• eumesmo@lemmings.world
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            1 year ago

            Its a bit funny how I find that model to be too big. People like me have definitely been abandoned from the market.

            But thanks for the recommendation. I ended up grabbing an older model that still works as a low end phone, but I wonder for how long I will be able to use older phones…

            • tryagain@lemmy.ml
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              1 year ago

              It’s definitely larger than I’d like but damned if the manufacturers haven’t heard our demands and realised that, once again, compactness is a premium feature. You can get an itty bitty iPhone or S23 but fuck all in the mid range. Thanks again, The Market!

            • OpenTTD@lemmy.zip
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              1 year ago

              They had to, I’m guessing. At this point nobody is manufacturing headphone jack hardware for smartphones.

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                1 year ago

                I’m pretty sure that DACs and 3.5mm jacks are still being manufactured

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                  1 year ago

                  Then it’s likely cheaper to make a bluetooth headphones phone than include a 3.5mm jack? Or they could just be greedy, although I would hope FairPhone won’t turn to the dark side so soon.

                  Excuse me, this is meant to be an admin account for c/OpenTTD@lemmy.zip so I’ll have to return to whence I came.

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                    1 year ago

                    You’re probably right, there are reasons stopping them, it’s not necessarily a conspiracy of phone makers.

                    Just got the notification for a post you made 10 minutes after mine…

                  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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                    1 year ago

                    I’m thinking Fairphone saw the trend and decided to make a profit. I don’t see how removing headphone jacks is beneficial for the consumer.