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Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts (shop.fairphone.com)

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[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (4 children)

Okay, I'm going to ask... why don't you use wireless?

Edit: some results are in, and the only reasonable answer is better audio quality, although that's probably no longer true. The rest are fairly weak reasons.

Lol'd at the 10m extension cord though, thanks for that one.

[–] Kannushi_Link@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Latency issue, in some use cases it's not acceptable to have 0.1~0.3 sec lag, like racing games or rhythm games.

(Yeah, I know there are some wireless protocols to make latency shorter, but it might cost a lot to buy a supported headphone, and it's still useless if the phone doesn't have proper protocol supports.)

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

wireless headphones run out of battery, and most seem to have atrocious build quality and battery life.

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The battery? Mine last at least 8 hours and charge in two.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Battery degradation. Wired earphones/headphones can be BIFL if treated properly. A typical wireless device will see battery degradation within a handful of years, and I have yet to see a decent TWS solution with replaceable batteries.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 7 hours ago

1.Wired headphones deliver better audio quality 2.Wired headphones are harder to lose 3.Wired headphones don't need batteries, so: a)less e-waste b)no need to check if they are charged 4.Wired headphones are more secure, connection cannot be intercepted and phishing attacks with BT are not possible 5.While wired headphones are plugged, no one can take your phone without you noticing

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml -2 points 6 hours ago

They are expensive. You can get wired earphones for 2 euros that actually work and are reasonably durable. It's not a great loss if they fall in a puddle or if I step on them.
They are a lot more failure prone. Half of those I tried didn't work or only half worked, and those that did work didn't last very long.
They have shitty range. I can use a 10 meters extension cord with wired earphones if I want to.
They require charging. And it's a law of physics that everything that requires charging always run out at the most inconvenient time.
Also THEY ALWAYS GET LOST. Wireless earphones, mouse, controllers... it doesn't matter, if it's not attached with a cable they'll just disappear.