Jack will never come back, too much space to apeace a fraction of the total users.

Yeah, the wireless charging is a no-go for me as well.
I understand that it costs licensing and wastes energy.
But the environmental impact of all the useless/lost cables is also a point,especially when you get your energy fully renewable/self produced.
And in a lot of areas (airline lounges,etc.) it has become widely adopted/the norm.

They could easily have offered a "swap" battery that has a little less capacity but includes wireless charging - give people a fucking choice.

Fair wages and sustainable practices cost more than sweatshop labor

Hence item number 1 on his list.

I've been through two smart phones, and both of them were down to eventual battery issues and randomly powering off at (allegedly) 30% remaining battery when you fire up the camera or something.

the reason: support for developers. You can install it yourself to save that amount.

Pixel is build by Foxxcon. Foxxcon has 3.5 stars on Glassdoor.
From what I found Fairphone is build by TCL which has 3.2 stars on Glassdoor.

It's all still made in Asia. It's really hard to monitor conditions there and it's pretty much impossible to monitor conditions at every step of the supply chain. I understand paying extra for a more sustainable phone (repairable, longer support) but paying double for a vague promise of being more "fair"? Thanks by no thanks. Pixel has 8 years of support now so the difference in sustainability is minimal.

I disagree about this being a good solution. USB-C is not meant to take the strain of being used as an audio port when being used in the go so there is risk of damaging the port while a headphone jack is more stable and allows the plug to rotate. Plus I don't want to have a dingle I can forget when in a rush.

From their own site it would seem they don't. There is a "US" version but you can't buy a Fairphone from the website directly.

I never use wired headphones even though I have a jack in my phone. But I have never bought a phone without a jack and probably never will.

Ipersonally think it's user hostile to remove the jack and also goes directly agains the green profile Fairphone wants to have.

I posted this elsewhere but the tech specs for the Fairphone 6 say the following:

USB-C 2.0 (OTG capable) can be used to connect USB Sticks/SD-Cards/Audio Amplifier/Network-adapters directly

I was really looking forward to use this with a pair of display glasses, like the XREAL One Pro, but this seems like the Fairphone 6 might not support display output? That's sad. Especially since the Fairphone 5 had this in their tech specs:

USB-C 3.0 (OTG capable) can be used to connect USB Sticks/SD-Cards/display (also Android desktop mode)/Camera/Audio Amplifier/Network-adapters directly

But maybe it was not used enough?

The Sony form factor is the best on the market IMO. You can hold it in you hand and get more screen in the height.

600 euros? That's like 700 USD

Remind me again, wasn't like 80% of the American population on the verge of poverty and homelessness if a 500 USD emergency happened?

Who's benefiting from this?

People don’t want to pay for privacy. That’s the real problem with end users. Imagine if more people did so. What a world we could have. Nah. Let’s be cheap AF!

Ethically sourced, fair wages to workers, etc. Makes you wonder what a factory worker in china makes to allow for cheaper phones.

They are hardly even in the US market. Only via Murena with their e/OS/.

Interesting that they seem to be using a consumer grade Snapdragon chip this time, typically they used weird chips ment for industry applications if I'm not mistaken. Wonder what sparked the change, did Qualcomm start supporting their chips for longer?

Who in the US is buying midrange or flagship phones without a loan?

Ooo they sell these in the US?

Same US. EU gets the best stuff.

You can shoot RAW on your phone today.