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Fairphone 6 official, gets expanded modular design with accessories (www.gsmarena.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I'm still kinda salty about the missing headphone jack starting with the FP4. But mostly because with that they also released their unrepairable bluetooth buds. Like what? These things are unsustainable af. Every company is and was jumping on that bandwagon because of the insane profit margins of those things. Made me really suspicious of their claimed mission statement of beeing fair and green. All their messaging since then just reeks of bullshit in that regard (imho).

Back then atleast i could still find phones which fullfilled my hardware wishlist. Today its a different story. So all things considered the FP6 seems to be a solid phone in the current market conditions. Something, something perfect is in the way of... and my life with an usb-c dongle on the Pixel 7 isnt too bad tbh. I had issues with phones in the past where the usb-c port started wear out after a year or two and couldnt hold a solid connection while in the pocket with an adapter. The Pixel 7 port is super solid in that regard so far and with a Fairphone you could easily get a spare usb-c port. So i think its time to just move on for me on that matter.

The only thing which rubs me the wrong way this time with the FP6 is that it only has an USB 2.0 port. Which is a downgrade compared to the last two FPs. I regularly connect my phone to other devices for different reasons. No USB3, no buy(for me).