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

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    Downvoting, not a unpopular opinion. I have never ever heard anyone outside of lemmy/the other place complaint about the jack…

    Actually, most people love BT buds.

    I also suspect the whole jack thing is a “I am a special snowflake” thing.

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      No, it’s a I want to play audio from my phone to my car thing. Or I want to watch a movie without audio delay.

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      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

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        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.

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        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.

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                  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.

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                    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.

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