cm0002@lemmy.world to Fairphone · 21 hours agoFairphone 6 downgraded to USB-C 2.0forum.fairphone.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkFairphone 6 downgraded to USB-C 2.0forum.fairphone.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Fairphone · 21 hours agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squarepython@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 hours agoSome people who were at the launch event said in the forum that they asked about it and were told that it’s a cost thing. Although, some other people say that the cost saving is just a few dollars tops so there might have been other reasons as well.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours agotinfoil hat on They did it to be able to sell a cheap USB 3 module later down the line to demonstrate how awesome the modular approach is.
minus-squareKryptonBlur@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoI read on the forum that they said it’s unlikely a module upgrade would be possible, unfortunately
Some people who were at the launch event said in the forum that they asked about it and were told that it’s a cost thing. Although, some other people say that the cost saving is just a few dollars tops so there might have been other reasons as well.
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They did it to be able to sell a cheap USB 3 module later down the line to demonstrate how awesome the modular approach is.
I read on the forum that they said it’s unlikely a module upgrade would be possible, unfortunately