Sense of Accessoires for the FP2, Amplifier

[moritzheinz]

Hello, Community,

I’m a great fan of the Fairphone Idea and own a Fp2 now for over a year. Unless not everything works perfekt I can call myself a content user and don’t want to change my Phone for a long time. But sometimes I want to get something new, expand the possibilities and get some accessoires for my device.

yesterday I got the accessoire “amplifier” from the Fairphone shop and must tell you I’m really disappointed.
Doesn’t it mean it should amplify the sound somehow, perhaps in the old way of a grammophone?
Sorry, but my son and I both couldn’t hear a difference of the level, just the colour of the sound changed a little bit.

Please, Fairphone, don’t longer call it “amplifier”, it’s just nothing more than a nice stand for the device!

[Stefan]

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[moritzheinz]

Thank you, but this was just a part of my expression of opinion.

Is anybody here who has better expierience with the wooden amp?

I use it now as a smartphone stand for the night, becaus I can hide the LED while charging my device.

[paulakreuzer]

The only two reviews I could find are not very positive either:

@Ulli

i bought the ‘amplifier’:

• great design. looks very good with the FP2 in.
• material looks a bit like grown, real timber (ash, birch or the likes)

• edges are not smoothed, a bit rough
• i hardly notice any difference in sound
• no charging while phone is in (a hole underneath USB connector would come handy)
  => over-priced in my view

@giggedi

amplifier:

• the idea is nice…
• looks kind of futuristic

• not the slightest difference in Sound, not at all louder than without the amplifier
• high risk of damage: the phone has a really unstable position in the amplifier because it´s open to the side
• phone only chargeable if you place it upside down in the amplifier
  => this makes the amplifier completely superfluous in my view

[BeMiGro]

@moritzheinz

I use it now as a smartphone stand for the night, becaus I can hide the LED while charging my device.

Nice idea. I remember quite a few posts from people who really disliked the blinking LED at night.

[moritzheinz]

Perhaps the The Fairphone 2 Nightstand should be modified. I tried today. Not nice, but practical, right?

I think that way it deserves its name.