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Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by acheron on Thursday December 07, 2023 @05:41PM (#38562803)
What about a floppy drive and parallel port connector?
Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by circuit10 on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:14PM (#38563100)
This is a terrible comparison, I don’t know about others but I use headphones multiple times per day and needing an adapter is an unnecessary annoyance
Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by keb_ on Thursday December 07, 2023 @07:00PM (#38563562)
What mobile phone has those?

Personally, I've never met anyone who had a need for reading floppy disks or connecting their computer printer to their phone, but I know many people who like to listen to music with their wired headphones on the go.

Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by adamjc on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:33PM (#38563285)
bluetooth headphones have a noticable delay for anyone who pays attention.
Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by autoexec on Thursday December 07, 2023 @08:01PM (#38564061)
bluetooth headphones/audio have a long list of problems, but I generally don't want to enable bluetooth on my phones at all. It's used extensively for tracking and can log your location at a distance of within a foot from where the beacon is placed or from over 20 miles away. That means I need a headphone jack.
Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by kshahkshah on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:40PM (#38563341)
Isn't any delay measured and accounted for in syncing playback of videos? When was the last time you've used a great pair of bluetooth headphones
Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by throwaway81523 on Thursday December 07, 2023 @07:28PM (#38563835)
People use headphones for phone calls not just videos. The delay is annoying. Mobile phones already have lag compared to land phones and BT makes it worse.
Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by duskwuff on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:43PM (#38563368)
> Isn't any delay measured and accounted for in syncing playback of videos?

It can be, but your operating system needs to support it.

Support for audio delay compensation is pretty good on macOS. No idea about other OSes, though.

Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by planede on Friday December 08, 2023 @05:58AM (#38567559)
It works everywhere. There is not much to do with delay on interactive content though.
Re:Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairabi... by kelipso on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:45PM (#38563402)
Ever played games with bluetooth headphones? Anyway, who wants radiation directly aimed into their brains.