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Leaked Fairphone 6 images show easy battery replacement and two-piece backplate days ahead of launch
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Fairphone is a Dutch electronics manufacturer that designs and produces smartphones. It aims to lower environmental footprint through minimizing the use of conflict minerals in its devices, maintaining fair labor conditions for its workforce and suppliers, and allowing users to maintain their own devices.
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Still no 3.5mm jack so still a no from me.
Personally it wouldn't put me off, however it's still quite ridiculous that a phone marketed in this way doesn't have the 3.5mm. It would make much more sense if the fairphone did have it and they sold wired fairbuds. They could still sell wireless ones too.
Yeah, I have a FP5 since it's the closest thing I could get that aligned with my principles and desires, but I will fight any of these mother fuckers saying a headphone jack isn't needed, or increases costs, or any of the other reasons they give.
To be quite honest, Fairphone seems to be sitting in a really weird place with how they market themselves and the decisions they make. They go on about being sustainable and user friendly and in some ways that is true, but in others it's not. I sent support an email months ago asking for drawings for the battery cover to make developing a mod I want to make easier and they just got back to me last week saying "we have no intention of sharing that with anybody, but have a look at some of the hobbyist websites, they have tons of CAD models you can reference". Like what?
Or how they don't make the phones upgradable as well as updatable. Why not use the same chassis on the new phone and try and make as many of the new components like the screen backward compatible? I know it's not as easy on phones as it is on laptops, but that's the point. Figure it out, and you make a name for yourself.
Yes, I also own a Framework 13 laptop. I was in on the very first batch ever, and I have recently upgraded the motherboard, battery, and SSD all still in the original beat to hell chassis.