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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by dathery on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @03:01PM (#39982919)
My experience has been that it's really easy to damage your USB-C port like this if you keep your phone in your pocket while walking/running. I always end up with the port loose and making poor connections.

I ended up buying a small battery-powered Bluetooth-to-3.5mm receiver that I keep in my left pocket, and then send Bluetooth audio to it from my phone in my right pocket. It's a pretty ridiculous setup.

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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by aqfamnzc on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @02:53AM (#39987706)
The sideways force on the connector while in my pocket has always been a real concern to me. It's the main thing keeping me from regularly using a dongle.
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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by Kerbonut on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @01:04PM (#39993051)
Get a USB-C magnetic breakaway adapter and you shouldn't have concerns damaging the port. Mildly annoyingly will probably breakaway while you're jogging occasionally but at least it shouldn't damage the port.
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Re:Fairbuds: In-ear with replaceable batteries by GuqLyr on Thursday April 11, 2024 @05:56AM (#40000376)
For a Fairphone, the USB-C is easily replacable though in case it goes wrong: https://shop.fairphone.com/nl/shop/fairphone-5-usb-c-port-26...
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