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Fairphone Fairbuds launch with replaceable batteries, titanium drivers and ANC

www.notebookcheck.net Fairphone Fairbuds launch with replaceable batteries, titanium drivers and ANC

With completely wireless earbuds, the rule is: when the battery fails, they have to be disposed of. Not so with the Fairbuds, that allow you to replace batteries in just a few seconds. Combined with a repairable design, the earbuds should therefore have an extremely long lifetime.

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Eh.
- I had at least hoped for FastStream. (Essentially bidirectional SBC for good quality audio while using the microphone)
  
  Hang on, is THAT why call quality is abysmal with practically every bluetooth device?
  
  Yes. and why it's wildly complicated on Windows machines where you have an audio output device for headphones and for headset, and once something starts using the mic the output device itself changes.
  So joining team chat in a game will either make audio sound horrible or break it entirely if you had specified the output device instead of using default device.
  
  How in the fuck is bluetooth even a competing standard? If it’s “good enough” than so is SD video and VHS tapes.
  Bluetooth turns twenty-six this year, maybe we’ll be closer to good integration once it hits it’s thirties.
  
  There's a lot of things that make the Bluetooth experience better.. it's just almost all focused on mobile phones, maybe apple laptops if you stay in their walled gardens, but definitely not stock windows.
  I say stock because if you do use windows and want to use Bluetooth you can improve things with a third party driver https://www.bluetoothgoodies.com/a2dp/ it's still not great but at least you can use better codecs than default
  
  I mean even Sony didn't get it working on my XM4s, I don't know why people expect it from $150 earbuds.
- Starting to notice a trend with these "specialty" device companies, crap specs and high (relatively) prices.
  The FP5, released last year has a SoC that performs worse than the Tensor. The TENSOR, a chip widely regarded as shitty, and can be had on a phone 200$ cheaper. :/
  
  The high prices at least should be obvious, a product using fairly sourced components will always be more expensive.
  
  fairly sourced components
  Uses Qualcomm
  Mmm, ok....
  
  The workers literally get paid bonuses for each phone that gets made. The phone's parts all get certified for sustainability. They need to find manufacturers willing to fulfill their requirements, for which they will obviously charge more.
  I'm not saying that they're for everyone or should be free from criticism. I personally decided against buying one due to the size, performance and camera. But if you're complaining about a sustainable product costing more than a regular one, you're missing the point and were never in the target audience in the first place.
  
  Other's make it cheaper because they don't care about "fair". How do you think cheap products become cheap? Think about it for a second.
  
  You can be "fair" and pricey, just put a better competitive SoC, rn it's near budget tier for upper mid range money
  And then they expect someone to use it for 10 years? LMAO, that thing is gonna be sluggish AF in another 1 or 2 tops, can't imagine trying to use it in 10 lolol
  
  You can be “fair” and pricey, just put a better competitive SoC, rn it’s near budget tier for upper mid range money
  That's the thing, fair SoC's aren't cheap because they aren't available everywhere nor is a fair supply chain easy to setup. Do you think somebody just snapped their fingers or trusted the words written in a contract? "This supplier says they're fair and ethical, so I'll believe them 🤷 "
  Who do you think has to verify suppliers claims? Do you think they are free? Do you think a manufacturer will simply throw out an unfair supplier to be ethical and fair if that meant loss of business or revenue?
  Think about it from the extreme: are slaves cheaper than paid employees? Then continue the thoughts from there and the impacts they have on the cost and availability of products. Just walk through the logistics yourself and compare the cost of doing business ethically vs not. Maybe even write it down to get a better picture.

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