I was waiting for the USB C 3.2 cable to come back into stock, but now the site shows it, and also the USB 2 one, as discontinued.
Is there a replacement in the pipeline? This seems a bizarre move if not.
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Hi, thanks for pointing that out.It indeed feels bizarre. My guess is that they are working on a replacement but … They seem to be working on so many things now that’s hard to tell anything for sure
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I’ll be accused of criminal negativity once again, but the truth is that the big USB cable Fairphone sold weren’t that good.
I bought the USB-C 3.2 “Long Life” cable for €35, and it died after a couple months of use: Apparently the extreme rigidity of the cable strained the soldering of the plug so much it eventually broke (apparently a common issue). That’s “Long Life” for you*… 
On the other hand a cheap supermarket USB cable I bought for €5 is still working after 3 years of daily use, so do yourself a favor and get a cheap (but certified!) USB cable at your local electronics retailer.
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*) Yes, after several months of waiting I got a replacement, but since I now know how fragile it is, it went straight into a drawer, where it will sit till I desperately need one, or it becomes so obsolete I have to throw it away. 
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Maybe it’s a good moment to point again to http://recable.eu, Eco friendly cables with capability to fix problems
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Or Syllucid cables https://syllucid.com
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Nothing comparable with Fairphone’s offering there, unfortunately, but if there is a real issue and no replacement planned, I will look elsewhere. This has spoiled my experience of Fairphone a little.
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What is wrong with recable or Syllucid compared to FP?
I got a Belkin cable in Currys for about £15 and it’s on a par with the Fairphone cable. It’s braided as well and has worked as well as the Fairphone one I have.
You have to make a choice whether to have USB A or C at one end.
No not with syllucid they have an Adapter as FP has
Not that I’ve spotted yet.
Ah, yes, but it’s a USB 2 cable. These are OK for charging but not so good when transferring data.
Well so recable plus Adapter for USB-A
This is exactly my experience as well.
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I wonder if the EU standardising on USB C has made this seem less important? The alternatives mentioned above may have been encouraged by this standardisation showing where to focus their efforts.
Having had similar problems, I ended up picking up a mass market cable yesterday, though ideally I would have preferred a cable made to ethical standards, had I been aware of them. If the Fairphone offering did not live up to its ambitions, it was not really a competitor.