The New Fairbuds: Nine things you need to know

Fairbuds (small & XL) are now 20 % off at the official store. It’s a Mother’s Day promotion that’s valid until May 12th. Don’t worry if the full price is shown at first. It will magically get cheaper several steps into the ordering process before you pay.

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This doesn’t work out of the box for me. I tried both as a guest customer as well as with my Fairphone Shop login, and it’s the full price each time. I have followed the checkout process almost completely until the end, only stopped short of “Paying”. – Are you perhaps entering the shop through a link from a promotion email?

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I also have not landed on the reducted price when using the general website. Furthermore there is nothing in the legal paperwork on that, Fairphone Promotions and Offers - Fairphone.

With just three more days of the campaign, I feel/fear it has not been properly executed.

Oh, bummer. You’re right. You seem to need these links:

Fairbuds

Fairbuds XL

They might only work in Germany. Good luck!

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Thank you I got the newsletter myself. Just didn’t get the vibe that the promotion was exclusive to the newsletter recipients that is why I feel it’s poorly executed and/or communicated. But anyway it’s a nice offer

Exactly. That’s why I didn’t even thought of posting the links as it seemed like an offer for everyone (just like the second battery).

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I clicked the link in the promo email, and I successfully ordered it (to Hungary) at a discounted price. I guess I will now be a proud owner of a black XL OwO

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Anyone managed to order the buds with a discount without subscribing to the newsletter?

Just in case any /e/OS users here are interested, very few observations by me on Fairbuds on /e/OS:

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Question, what SoC does the Fairbuds use. I could only find BE brand on SIG database.

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Because I only found this:

https://launchstudio.bluetooth.com/ListingDetails/209168

Its either the BES200-ish to 2700ish DSP. Looks like Fairphone is using the same BES chip as Pine64 that has open source in mind.

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I want to order the black version as a gift for a family member, but they are out of stock :frowning: Does anyone know how quickly does the stock get filled back up?

You will get a faster answer contacting Fairphone using the online chat, else we (other user) can just look in the shop and see if there is some estimated delivery time mentioned

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I completely forgot Fairphone support had a live chat option. I thought about contacting support (the old-fashioned e-mail way) but that would be too time consuming. Thank you for the reminder!!

After contacting them through live chat, I can forward that the black version will be available around end of June, meanwhile the white ones were not nearly as successful as the black ones (support is unsure about stock levels).

I ended up going for the white ones since I need them for a early June gift. Will let people here know whether they get dirty quickly (which was my reason to pick the black ones)!

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I hope it wasn’t answered before, maybe I missed it in the thread.
I have one question: I don’t own an Android phone, but from time to time I can get access to one. So in theory I could use the App to choose presets/EQ. Will the chosen sound profile be uploaded and persist in the Fairbuds or does the app act like an EQ on the specific device only?

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As my FP true wireless earbuds stopped working probably because of aging battery, some month after warranty expired, I was happy to see that there are new fairbuds with replaceable batteries,.
Positive news first: Replacing batteries is very easy for buds as well as case. The new fairbuds now can stay connected to more devices ,The ANC is now better than in the old ear buds.
Now the negative: The sound quality is worse than in the old ear buds. Even if you estimate a price premium of 50% for fair and sustainable production it is not the sound quality of compareable 100 € buds ist sondunds more like 40€ buds. The sound is thin and has barely bass. I have read that no high quality codecs are implemented, only AAC and SBC. This is very disappointing. The buds have a clear sound and are good for podcasts, or conferences but I cannot listen to music.
So my question is: For my children who manly hear music, this earbuds are worthless. Can better codecs come with an update?

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Moved your post as this was a topic above

the black ones are still available at Amazon

Hello!
I’m a happy FP5 /e/OS user, and open-source culture is very important to me. I’m interested in purchasing the new Fairbuds, but from what I understand, the accompanying app is closed-source and has not been released on F-Droid. Are there any plans to open-source the app in the future?

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Depending on how important the open-source aspect is, if it’s just a question of avoiding direct access to Google Play Store, you can install the Fairbuds app through the /e/ App Lounge.

Otherwise, only Fairphone themselves can answer your question (contact their support website).

Welcome to the forum, by the way :slightly_smiling_face:

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