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  • DamienGramatacus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    17 hours ago

    Picked up a fp6 recently and I’m enjoying it so far. There are a few compromises but I’d rather give this company my money than Google/Samsung.

  • Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    19 hours ago

    How long do they support updates for? Google has heen trying to sunset my perfectly fine phone for the last 3 years.

  • Muffi@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    19 hours ago

    Their phones might be good, but don’t buy their earbuds/fairbuds. The bluetooth connection is so bad they are virtually useless (unless you carry your phone in a chest pocket).

    • white_nrdy@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      9 hours ago

      This is good to know. I’m looking at potentially getting new NC ear buds. I have Bose NC 700 over ear headphones, however want earbuds. I was looking at the fair buds, but I wanna be able to walk away from my phone if needed.

      • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        15 hours ago

        So all that changed is they ticked a box to include “US” deliveries on their ecommerce platform? I’ll never understand why that was so difficult

        • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
          31·
          14 hours ago

          honestly, it’s probably more than that. you don’t just “tick a box” to send commercial packages to places… like, did you hear about VAT?

          • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
            1·
            7 hours ago

            Vat is paid by the customer. In international shipping, the shipping company collects it.

            Any decent ecommerce platform will automatically add the vat to the order, and it’ll be collected by the 3PL provider. It’s not really a business decision. Still just a box to tick

      • slamphear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        11 hours ago

        No reason you can’t just get one from Murena or Clove! (Sent from the USA via my Murena Fairphone 6 😏)

    • Ilandar@lemmy.todayEnglish
      14·
      2 days ago

      Mine broke yesterday. The headband base part unfortunately has a weak point and can snap out of nowhere under very minimal force (e.g. taking the headphones off your head, as happened to me). Hopefully it’s an issue Fairphone has looked into and fixed, mine were a secondhand pair purchased a year ago so I’m not sure if there have been changes made since (seems maybe not, based on this recent thread). The replacement part appears to be exactly the same, but unfortunately because I’m in Australia it’s too much money and effort to get two (it snapped at the same time on both sides) sent out via parcel forwarding (which, to be fair, I knew when I bought them). Hopefully I can 3D print some replacement parts because they are really good headphones otherwise, especially for the price I paid.

      • seitzer@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Mine broke twice in 3 years, exactly the same part. Not sure if I want to repair them a third time. I love the idea that you can repair everything, but at some point it’s just too expensive with the shipping and all.

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I have a big head, so every pair of headphones I’ve used will eventually break there. At least these can be repaired.

        • Ilandar@lemmy.todayEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          It seems to be a fairly common problem on cheaper/mid-range headphones with plastic builds. I had some Shure SRH840s about a decade ago and they broke in a very similar fashion, but it was too difficult and expensive to repair them. Since then, I’ve only bought headphones that are fully modular and user-repairable. My main pair is the AIAIAI TMA-2 Studio, I’ve replaced several parts on them over the years (including the headband which lasted a long time but eventually broke last year).

    • mistermodal@lemmy.mlEnglish
      518·
      2 days ago

      Damn this was quite literally the only selling point. They’re bulky, overpriced, fake environmentalism, and not good for privacy. All they could possibly have going over GOS is a jack. Fuck me

      I’m continually appalled at the state of the global android scene just kill it off already. Everyone become Chinese

  • redti@lemmy.zipEnglish
    16·
    2 days ago

    What about Canada, we are now a sperated market even if neighbors.

      • mortalic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        That’s what I’m saying I ordered this one directly from their site. Maybe they are out if stock now? Mine only took a week or so to arrive.