But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don’t do this not because they can’t but because they don’t want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.

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    7 months ago

    Meh.

    Overpriced.

    I can buy 3 or 4 pairs of BT5 earphones for the price of these.

    My most expensive pair currently was $75.

    I’ve never had batteries go bad in them - they get broken well before that happens. Though I have a noise canceling headset from 2006 that still works. Battery lasts long enough.

    I’d rather break a pair of $30 earphones, and have multiple spares than a single pair of $150.

    And they all sound about the same given the source and environment.

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      7 months ago

      Overpriced.

      their entire premise is making sure that people on the supply chain of their devices are compensated adequately (hence the “Fair” in the name), which is why their products are more expensive than you’re used to.

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      I totally get it, why buy one expensive thing once, when you can buy cheap stuff that will cost more in the long run? 5 times 30 surely is cheaper than 1 times 150.

      From my experience, there is just stuff where you don’t want to cheap out on. Don’t get me wrong, there is no need to buy „premium“ stuff when good stuff is about the same quality but cheaper, but buying cheap stuff, just because it is a little less than the good stuff usually never pays off for me

    • ᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ@lemmy.world
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      When I shopped for wireless earbuds, I spent a half hour comparing the top brands (most expensive), so I ended up asking the clerk what he used (saw one in his ear). The ones he recommended were $20 and they’re great, sound decent, and last all day.

      Sometimes cheap is just as good.

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      My batteries are already on their last legs in the Sony tws, but I’ll be replacing them with new ones.

      If your $30 earphones break before their batteries do, maybe consider buying something that does not break in a year of use?

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      In my experience 30 bucks is a terrible price range for in-ears or headphones, mostly Chinese garbage that fails after a few months, maybe a year or two tops, even with just light usage. My current ones were at around 100 bucks and already outlived my previous cheap ones by quite a bit. That being said, FairPhone is kinda well known for being overpriced in regards to cost vs quality too, at least with their phones.