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The Fairphone (Gen. 6)

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155 points DavideNL | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 09:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.428s | source
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tonur249 ◴[25 Jun 25 11:06 UTC] No.44375883[source]▶
The tech specs for the Fairphone 6 say the following:

USB-C 2.0 (OTG capable) can be used to connect USB Sticks/SD-Cards/Audio Amplifier/Network-adapters directly

I was really looking forward to use this with a pair of display glasses, like the XREAL One Pro, but this seems like the Fairphone 6 might not support display output? That's sad. Especially since the Fairphone 5 had this in their tech specs:

USB-C 3.0 (OTG capable) can be used to connect USB Sticks/SD-Cards/display (also Android™ desktop mode)/Camera/Audio Amplifier/Network-adapters directly

But maybe it was not used enough?

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zozbot234 ◴[25 Jun 25 12:16 UTC] No.44376404[source]▶
Isn't USB C 2.0 on-par with what recent iPhone models offer? It's just fine.
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1. tonur249 ◴[25 Jun 25 12:19 UTC] No.44376433[source]▶
Yeah, totally adequate for a normal phone, yet lacking if you want to use your phone for something more. You could argue that this isn't something that a phone should be used for, but yet it's something that I'd like to try.
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2. FirmwareBurner ◴[25 Jun 25 18:03 UTC] No.44380148[source]▶
>You could argue that this isn't something that a phone should be used for

Shouldn't the user decide what to use it for, instead of others?

If people aren't gonna use USB 3.0, that's fine, but at least have it for those who do, it's not gonna bother the rest.

It's not like USB 3.0 is some expensive rocket science that takes a lot of effort to implement or takes up space in the phone like the headphone jack.