durable and environmentally friendly, don't need charging, allow me to quickly switch between devices and "just work". That's just me, of course.

Here an article showing some pros of the current trend, but also the drawbacks.

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

The fact that people still defend removal of headphone jacks just goes to show how brainwashed they are.

[–] MarkG_108@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I have a Fairphone 2, and it has a headphone jack. However, newer phones don't seem to include this, since most people now use Earbuds. https://shop.fairphone.com/tws-earbuds