Fairphone 4, USB-C audio cable/headphones

[anon93683458]

As many of you may already know, the Fairphone 4 doesn’t have a headphone jack Ref: https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406224031889-FP4-No-audio-mini-jack

So Fairphone have provided an easy and reasonable solution to this issue with a simple USB-C to 3.5mm adapter

USB-C to Mini Audio Jack Adapter (3.5mm)

I am sure there are several out there who would maybe just want a single cable to use from their headphones to the phone. If you have an existing pair of headphones that have a removable 3.5 mm cable then you could use one of these:

• USB-C to 3.5mm Audio Cable
• https://www.belkin.com/uk/rockstar-3-5mm-audio-cable-with-usb-c-connector/p/p-f7u079/

While doing some research I found these headphones which support both USB-C to USB-C/USB-A*, Bluetooth and 3.5mm:

Shure AONIC 50 review

Shure Aonic 50 wireless noise cancelling headphones review – an audio trifecta...

• Note: the included USB-C cable is USB-C to USB-A, but the review at the-gadgeteer.com confirms it will work with a USB-C to USB-C cable

There are of course other options, but I think these look promising.

[Hensa]

This is utterly disappointing.
I just got myself FP3+, and i guess i will be keeping it. Loss of headphone jack is a dealbreaker for me. I bought FP3+ for instance specifically cause it had headphone jack. There is no reasonability in adapters. This is just stupid.

[anon9989719]

Hi @Hensa and welcome to the forum.

There a lot of fairly heated debate about that, here’s one topic

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…

[anon9989719]

@anon93683458

but thankfully the FP3+ has a long life ahead of itself

Hopefully Bu I’ll be on the lookout for parts well before it’s EoL

[JeroenH]

There is a plethora of headsets supporting wired and wireless. Both my over-ear support is.

WH1000XM4 supports 3.5mm, USB-C, and BT.

Logitech G933 supports 3.5mm, microUSB, and a proprietary 2.4 GHz technology which can be enabled with a USB-A dongle (this worked on FP2 with microUSB to USB-OTG dongle.

For in-ears its usually one or the other though.

[anon93683458]

This is good, but I don’t think the Logitech G933 would be a particularly good choice for me on my commute

I’ve heard great things about the WH1000XM4!

[JeroenH]

For sure not, it is too bulky. But I just wanted to mention that it works.

I got experience with WH1000XM4 and WF1000XM3/XM4 (I gave the 3 to my mother, she’s happy with them). Tbh the XM3 is currently only 125 EUR instead of 280 EUR for the XM4, I would say the price difference isn’t worth the upgrade right now. For over-ear, WH1000XM4 is nice, but I am not sure if it is worth the upgrade from the predecessor either.

There’s a lot more devices which got both 3.5 mm and Bluetooth. See price comparison websites like Tweakers (Dutch) or Geizhals (German). Example.

[JeroenH]

I have not used the WH1000XM3, I got the XM4 (both WF and WH).

What is nice is that the predecessors of the XM4 are cheaper now, while they give good value. Probably same is happening with older headphones as well. Its just that they may have some disadvantages like older Bluetooth, or maybe less good ANC.

[Tonny]

I wonder, do the control buttons work via the USB C adapter? I mean to change volume etc.