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While they were happy with what the fairphone 4 brought to the table, they seem to like what was changed for the fairphone 5.
What are you guys' opinions on this? A welcome change? would you get one if your phone died within the next year?

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[–] Dra@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I will be buying one. Sorry, the 3.5mm jack days have passed. The perceptible quality difference from current gen BT headphones is negligible for 99% of people. If you are in the 1%, listen on your dedicated hardware at home, but dont bog down item specs for the rest of people.

[–] Spook@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

USBC to headphone jack Dongle.

[–] Sens@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Those days are even further past

[–] Covenant@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Not in my car.. I would love to have bluetooth.

[–] biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes but also no, but also yes. Here's why:

  • yes: most people don't use cabled headphones
  • no: high quality headphones require a jack
  • yes: those high quality headphones need amplifiers beyond what the phones inbuilt dac can handle

So I'd probably overall argue that those who really care about audio probably have a separate DAC like https://www.techradar.com/audio/hi-fi/ifi-hip-dac-3-review

Which is probably an unpopular opinion.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

I disagree on point 1; I use cabled headphones/earbuds more than the screen. My audio jacks get more use than the all the usb jacks combined (short of peripherals like keyboard that stay plugged in constantly).