Woh ! 1700 partners trackers to accept before viewing this page ? Seriously ?

Can we get back the headphone jacks instead?

I daily the OG fairbuds, and while I love the repairability, I can honestly say they're some of the worst earbuds I've ever used.

They have connection problems

they fail to charge when placed in the case half the time

The. touch controls are finicky and often miss taps, but somehow they can be activated by a single strand of hair landing on the case.

The app just doesn't work, I have never been able to get it to connect to the earbuds.

I've reported all of these issues to Fairphone, and I've recieved little in the way of helpful responses. Hopefully they have managed to make their second gen product more usable, because I do genuinely think a repairable earbuds is a phenomenal idea. And yeah, despite all the issues I still use them everyday.

I bought the original fairbuds at launch. I'm not gonna pretend they are good sound quality for music - bass especially is terrible - but they are fine for podcasts and the like.

I've had to have one bud - right iirc - replaced under warranty, no hassle beyond the obvious annoyance of it breaking.

When they break again, I'll likely replace them with whatever version of fairbuds exist then. Ultimately I care more about how fairphone source their materials, the reparebility, and setting a precident, than if a pair of buds I use for maybe 3 hours a week are a bit crap.

Not a glowing review, but yknow.

I’m so fucking sick of AirPod designs. It’s fucking stupid. I lose them frequently and they’re never comfortable, and they’re expensive as hell.

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Damn. The original fairbuds came with my fairphone and I was a big fan from the start. Zero issues with hardware or software, or sound quality. Sure glad I opened this thread to understand how lousy they actually are.

Just give me a fucking headphone jack. I'd buy one of these phones in a heartbeat for a headphone jack dude.

How hard is it for them to include a DAC and aux port in their phones? They're tiny! I tried using Bluetooth headphones with the OnePlus 5 but the poor sound quality and constant need to recharge and replace due to their batteries dying every few months was exhausting. That experience was enough to drive me back to the exceptional reliability of plug and play traditional headphones with a Galaxy Xcover 6 Pro.

I don't care how easy it is to replace the batteries in Fairphone's new headphones. Their ethos should compel them to include a jack for those who don't want to waste rare earth metals.

When I just bought a Fairphone a few weeks ago, I just barely missed the free fairbuds deal. I inquired about it and they gave me a $100 discount code for each phone. I held off buying them because I had a feeling there were about to drop new earbuds. Glad I did.

Seeing all the moderately negative reviews for the 1st gen earbuds they made, I just want to add, if you are in the market for over ear headphones, the fairbuds xl (I think that is what they are called), are pretty good in my opinion.

They also released a 2nd gen model of these like last year, I had mine since February or so, I really like them. I am no audiophile but they sound good to me.

The 1st gen model had some issues with stability of some plastic parts for some customers, I haven't had any issues with these 2nd gen ones and I use them almost every day.

Well, they had my attention because I was looking for new earphones, but they are another stupid tailed design one so guess this is a pass.

Why does it seem like nobody can make minimalistic earphones anymore. They all gotta be huge goady "LOOK AT ME WORLD I HAVE EARPHONES IN" style ones. If I wanted the entire world to know that I was wearing something I would wear headphones. The entire point of earphones is to keep them minimalistic in design, but we've lost that along the way.