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, 09 Apr 2024Sticking to facts, headphone jack or no headphone jack make... moreyou can't charge and listen to audio at the same time (without one of those awkward splitter dongles)

a dongle is another thing to potentially lose. also it's more ewaste, which defeats the point of fairphone's mission. OH WOW EMBRACE THE FUTURE!!!!

it doesn't matter how many excuses you make for greedy corporations trying to sell earbuds. it's always better to have a headphone jack than not. it LITERALLY costs a few bucks to slap it on there!

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    Anonymous, 09 Apr 2024Their excuse for the removal.of the jack wasn't even a... moreSticking to facts, headphone jack or no headphone jack makes little to no difference for a brand making devices aimed at sustainability. The 3.5mm jack is dead. It isn't 2015 any more, you can get cheap headphones for USB-C now.
    This brand is trying to make a real difference on things that really matters. Planned obsolescence driven by obscene repair costs. "You battery needs to be replaced? We won't do unless you also buy a display, rear panel _with_ force-built in camera sensors". That is what Fairphone is targeting. Not, "reasonable audiophile" experiences and such.

      i have gotten used to the likes of samsung, google, huawei, apple and xiaomi being greedy for removing the jack.

      but when it's fairphone doing it, it's especially disgusting.

      they have betrayed their company's mission.

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        • 09 Apr 2024

        you have to suffer, 09 Apr 2024you can't just accept the truth than smashing your key... moreThere's no truth in your comment.

        Quotes from your comment:
        "Unrepairable" --> it is repairable
        "E-waste" --> it's e-waste neutral

        Your comment contains exactly zero truths.

        But if you know what the company stands for, you'd not be typing a bunch on bs. Therefore it's clear that you don't know and haven't done some research otherwise you'd be writing something that contains true information. Ah well 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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          • 09 Apr 2024

          you have to suffer, 09 Apr 2024oh wow a greenwashing company annoucing unrepairable e wast... moreBS everything you say is incorrect, it's pathetic that people spread nonsense like you, even more pathetic people even believe such nonsense

            Anonymous, 09 Apr 2024Their excuse for the removal.of the jack wasn't even a... moreThat same USB C law was the one that made them switch to USB C, right? It's stupid that Fairphone would use that as an excuse.

              Anonymous, 09 Apr 2024Doesn't matter. There are better competitors out there... moreBut Sony sells wireless buds, right? And they still keep the jack. So either they don't care about their buds, so they have good sales on them.

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                • 09 Apr 2024

                YUKI93, 09 Apr 2024Fairphone is that close to being the true anti-Apple until ... moreTheir excuse for the removal.of the jack wasn't even about water resistance. They said it themselves on LinkedIN that 3.5mm port removal was to comply with EU's usb type C standardization law.

                I didn't expected them to sink that low. And those die hard fanboys praising them for jack removal continue to turn a blind eye. That it made Fairphones no different from the competition.

                Why spend extra to import (and with customs tax) something that has no jack when you could get cheaper used models (with or without jack) that are way cheaper than them. No jack = no more reason to buy.

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                  • 09 Apr 2024

                  Bulge5 , 09 Apr 2024Didn’t do any research right? Maybe too lazy, not intereste... moreDoesn't matter. There are better competitors out there un the TWS world. The main point you wireless peeps keep missing is that companies removing the jack means they won't have the capability to sell their own brand of wireless buds.

                  And you must've missed the excuse Fairphone said about jack removal. Hint: It's not about water resistance.

                  It's so ridiculous since the existence of the bud is not going to be detrimental to wireless bud usage.

                    YUKI93, 09 Apr 2024Fairphone is that close to being the true anti-Apple until ... moreYou can definitely keep the pointless gimmick with the jack. But jack will always be a higher priority over the pointless gimmick.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 09 Apr 2024

                      Mills, 09 Apr 2024Meanwhile Nothing's CMF Buds also have ANC and cost no... moreApples to Oranges.
                      Make a fair comparison if you want to trash on something

                        Bulge5 , 09 Apr 2024Didn’t do any research right? Maybe too lazy, not intereste... moreyou can't just accept the truth than smashing your keyboards and telling me to do research. what research? it's all here. anyway, removing headphone jack while selling wireless earbuds? so much for the environment haha.
                        wait until i see them removing charging port while they sell wireless chargers separately lmaooooooo

                          you have to suffer, 09 Apr 2024oh wow a greenwashing company annoucing unrepairable e wast... moreCheck the website for information about it because it’s not true what you say.

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                            • 09 Apr 2024

                            you have to suffer, 09 Apr 2024oh wow a greenwashing company annoucing unrepairable e wast... moreDidn’t do any research right? Maybe too lazy, not interested enough or just for the sake of ranting, research would be unnecessary. These buds are repairable, both the case and buds batteries are replaceable. Made of recycled materials, and talking about e-waste, there is no. It’s e-waste neutral. Name me any other buds that have these features. Stop spreading nonsense and misinformation, do some research before ranting bs. If you don’t like the product or company be my guest but at least don’t spread misinformation.

                              Lmao no wonder they removed headphone jack, so much for the environment.

                                Bluetooth 5.3???

                                  Meanwhile Nothing's CMF Buds also have ANC and cost nothing more than 70 euros/pounds max.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 09 Apr 2024

                                    Magnificent Suleiman, 09 Apr 2024Give me a gdamn headphone jack or at the very least headpho... moreyou could have it, since you didnt buy it...you shold not care at all.

                                      flop, 09 Apr 2024140€ for something that probably sounds like tin cans? yeah... moreyou pay more for the brand. like if the airpods costs $50 to manufacture.

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                                        • 09 Apr 2024

                                        140€ for something that probably sounds like tin cans? yeah no, go get something for 50€ instead from anywhere else, theyll 99% certaintly sound better than this overpriced crap.

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