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Not interested unless and until they decide to put the headphone jack back in. Removing it was not "fair", nor was their nonsense justification.
By pure chance, they released a wireless earbud product after removing the headphone jack. Just coincidence, really.
And then, they've come up with the silliest excuses for not having an audio jack. Truly silly excuses. They said it would take up too much space. Then they said it would reduce durability. Then they said it somehow reduced user choice and their freedom to use their phones as they want. And then they just said using their own dongle is better.
I really like the idea behind the fairbuds, and I was really considering buying a fairphone. But this whole audio jack debacle has made it clear that despite very wide pushback (that they themselves admit), they don't care about what users want and will prioritize profits.
It's kinda sad seeing such a cool sounding company have a meltdown over not wanting to add a simple audio jack. And it definitely has soured their image for me. I'm no longer considering their phones.
Exactly. They pulled an Apple. Create a problem. Sell the solution. That just undermined their entire mission in my eyes.
Where are you getting this "prioritise profits" line from? They have reported losses for the last three financial years, and in 2022 (the last year they were profitable) Fairphone had a profit margin of 0.07%.
If you want a device with good custom ROM support + headphone jack, the Sony Xperia devices seem quite good. The Xperia 10 VII is a budget to midrangeish plastic fantastic 6.3" device (like the Fairphone) with the jack, microSD card slot, and support for LineageOS as well. You also have the Xperia 1 series, which also have good LineageOS support, but those devices are larger and more expensive (you do get better chip, cameras, etc. though), as well as the Xperia 5 line (more expensive, but not larger)
It does kind of suck that the Fairphone had the jack removed though, following the trend of other big companies doing the same. I think the only one still putting the headphone jack in all their devices is Sony's Xperia brand, and Motorola if you discount their Razr foldable.
Sony's software support is awful. I had a Sony Xperia 5V and, while I did like the size and hw in general, the phone refresh rate for example was constantly jumping around, which made the experience never feel very fluid. It also has issues with certification. I had to root it just to be Google Play certified because Sony did not give two shits about the issue. There are some custom roms available, but you have to constantly update modules and apply patches to be able to use Google Wallet. On top of that, some banking apps (e.g. Revolut) are much much harder to hide root from (I personally was never able to do it).
On top of all of this, their phones are expensive af and they only promise 2 major OS updates.
Hence custom ROM support!
You're making it sound like there are plenty of roms and they all work flawlessly. At least for the Xperia 5V there are only a few and they're not perfect.
It's a lot better than 0
I guess. It's still not a solution or something you can rely on.
Is there an xperia with at least 5000mah battery?
Because in the years i got used to strip down my phone to be a googless machine that needs charging every 3 days with 10-12 hours sot