There are indeed good aspects to this product.

But I won’t join the “Fair phone” circle jerk and give them the free publicity, because just like Apple and Samsung, they removed the headphone jack from their phones soon before the launch of these headphones, in other words, artificially creating the problem and need to sell you their expensive solution.

You don’t get to ride the “we are pro customer!” free publicity train while also wanting to be the next Apple.

They explain very thoroughly on their website why they did it:

…fairphone.com/…/9836188988049-Audio-Jack-3-5mm

Yep, same excuses as Apple.

Analogue connector too old, too big, hard to make modular. All proven false by a multitude of other devices.

It might be false, but I think the real reason is that very few people care about a jackstick… I care, but I’m the only one I know, and I only ever hear a small group of people online talk about it being a big deal. In the end I don’t think too badly about that specific decision from any phone manufacturer.

In my case, lots of people I know care about it. And I definitely do.

But these are just anecdotes, and I haven’t seen real data.

I’m guessing the majority of people would prefer to have it, but don’t care enough that it’s a major factor for their phone. And the number that care at all continues to shrink. But we’re both just guessing.