The colors are not really ideal, but covers should be able to fill that void.
Looking forward to have it in my hand. 5g and good cameras make it really future proof
I am extremely disappointed in the lack of headphone jack. The shift to battery-powered, single-use wireless headphones is an environmental disaster, and I honestly feel a little betrayed that Fairphone are jumping on that bandwagon.
My FP3 is still very new, but I hope a saner FP4+ or FP5 comes out before it gives in. Else I’ll have to look elsewhere for a replacement.
Complying with IP54 and giving 5 years warranty proofed to be impossible with the audio jack. That’s why there is no audio jack.
One can’t have it all.
The omission of the 3.5mm jack is not just bad, it’s simply moronic and the designers (and whoever made this descision) should be terribly ashamed. Removing this feature renders their own older buds unusable on their newer phone and millions upon millions of headphones can’t be used.
The “introduce your own wireless earbuds and remove the jack” strategy is something you expect from Apple, Samsung and OnePlus, not from Fairphone. For shame.
I’d suggest people look at the PinePhone instead for a more versatile smartphone.
I get the cursing @CapuaS as I would rather a separate port to save damage to the USB, but they they’ve thought of that and offer USB port replacements, so not quite so moronic
What they said is that they don’t believe that an 3.5 mm jack port will be important enough in 5 years compared to the downsides of having an extra port. there is nothing magical about an usb c port that makes it more weatherproof or easier for warranty compared to the jack.
they also said that having a dual camera, 5g antennas and dual speakers was more important to them so they didn’t have space for the jack port
What I understand is, they made a tough choice to eliminate the jack to have other features. You know, like a compromise. For me, they made the wrong choice and I will look elsewhere for a new phone when I need one. I’m disappointed