Would that be a problem when travelling to the... oh, right, we're not doing that anymore... would this be a problem for Europeans travelling to Canada?

And an attack on his character is of zero relevance to the topic of Fairphone and jack ports.

postmarketos has builds for the 4/5, and Fairphone has already submitted devicetree files for the 6 to the mainline Linux kernel:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/20250625-sm7635-fp6-initial-v1-12-d9cd322eac1b@fairphone.com/

Honestly, I don't really get the people who complain about the lack of 3.5mm jack on a smartphone. If you're looking for quality you're more likely to get better quality out quality USB-C headphones than quality 3.5mm headphones due to the USB-C headphones picking up less noise and having its own DAC (which is probably better than the phone DAC that 3.5mm would use).

EDIT: I would've been surprised if this take wasn't controversial. But I guess it's a good example how the fediverse is not a leftist echo chamber. You have a loud minority complaining about not being able to use a century old technology that the vast majority in the mobile space has moved away from and any compromise on what you want is unacceptable. That's about as conservative as you can get.

I would say having a headphone jack is better than not having one, but stop short of crying conspiracy. You would feel better if they didn't sell BT earbuds?

The single best thing for sustainability is long lifetime of the phone. Now that EU mandates it and Apple, Pixel and Samsung all offer 7 years of updates Fairphone's advantage here is slim. The rest are just vague promises. Apple also promises to support people and communities involved in its supply chain:
https://www.apple.com/supply-chain/
All the companies try to avoid sweatshops because it's terrible for PR but unless you are actually going to assemble the phone in EU you don't really know who made it. For me the difference between two phones made in China is not big enough to pay double.

fast charging / USB-PD may not work, and 3.5mm media controls may not pass through properly

In terms of fp4 replacement parts, I am only quoting a friend of mine, I haven't personally looked into that; though I was ready to believe it after my experience.

Rofl if they dump them on ebay as new from a third party US shipper.

In terms of fp4 replacement parts, I am only quoting a friend of mine, I haven't personally looked into that; though I was ready to believe it after my experience.

Is he wrong though?

Parts being available doesn't necessarily mean they're being manufactured. It just means there is unsold stock.

In terms of fp4 replacement parts, I am only quoting a friend of mine, I haven't personally looked into that; though I was ready to believe it after my experience.

In terms of your good customer service experience... I mean, good? I'm glad your experience was better than mine? Mine has been the worst customer experience I've ever had with a company and I genuinely went in to this with a high opinion of them.

I don't know what more to add here, we had different experiences, I'm sharing mine... You're sharing yours? Different things are different to each other...

Your experience being different to mine doesn't prove my experience never happened.

In terms of fp4 replacement parts, I am only quoting a friend of mine, I haven't personally looked into that; though I was ready to believe it after my experience.

Fair, I suppose it depends on how the software handles it too. Personally I never let notifications stack up and the VPN for me is on the other side. I'd personally rather have the shorter phone and a cutout.

Is he wrong though?

vpn is on the right, yeah. but this is with just one sim:

with two i get another signal strength and wifi calling symbol. it's already collapsing them when not on the quick setting screen, which is very frustrating.

No.

Two identical replies from two different accounts at the same time makes me think I'm responding to a bot, tho.

Is it repairable only with a screwdriver and parts you can buy from the manufacturer?

Probably not a popular thing to say on here, but I think you’ve lost the battle for the earphone jack. It probably just requires way too much real estate to be practical on a modern day cell phone.