Title. What is the most ethical smartphone to buy instead of Fairphone that DOES have a 3.5mm headphone jack? By ethical I mean ticking as many boxes as possible: fair trade, environmentally sustainable (ideally using recycled materials), vegan (no animal products), etc etc. I also might get it second hand, but I still want the phone itself to be from an ethical company. Thanks
Please dont hate on me, I think my question is reasonable. And I still support Fairphone, and I dont want to debate over why they dont have a headphone jack. And please dont try to convince me to use a phone without a headphone jack, have done so for years and it’s terrible for my purposes and leads to many many adapters breaking.
No hate friend. The USB-C version of headphones is just a better hardware design. The 3.5mm connector mixed with modern headphone wire is just a bad mix. Those two have polar opposite soldering constraints. I didn’t want to switch either. I have taken apart and repaired both.
Also after taking apart several old phones, the 3.5mm jack is a major moisture ingress point.
Agreed. Having seen enough teardowns, I think the 3.5 TRS connector has too many problems integrated into a smartphone to be worth it given the modern USB-C dongle replacements. In-line TRS jack on a USB-C cable is way better and it’ll sound better too. It’s €10 from Fairphone.
What do you use for headphones? Most of the headphones I have still use the 3.5mm connector.
These work well most are the same thing: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=skull+candy+usb-c&ia=images&iax=images
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Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll look for a brand I like better but is similar. Also I really like headphones with replaceable cables.
Perhaps there is a headphone that comes with a 3.5mm and USB c dual plug thing a ma jig