SunshineAug 23, 2025
The Fairphone 6 no longer feels like a compromise (except in the US)
The Fairphone 6 no longer feels like a compromise (except in the US)

The Fairphone 6 is the most repairable yet, but also the most powerful, and the first I can easily recommend — though it’s a trickier sell for US buyers.

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Show threadRedexAug 24, 2025
I find it interesting how every post I see on Lemmy about Fairphone always has half of the comments complaining about the lack of a head home jack, but in real life I don’t know a single person that really laments it’s removal. All the people I personally know are fine with Bluetooth headphones. This is just such a loud minority, it’s impressive. I know that there is overlap between people that want a headphone jack and people that want a repairable phone, but still, I feel it’s way over-represented in the comments.
Show threadBenchpressMuyDebilAug 24, 2025
You have been visited by the USB-C port. This post is now protected against headphone jack jihadists
Show threadSpice Hoarder
Give me a phone with two USB-C ports so I don’t need a dongle when I wire up to my USB-C headphones and battery bank
Aug 24, 2025 at 12:38pmWeb
Show threadBenchpressMuyDebilAug 24, 2025
Wonder if this problem will be “solved” with Qi2 (magnetic charging) in the future. Pixel 10 is supposed to have it if we’re talking Android
Show threadrumbaAug 24, 2025
I had high hopes for wireless charging. But in the end it’s just heat and battery stress for no good reason. Just bring back some Pogo pens or maybe a couple of pads on the back of the phone or something.
Show threadrumbaAug 24, 2025
That wouldn’t be bad, for extra couple of bucks headphone manufacturers could give us C jacks and a pass-through as well.
Show threadBaldDudeAug 24, 2025
I would actually spend money in this. :)
Show threadRivalarrivalAug 24, 2025
How about a bigger battery, so you just don’t need the battery bank, and the form factor is sufficiently large enough to handle without needing a large case?
Show threadSpice HoarderAug 24, 2025
I’m all for making a phone thicker if I can still use it with one hand. Just not wider or taller.
Show threadRivalarrivalAug 24, 2025
The last several phones I’ve purchased have been so thin they were unusable without a case, and battery life about a day. They could double the thickness, still be less than a half inch thick, and add a battery 3 times the size of the internal one. That would get 2+ days of charge. With half the number of charge cycles, the battery lifetime would probably double.
Show threadshadsAug 24, 2025

So twice as long between new phones, what sort of monster are you! Expecting the poor multinationals to build a phone for you and not have its effective lifespan artificially limited by the compromised battery solutions is basically communism, or socialism or woke.

<<insert phone company>> loves you and only wants what’s best for you, it’s supper distressing to <<insert phone company>> that they put so much into the relationship and you are so cold and dismissive of them. You should go and buy a <<insert new full retail price product>> to make it up to them.

Show threaddhcAug 25, 2025

I was skeptical about this splitter but it bought and tried it and it actually works. Tried on Sony Xperia (which doesn’t need one 😅) and Galaxy Tab. Maybe not as comfortable as having two dedicated built-in ports but still.

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