“Fairbuds show us that the rest of the electronics world can and must do better.
We shouldn’t accept headphones that only last as long as the batteries sealed inside.
Time Bomb
I love my AirPods Pro.
Two people wearing Fairbuds.Fairphone
They’re always ready to go, they fit unnoticed in a pocket, and they sound amazing.
That’s obviously unsustainable, both from a financial andan environmental point of view.
Removable batterieshelp because dead batteries are the number one reason to replace modern devices.
Black Fairbuds, disassembled.Fairphone
And these are just standard batteries too.
And it gets worse because you’re able to’t even recycle AirPods.
In fact, it might almost be irresponsible to try.
“Recyclers say that wireless earbuds with sealed-in batteries are little time bombs on their conveyor belts.
you could also replace a broken earbud and the inner core and outer case of the charging case.
The Fairbuds don’t lack modern features either.
The only downside is that the charging case is pretty hefty compared to the AirPods cases.
I don’t care about that as I usually keep my pods in a bag, not a pocket.
We’ll find out in the reviews.
After all, it’s now impossible to pretend that they can’t make AirPods with swappable batteries anymore.
