Discussing the sustainability of removing the 3.5mm jack

[anon9989719]

Hi JeroenH

Regarding your first point

The OP had mentioned that

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The second option is buying a converter cable and using it with wired headphones. This is a much more sustainable approach than the first option, but lots of people find it unnecessarily inconvenient, and as far as I’ve seen, they tend to break often, a lot more often than the phone’s built in port would, so this option generates a lot of unnecessary waste still.

and there are a number of other topics that cover this aspect and show options in line with your assertions.
https://www.amazon.com/ZOOAUX-Headphone-Charging-Earphones-Compatible/dp/B094Z6149B

Headphone Jack Removal - Lost Customer

Let me start with the following: Fairphone just lost me as a customer. I have waited almost a quarter of a year by now for them to release the FP4. And I was properly excited when I saw it was ready for preorder today. I looked through the product page. - Which seemed entirely fine. Only when I decided to watch some first impressions of the device I saw the complete travesty of a design decision that is the removal of the headphone jack in the Fairphone 4. And that’s where they lost me as a c…

And whereas your second point supports the notion that not having a jack may not be sustainable in the eyes of the OP, some earbuds seem to be up to having the battery changed.

There’s also an iFixit guide to a Samsung replacement

Samsung Galaxy Buds Battery Replacement

Anyone with a wireless headset will be fine with the FP4 and presumably tied into the battery issue.

Let’s hope the Fairphone earbuds are more than sourced as fair as possible but are easy enough to open and swap batteries