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Fairphone is a brand usually associated with ethically and environmentally friendly smartphones. These devices, such as the recent Fairphone 4, buck the current trend of irreparable handsets that dominate the tech landscape by making them modular, allowing pretty much everything to be replaced. It will even sell you the spare parts directly so you don't have to scour eBay or AliExpress for cheap knockoffs that may or may not fit. Now, the brand is turning its attention to the over-the-ear headphone market with its Fairphone XL – the name a play on the word excel rather than denoting an extra large size. So, do they sound as good as their intentions? Let's have a listen.
DESIGN
Fairphone offers the XL in two distinct liveries. There's the standard black that adorns most headphones, but if you're feeling a little more colourful, then there's the green pair like the ones I have