• timkenhan
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    Also:

    • lack of 3.5mm jack
    • EVEN BIGGER size

    At this point, they’re just following the trend.

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      It’s not bigger, it’s even a bit thinner than fairphone 4. Screen is slightly bigger though

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      Why wouldn’t they? Their goal is to create a fair phone. Not a niche phone for a few geeks.

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      Yes, and I’m still a little surprised, even after the 4.

      Are they really aiming for mainstream consumers? Because, I don’t know, but I don’t think they reach mainstream people at all.
      Who they reach is those who are explicitly searching for this kind, techies, and they also have pretty different needs than the mainstream.

      I mean, I think it’s ok that they are making phones like these.
      But what’s weird is that they are not making phones for techies, who are their current audience, as I see.
      I understand that it’s costly to have different variants, but at least there would be 2 or 3, which are actually distinct in their features, for the different audiences. No need for different SoC, but like there’s this one for the mainstream when that catches on. But then another for techies with jack, a smaller and normal screen (which means square, without camera hole, front camera is distinct if there at all) and less cameras on the back, maybe other diffs too like IR blaster or double sim and microSD. It could also have a different look, like shiny instead of glossy. I mean, it’s a different audienve, the preferred looks will be most probably be different too… and while I don’t dislike how the non-screen parts of the 5 look like, it’s not my cup of tea.

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      And not including charger which you of course can buy for extra €25. It would be fair if the charger was free with every phone. Make it optional if you want to claim it’s because of environment, but make it free if someone wants it with your phone.

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        In Europe, next year, every phone will need to use usb-c. Since you’re probably not using multiple phones at once, having more than one charger is a waste of BOTH ressources and money. Having the charger separate BUT with the price included in the phone’s (because let’s be realistic, there is no such thing as ‘free’ in the mobile market, just fees you don’t see) would just raise the phone’s price for everyone (including myself).

        So I’ll have to disagree. Having the phone NOT bundled with a charger is fighting both an economical and environemental waste.