Alternatively, if your current phone doesn’t have a headphone jack, do you wish it did?

  • OrangeJoe@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Sympathy? What a dumb take.

    People still have wired headphones that still work perfectly fine. We used to be able to use them directly with our phones. We also had the option of using wireless too if we wanted. The option was removed, so now in order to keep using some of still perfectly fine electronics with our phones, it requires adapters. That’s annoying. What is the benefit to me as a consumer now that the jack is gone? Some marketing bullshit about weight or cost savings? I don’t buy it. Phones are larger than ever and more expensive than ever.

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      1 year ago

      There’s half an argument to be made about waterproofing, but it kinda falls flat when the waterproofing we get isn’t that good.

      “This phone is IP68 rated!”

      Oh cool, so I can go swimming with it and take it into the shower?

      “Haha, no.”

      Great, so glad we gave up a ton of features for this.

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        1 year ago

        Don’t let yourself be gaslit by anti right to repair and apple propaganda. We had a smartphone with removable battery and headphone jack that you could swim with, it has been done. The water resistance argument does not hold water, at all.

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        1 year ago

        That and headphone jacks were able to be made waterproof pretty easily too. It does introduce a new area for potential incursion, but it’s pretty minimal for the vast majority of users.