Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets

What I don't get is how no company seems to have worked out a legitimately good service and maintenance model for tech products. Fairphone hasn't invented the wheel here. They're going to make money on maintenance, parts and repair.

I would think there would be lowered costs involved in not having to push out a new product every 6 months and market it to customers who just bought something less than a year ago.

This article seems to omit the most important fact about headphones - how do they sound?

I love repairability and all, but it hardly matters if I don't want to use them in the first place because they traded off too much quality for repairability.

There are indeed good aspects to this product.

But I won't join the "Fairphone good" circle jerk and give them the free publicity, because just like Apple and Samsung, they removed the headphone jack from their phones soon before the launch of these headphones, in other words, artificially creating the problem and need to sell you their expensive solution.

You don't get to ride the "we are pro customer!" free publicity train while also wanting to be the next Apple.

I'd rather they just give me a headphone jack tbh

This the type of business the EU has to develop. An entire ecosystem from phones, earbuds to computers and software. It's how you create a conscious and a model.

I love what fairphone and some other companies are doing.

Still some of their earphones got a 1/10 reparability on ifixit, so I’d really check how reparaible these ones are.

I wish all their stuff wasn't EU only.

I think you can get them imported but the costs go up significantly. Also they wouldnt be certified by your electronic bodies

Nothing's fair with FP when they can't give the option of a jack. So much for caring about the environment

I still use the free wired earbuds I get on flights. You can also go to walmart and get unpackaged bags of them for like $1. I just lose wireless ones too easily

Meh.

Overpriced.

I can buy 3 or 4 pairs of BT5 earphones for the price of these.

My most expensive pair currently was $75.

I've never had batteries go bad in them - they get broken well before that happens. Though I have a noise canceling headset from 2006 that still works. Battery lasts long enough.

I'd rather break a pair of $30 earphones, and have multiple spares than a single pair of $150.

And they all sound about the same given the source and environment.