I recently bought a new Android phone, not out of any love for Google and their horrendous privacy policies, but out of love for my headphone jack.
Apple, what were you thinking?
Apple, what were you thinking?
[1] http://bgr.com/2017/07/27/pixel-2-rumors-no-3-5mm-headphone-...
It may just be a matter of time. Especially if 2 major companies normalise it, then all the other companies get to drop a feature and save a few cents on every phone.
It's possible that dropping headphone jacks could become universal, but I don't see any reason to expect it's likely.
Most people also buy headphones from popular brands rather than attempt to discern on sound quality.
I see quite a few AirPods and Bluetooth headphones these days. I don't think you can discount the possibility.
So headphone jacks without updates, hurray!
Flagships usually do (Samsung flagships, and numerous phones lower in their line, tend to get two major version updates.)
> and Project Treble won't change that
If update practices are something a worthwhile market segment looks to in buying decisions, and Trello makes it easier on OEMs because their is a cleaner isolation of the device-specific pieces, then, I'd expect it to make more OS updates happen.
Obviously I'd prefer to keep the jack socket on my phone, I'm just saying it's a minor issue. I think people like to focus on it because it feels like the prototypical Apple dick-move, but it's not that big a deal e.g. compared to the walled garden thing.
So far, this isn’t really crippling. I use some sennheisers when at home with the mac and use the earphones when I’m out. If they remove the 3.5 jack from the Mac I’ll be more pissed.
Reasonable steps towards a waterproof phone?
(Although you do have to give it a shake when you take it out of the water)
https://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/dm/water-and-dust-r...
They were thinking that AirPods and similar are the future of audio.
And for those who have more discerning needs they ship a dongle with the phone that you can leave permanently attached to your wired headphones.
> I guess with wireless charging you can now do so.
Guess that settles that debate then, glad we can put that to rest going forward. (...I realise this sounds weirdly sarcastic?, but it's actually not)
(facepalm)
But only one at a time - charger, or your dongle connected wired headphone. At some point, that phone's going to run out of battery. My normal use case is that I go on long drives with the phone getting charged using the car charger, while the audio output being sent to the car stereo. This change breaks my workflow even with their free included accessories.