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

  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is the real reason. The cost savings is negligible. But as soon as Apple got rid of the headphone jack, they introduced the AirPods.

    Then Google did it, Samsung did it, and every other phone manufacturer followed suit. They all have their own wireless earbuds.

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      1 year ago

      Fairphone did it too, of all the companies. Shows that the margins on these things are pretty big for Fairphone to do such a thing.

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        1 year ago

        It’s why I’m getting a Zenfone to replace my ~6 year old phone now instead of a Fairphone. It even has a far better IP rating than the fairphone despite the “horrible” water intrusion supposedly caused by 3.5mm jacks.

        Fairphones lying BS about why they removed the port convinced me to never buy one of their phones, even if I didn’t care about it.

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          Sony listened to their customers complaints and brought back the headphone jack for the 2nd generation Xperia 1.

          Their phones continue to feature some of the best waterproofing (real world performance, and not just the rating they slap on it) in the entire industry.

          That has never been a justifiable argument against the headphone jack, despite being an all-too-frequent one.

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      1 year ago

      I really doubt this is the primary reason. I think it was multifaceted, but really the people in the business of designing phones were already using Bluetooth exclusively and felt that it was good enough. Some designs probably rushed it as a means to sell more premium headsets (Apple, Samsung), other saw it as removing an unnecessary redundant feature that was more prone to breakage and a waterproofing difficulty (Google). I think it really just came down to the personal preferences of the (affluent) people who were doing the designing, not necessarily a purposeful cash grab. It really was not great since wired headphones were way cheaper than their Bluetooth counterparts. Luckily Bluetooth has gotten much better and less expensive. I think there should be options for both.