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Fairphone 6 downgraded to USB-C 2.0 (forum.fairphone.com)

submitted 1 month ago by python@lemmy.world to c/fairphone@lemmy.ml

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Despite all the other compromises with the FF6, I still was ready to buy it until I noticed the USB-C 2.0. Which means no Android Desktop and significantly slower data transfer than the USB-C 3.0 in FF5. The linked Discussion thread from the Fairphone forum has some interesting additional points.

Is this a dealbreaker for you? (It is for me, I'm ordering a different phone today..)

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[–] mosthated 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yes, I was particularly wanting that, as this would be a phone to have for years to come. This is a real bummer.

[–] python@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's such a weird choice considering that they want the FF6 to be "The Fairphone" that you'll keep for like a decade, but then cutting one of the biggest new things that Android 16 offers :/ There was speculation that they'd sell a replaceable USB-C 3.1 port, but people on the forum say that just changing the port won't help if the Motherboard doesn't support it. Really sucks.

[–] mosthated 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it's such a weird decision considering poth ff4 and ff5 have USB-C 3.0

[–] the_swagmaster@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

It is a downgrade for sure but if it's not something you use then what does it matter. Fairphone is a tiny company and they felt this was a good place to cut on costs

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