Fairphone is unique in the world of smartphones. It’s pretty much the only company trying to build a sustainable device that isn’t glued together and hostile to the repair community. Today, Fairphone is announcing a brand-new flagship: the Fairphone 4, which brings an updated design and better specs while still shipping with all the modularity you would expect.
Mostly looks nice, but why would they get rid of the headphone jack? :(
That and the camera in the screen rule this one out for me. Not that it matters since Fairphone 3 is pretty fresh still. Hoping it lasts until better design trends come.
E: I’m kind of wondering if 3 and 4 are actually supposed to coexist.
The 3 has been discontinued but the 3+ according to their website is temporarily out of stock but will become available again.
That’s indeed puzzling but apparently Fairphone stated that due to the 5 year guarantee period the headphone jack wasn’t an option because it’s too vulnerable. Also the phone would have become too large with a 3.5mm jack. It’s a pity really I love the simplicity of the analog headphone jack.
That sucks.
Sliminess is such a stupid feature compared to an audio jack.