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Fairphone’s latest repairable earbuds are smaller, lighter, and longer-lasting
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The Fairbuds 2 are just as repairable as the first pair, and are launching in the US.
The Fairbuds 2 are just as repairable as the first pair, and are launching in the US.
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Repairable, ethical phone brand Fairphone has released its second pair of earbuds. The Fairbuds 2 are just as repairable as the first generation, but deliver improved audio and almost twice the battery life. The Fairbuds 2 are out now in the UK and Europe from £99 / €119, and a US launch at $119 will follow on November 2nd.
The Fairbuds 2 have been redesigned from the ground up, moving to a stemmed design, available in black or green, and a case that’s 37 percent smaller than the first generation. Despite that shrinking hardware, Fairphone has almost doubled the buds’ battery life, which now totals 40 hours without active noise cancellation, with eight hours on the buds alone, dropping to six with ANC on. Charging is over USB-C, and takes a couple hours for a full top-up. Sadly Qi wireless charging isn’t supported — though it isn’t on Apple’s $129 AirPods 5 either.
I never used the original Fairbuds, but sound should be improved here thanks to new bio-cellulose dynamic drivers, though still at the same 11mm size, plus refined ANC and new support for the LDAC codec. Multipoint connectivity supports two devices at once, and a five-band EQ in the app lets you fine-tune audio.