Beyond the lights. Does the for the techies approach work?

  • zeus ⁧ ⁧ ∽↯∼@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    fairphone would be so good if it had a headphone jack. but it seems really weird to me to launch a “sustainable phone” without a jack

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          1 year ago

          It might not be dead to you and other techies, but to most of the world, it’s dead

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            1 year ago

            Whenever someone says it isn’t dead to them, it tells me they don’t realize most average consumers care about convenience most of all.

            They (the average consumer - that is about 98% of them) don’t understand the tech, so have no way of forming an opinion or realizing why they may want a jack.

            Or removeable batteries, etc. They’re easily swayed by shiny and seemingly “easy to use”.

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        1 year ago

        ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i bought my current phone because of its headphone jack


        this is mostly about bluetooth, but some of it applies to usb-c + dongle:

        i have a cheap pair of earphones in my pocket (which i’m prepared to lose). another by the door. a more expensive set of headphones upstairs. a speaker in the kitchen. and when i get in a friend’s car or go to their house, i can just plug my phone in and it works without the aggravation of having to pair to their speaker

        tell me, oh “you can just buy a dongle” people, what am i supposed to do? buy one and accept that i’ll lose it all the time? buy 5 and keep one plugged into every 3.5mm i own and don’t own?

        plus, y’know - takes slightly more battery, hassle to pair, can’t charge and use dongle, all the other obvious issues

        source, full comments

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          1 year ago

          Yep, kinda similar setup here. I’ve got multiple types of headsets for various situations:

          • A Plantronics headset for work (taking calls and meetings and stuff)
          • A Beyerdynamic DT880, which is my main for listening to music at home
          • A Sony WH-1000XM5, which I use in wired mode during travel, for it’s noise cancellation features
          • An Avantree E171, which I use during running and workouts

          I don’t really want to buy a dongle for everything, not to mention, you’d then run into the issue of not being able to charge your phone while using the dongle, unless you get a dongle that also allows charging and… it’s just not a nice solution.

        • CatWhoMustNotBeNamed@geddit.social
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          1 year ago

          Lol, I can appreciate your commitment. We all have our white whales, mine are rear fingerprint and cordless charging. Edit: Also prefer as much plastic as possible. Make it lighter and less likely to break. I have a ceramic phone, it’s pretty (when it’s out of the case) but it’s heavy. So breakage is more likely to happen. I also have a Moto E5. You can throw it across the room.

          I’ve had probably 5 times as many USB C port failures as I have micro ports… And I’ve had like 5 phones with micro (which needed charging all the time) and 2 with C. I do think C is better overall, but I don’t believe the durability claims. I already have a nice phone that really can’t be used for much since the C port died, and it’s part of the motherboard. Fortunately it has wireless, so I can use it for a spare device, just not a daily.

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        1 year ago

        It costs effectively nothing. There are no downsides to it. For a phone aimed at enthusiasts and people who don’t want waste it’s an odd and shitty choice.