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[โ€“] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

None of those arguments are very good. Why should they have three sperate cameras? Why should they have a USB-C charging port? Wireless can work as well. Why have a 90Hz display? A 60Hz one would work just as well.

Not only that, there is plenty of space. My BlackBerry Z10 running the BB10 OS (that I could side load Android apps on) had a headphone jack. It was physically smaller, running an SoC built on a much larger manufacturing node with a similar style of swappable battery and enclosure had a headphone jack. I even had to replace it and it cost me less than five dollars at the time.

It costs me less to integrate a headphone jack on a circuit board design than a fingerprint reader.

Also if we are talking about sustainability, Bluetooth earphones have batteries. Most of which can't be replaced. Weird headphones are literally cheaper and can last longer.

Having worked in this industry, I can't see any good reason to leave the jack out.

[โ€“] Stzyxh@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

most of this arguments make sense to me, but as the other guy said

If there was plenty of space in the FPs case they would have made it thinner

Also the Argument with wireless charging: Fairphone decided to **not ** support wireless charging because it's not very energy effective. Furthermore, I think a Phone with no USB-C Charging port would not work because it would violate EU laws.

[โ€“] TheFrirish@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago

I agree I really don't like all these different cameras just one or two at most is perfectly fine. Even though I am not interested in a Headphone jack, they could save space by removing one of the cameras and putting a headphone jack instead.

One good camera is enough.

[โ€“] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago
  1. Not having competitive cameras gets you off the market immediately
  2. Fairphone specifically does NOT want wireless charging because it is inefficient and terrible for the battery
  3. If its so easy for you to design a much thinner phone with completely replacable parts and a jack, you should apply for a job at Fairphone because I think they would pay you a lot for that knowledge
  4. Fairphone themselves offer sustainable bluetooth headphones
  5. Like I said, its just extra material and research cost for a feature most users dont need and those that need it can get an adapter with minimal effort and cost. I dont see a reason to include it.