DL :)@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoFairphone 3 gets 7 years of updates, besting every other Android OEMarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down115file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarestatic_motion@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoNone of those points demand the removal of the headphone jack as a compromise.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoHere are some: making the design easier, making reaching IP rating easier. Again, I’m not saying it would not be possible to make those with a jack, but maybe considering the aforementioned compromise, it was easier to ditch it.
minus-squaretimbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoExactly. It’s a bullshit excuse to sell headphones. So fuck that. Love the phone otherwise but won’t buy without a jack.
None of those points demand the removal of the headphone jack as a compromise.
Here are some: making the design easier, making reaching IP rating easier. Again, I’m not saying it would not be possible to make those with a jack, but maybe considering the aforementioned compromise, it was easier to ditch it.
Exactly. It’s a bullshit excuse to sell headphones. So fuck that.
Love the phone otherwise but won’t buy without a jack.