I see a lot of people complaining that the Fairphone 6 doesn’t have an Aux jack.

Just use an adapter cable.

A 3.5mm Aux jack takes up a significant amount of space just to connect a few wires that could be connected through USB-C anyway, that space could be used for a bigger battery.

Even if there was a good enough reason to keep Aux it should be 2.5mm Aux and not the usual 3.5 as it does exactly the same thing but uses less space

  • pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    12·
    16 days ago

    I have an old car that I can only connect to via aux cable 🤷‍♀️

    I didn’t get my current phone cause it has an aux jack, but I’m glad it does have it

    • Schmuppes@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      16 days ago

      I have an old car and recently spent 60 EUR on a simple radio that has DAB and Bluetooth. Should have made that upgrade way sooner.

    • HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.eeEnglish
      32·
      16 days ago

      Totally legit use case, but do not changes my answer, it is a still a not super common problem, even “old” cars (starting mid 2000) have BT.

      There is still a lot of pre 2000 cars around, but still not enough for a company like FairPhone to even consider an AUX (imho)

      Also, there are BT recicers that connect to an 3.5.Jack.

              • Lumisal@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                16 days ago

                Modern wires aren’t a hassle though, unless you live in one of those black and white infomercials. Buying and carrying around extra devices is.

                • HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.eeEnglish
                  2·
                  16 days ago

                  Don’t know, I hate them bouncing on me and getting tangled in thing. Going to the gym or running or climbing/bouldering with wires is a recipie for getting your wire tabgled and ripped off you.

                  If youre just walking or sitting, sure, wire is not a hassle.

                  Also, hearing/seeing something at a PC and going somewhere without the need of stopping the video/music and still hearing (say, while you get smth from the kitchen) is very pratical.

                  • Lumisal@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    2·
                    16 days ago

                    1. The old ways are perhaps forgotten. To prevent catching in general, especially in say a gym, one just tucks the wire under the shirt.

                    2. PC uses nice wired bookshelf speakers, which beat most headphones, wired or wireless.

        • HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          16 days ago

          Tbh I dont own a car but I’d rather have a bluerhootheless oldie as the overcomplicated subscriptions traps that we are fabricating today