It's not every day that a Youtube legend like Linus Tech Tips roasts your phone. We just had to get our co-founder and product manager Miquel to watch the wh...

I can’t believe some of the points Linus made against the Fairphone, especially given he’s onboard with the same compromises for the Framework laptop. 🤭

  • kopasz7@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    9 months ago

    The second biggest dealbreaker for me after the small battery.

    Ok, they have a USB-C to jack dongle, but guess what USB-C port’s wearout is the reason I was looking for a new phone in the first place.

    • HessiaNerd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Port wearout, isn’t that a good reason for a repairable phone?

      I don’t know much about the fair phone I do remember a day when cellphone batteries were user replaceable and back then you could get third party larger batteries with larger cases. Is that available for the fair phone?

      I’ve got a list of must haves for phones and that is on it. Obviously nothing has met my list in years.

      • kopasz7@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        The USB-C pulling double duty for an audio port means it wears out faster. If the port needs replacement sooner, then that goes against their e-waste reduction goals. But look, they have ear buds!

        Great, more batteries, more points of failure. Simple is best. I want my wired headphones.

        So I could choose, get replecement parts for my current phone (charging board + battery) for 40 eur. Or get a new fairphone for 700 eur, downgrading my battery by 40% and throwing away a functional phone.

      • Kilgore Trout@feddit.itEnglish
        111·
        9 months ago

        I don’t know what are you doing with your phones. I have never witnessed someone wearing out a USB Type-C port.

        Anyway, if you want to be upset at someone, the implementators of USB standards are: Apple, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Renesas Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments.