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> I don't care about my phone being paper thin. I'd guess most people don't either.

Sales seem to prove otherwise

> Can you imagine what an annoying hassle it would be to have to pair and unpair the same bluetooth headphones between two devices like that?

Bose seems to have come with a solution to avoid un-pairing and re-pairing: https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/over_ear_head...

> I don't want to have to get new ones, and I don't want to have to carry around a stupid lightning adaptor for them

Well, you can always not upgrade, or purchase a phone that has a 3.5mm jack. If enough people feel the same, manufacturers will continue to produce compatible products.

I suspect that (outside of HN), you're in the minority, however.

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>> I don't care about my phone being paper thin. I'd guess most people don't either.

> Sales seem to prove otherwise

I'm not sure that sales have proven that people prefer a thinner phone. I know that when I buy a phone, I never look at the thickness specs, just at the height/width. My phone could be another few mm thicker and I wouldn't notice or care -- it would still fit in my pocket either way.

I may end up buying the thinner phone since it has more of the features I'm looking for, but not because it's thinner.

> Bose seems to have come with a solution to avoid un-pairing and re-pairing: https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/over_ear_head...

"Manage your headphones with an app" still sounds like an annoying hassle to me. Even if it works seamlessly, it's still a far cry from hot-plugging at will.

Do you expect "everyone" to buy $350 headphones, or for headphones with the same capability to be viably cheaper in price?

My $20 totally off-brand bluetooth headphones support multi-pairing. Does it always work 100%? No. Do I think cheap multi-pairing capable headphones will get a lot better as it becomes more important? Definitely.

How often does it need to be recharged? Will it last a whole day at the beach?

> My $20 totally off-brand bluetooth headphones support multi-pairing.

What do you use? I also buy $20 totally off-brand Bluetooth headphones (I wear them while exercising, and sweat ruins them every few months), and mine don't have this feature, which I would love.

Sales can be distorted in so many ways it is horrifying to rely on it as a trend indicator.

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