Fairphone 3 gets 7 years of updates, besting every other Android OEM

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Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM
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I disagree with this choice, but I don't think they are bullshiting, I think they are walking a difficult line of trying to be sustainable, up to date with the technology (adding 5G this early is also very questionable IMO), attractive for consumers and not completely unaffordable, which leads to difficult compromises.

None of those points demand the removal of the headphone jack as a compromise.

Here are some: making the design easier, making reaching IP rating easier. Again, I'm not saying it would not be possible to make those with a jack, but maybe considering the aforementioned compromise, it was easier to ditch it.

Exactly. It's a bullshit excuse to sell headphones. So fuck that.

Love the phone otherwise but won't buy without a jack.