With completely wireless earbuds, the rule is: when the battery fails, they have to be disposed of. Not so with the Fairbuds, that allow you to replace batteries in just a few seconds. Combined with a repairable design, the earbuds should therefore have an extremely long lifetime.
  • Shurimal@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    Counterpoints:

    1. Good IEM-s don’t really need ANC. If the silicone tip doesn’t isolate enough you can use foam tips that basically function like hearing protection earplugs.
    2. No battery is even better than replaceable battery.
    3. Wired IEM-s never get obsolete. At worst you’ll need to replace the silicone tips from time to time, or the cable and today even 20€ Chinese IEM-s have replaceable cables. With good care wired IEM-s can last decades.
    • sour@feddit.de
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      5 months ago

      So you basically said there’s no need for fair wired headphones because cheap 20€ chinese wired ones perfectly serve that market?

      Even better that fairphone builds true wireless earbuds with all those fair features, because there is no alternative there already.

          • laughterlaughter@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            No, no. We want 3.5mm jacks for wired earphones. Whether there is a fairphone version of wired earphones or not is irrelevant.

            • sour@feddit.de
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              5 months ago

              The whole thread is about earbuds?! Where do jacks on phones come in all of a sudden?

                • sour@feddit.de
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                  5 months ago

                  The post is about true wireless earbuds The comment is about how lemmy makes it about jacks and wired earphones for no reason The counter point is that wired earphones last decades I said that the market for them is already satisfied, while those are the first fair true wireless ones, which is great

                  Now how is it irrelevant? I seriously don’t understand what the problem is, and I also don’t know what kind of strawman I apparently made

    • TwanHE@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      If you don’t think you need ANC you’ve never experienced good ANC, even the best passive noise isolation won’t quiet down the sound of a full cafeteria or bus.

      No wired iems will never be obsolete, but I will just be leaving them at my desk where the downsides over wireless are less.

        • Fubber Nuckin'@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Yeah, idk why people are downvoting you so hard. There are some seriously good passive noise cancellation buds out there. Kind of insane when you actually try them.