Fairphone's TWS Fairbuds promise premium sound quality and easy repairability

09 April 2024
Fairphone is out to tackle the wireless earbud market with user-replaceable batteries and charging case elements.

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Anonymous, 11 Apr 2024If you don't do any cardio and any exercise at all you... moreSorry if I misunderstood but if you're saying that cables don't work with cardio and work- I completely disagree.
I work at manual labor and do cardio daily (running and etc) with wired headphones. I only broke them once because I'm sitting my phone by headphone jack with headphones plugged in. Changed the cable and off it goes, it serves for another few years. No batteries needed.
That said tws are pretty neat looking thing, I guess its fairly nice to be able to repair them unlike with some certain brands (apple and likely many more, don't know much about tws) we all heard about.

    Everyone is surely bashing on the lack of a headphone jack on the Fairphone. This is fine and dandy, as this is a legitimate drawback with the phone.

    But stop trying to bash these TWS, as the Fairbuds do something that every other product doesn't do in this crowded market.

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      • Anonymous
      • uQ5
      • 14 Apr 2024

      Anonymous, 10 Apr 2024Imagine condoning corporations' nickel and diming prac... moreOk then recommend me a single flagship phone that has a heaphone jack. I am not condoning their practices, just saying that most if not all people have a pair of wired/wireless earbuds, making these fairbuds useless.

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        • Anonymous
        • Bn5
        • 11 Apr 2024

        Anonymous, 10 Apr 2024Never had a single issue with headphone jacks and I am 28. ... moreIf you don't do any cardio and any exercise at all you should be more focused on that at 28 then sitting all day just to make sure the wires work. Also people go to work everyday and you can't blame someone for a company making cheap ear buds that break easily

          Azu10157, 09 Apr 2024You can definitely keep the pointless gimmick with the jack... moreI totally agree. Headphone jack never goes outdated and it always stay relevant forever.

            Anonymous, 10 Apr 2024I still remember the removal of the headphone jack on the F... moreYep, and even worse - they aren't even trying with other hardware details either. Basically everything sucks and is at the level of Galaxy A15 (Speakers are even worse. They might be Galaxy A0x level at best) or A25 at best. Display, speakers, camera, battery; not a single thing is great. Camera is bearable, but the rest is just abysmal.

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              • Anonymous
              • m62
              • 10 Apr 2024

              Anonymous, 09 Apr 2024There are indeed some downsides, but to be fair, I can'... moreNever had a single issue with headphone jacks and I am 28. If you broke your cables, that is a you problem.

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                • Anonymous
                • m62
                • 10 Apr 2024

                I still remember the removal of the headphone jack on the FP4 for no good reason. Shortly after they released their own wireless headphones. I did not forget, nor did others. Fairphone isn't fair, they just want profits, or they would have kept the tiny jack atleast as an optional module.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • nih
                  • 10 Apr 2024

                  Willing to bet real money my 30$ QCY beat this in every possible way: sound quality, ANC and battery life.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Ki3
                    • 10 Apr 2024

                    The TWS costs about 150 Euro.

                    Thats the exact amount of money i would spend for cheap TWS for the next 20 years.

                    So, what is the positive direct impact of this product for costumer anyway?

                      Bulge5 , 09 Apr 2024There's no truth in your comment. Quotes from your... moreIf a company is a for-profit company, whatever they say about saving the environment is mostly just greenwashing, exactly like this one.

                        What can you expect from a brand that overcharges for their phones? I bet their 'premium sound quality' only matches up to a Nord Buds 2, which in that case you should just get the Redmi Buds 5 instead.
                        Not worth the repairability.

                          Bulge5 , 09 Apr 2024Didn’t do any research right? Maybe too lazy, not intereste... moreYou "repair" them by throwing away the battery. Still e-waste, not to mention a huge hassle (It's not like you go to a shop and buy a standard 18650 battery, for example). It's not much different than just throwing away the headphones and buying new ones since battery is the main source of pollution.
                          Not eco-friendly, not convenient and not cheap.
                          And all this for what? There's no problem with wired technology, so they are offering a bad "solution" to a problem that doesn't exist. Why use a battery in a device that doesn't really need a battery?

                            Anonymous, 09 Apr 2024There are indeed some downsides, but to be fair, I can'... moreI can't remember when i last changed my wired headphones and i use them every single day. They have outlasted by a large margin any bluetooth e-waste crap because no battery can possibly last that long (And they only cost 15EUR or so, with great, balanced sound). And if i use a USB dongle, then i'll have to throw away phone's battery soon as usb audio is a huge power hog (And not to mention a usb dongle will surely last a lot less than wired headphones. Oh, and usb port itself will probably get damaget at some point).

                            That's why the UNfairphone is such a scam making complete mockery of their clients. Their "sustainability" is just a blatant lie.

                              Niobium62, 09 Apr 2024i have gotten used to the likes of samsung, google, huawei,... moreIndeed, there is no way i'm buying this POS. There are still decent phones with the jack, better SoC, much better screen, much better battery, much better speakers and much better cameras for much less money. And when there aren't anymore, I can buy a Samsung and i can at least still get all that minus the jack (But removing the jack is generally unforgivable so I won't be buying a Samsung either, unless there are no decent alternatives with the jack left).
                              If it was a true enthusiast phone with a few shortcomings, i would buy it; but it's simply a scam and they are relying on creating cult mentality just like Apple.
                              Sustainability? Well, with such a crappy phone without any single strong suit, i will want to throw it away in the first year.

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 10 Apr 2024

                                Anonymous, 10 Apr 2024Anyways who buys these? Most people who have wired or wirel... moreImagine condoning corporations' nickel and diming practices. Lmao dongle generation of consumers.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • IWQ
                                  • 10 Apr 2024

                                  Anyways who buys these? Most people who have wired or wireless earbuds already have some from apple/samsung. And if you want cheap wireless buds just buy cheap wireless buds from amazon. Or get a pair of wired buds and put a usb c adaptor on it.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • R5v
                                    • 10 Apr 2024

                                    Wont buy their phone until they add 3.5mm modular part since they already sell their devices at premium even with mediocre specs.

                                      And yet...only SBC/AAC. I got my 1More Evo buds at $90 and they have LDAC with SoundID and available on Google's Find My.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 09 Apr 2024

                                        Niobium62, 09 Apr 2024you can't charge and listen to audio at the same time ... moreThere are indeed some downsides, but to be fair, I can't remember when I _needed_ to charge my phone while I listened to music in it the last time.

                                        Let's not oversell the 3.5mm jack. I'm old enough to have lived through the hell. Picking headphones based on the likeliness of them not getting a glitch cable after a week from being bent wrong it the pocket. It was a nice and neat connector, but it was definitely not without glaring flaws.

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