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They don't even send a charger anymore...
If you're savvy enough to buy a Fairphone you likely have a gajillion USB-C cables and adapters laying around. I appreciate them not generating more waste.
if you buy a fairphone maybe you do not buy new devices every year
When I got my FP3, I needed a new USBC cable as I was upgrading from a Galaxy S5. To be honest, my (now broken) Galaxy S5 still has its original charger in the box, since I reused my S4 charger for it.
Nowadays though it should be pretty common for people jumping to an FP or other USBC device to at least have an existing USBC cable kicking around I think
How is that bad? Go to your drawer and use one of the dozens you'll have accumulated over the years
None of my existing chargers supported the fastest protocols that my device from a few years ago supported, and it didn't come with one. Also, what if you're getting a device for the first time and actually don't have any? At least it should maybe be an option when buying one so you can decide not to get one if you don't need it, but a new device should come with everything needed to operate it.
It's not hard to buy a separate charger if you need one.
Just like game consoles no longer come with bundled games despite being useless without a game. You're big enough to know what you need.
They still come with a power cable and a controller though, which are necessary to actually turn on the machine. If you don't already have a charger and didn't notice that the device you're getting doesn't come with one, you probably can't even turn it on to see if it works before having to buy more things.
Do they come with HDMI cables? Haven't bought one in a while but back in the day my Nintendo consoles didn't come with RF adapters. I remember Christmas 97 and not having one for my N64 and it drove me insane.
Phones are generaly charged because its better for the battery but i am not saying that im not miffed about chargers no longer inkluded
With that I agree, it should be a option to buy one.
only micro usb and very slow charging bricks in there
You can order one with the phone, I think. I don't see it as a missing part, but rather one that is not automatically billed whether or not I need one.
You don't accumulate that many if you don't buy phones every year or two, and then as mentioned, over more time your charger needs could've changed.
The charger shouldn't be only thing that's built to last.
But unfortunately its very common for people to change phones often
We are long past the days of proprietary charging ports on phones, my guy. You can use any charger that came with any phone you've owned in the past like 10 years.