The 3.5MM jack isn’t coming back, but having USB-C adapters would be a good compromise. I don’t see any major phone maker shipping them though, and you know Apple would charge $40 for it. Even Anker’s is like $18, and they are the current “good, but not crazy expensive” accessory brand.
Locally shipping is included for 15 euro, and I have had a couple others through AliExpress because no brands locally make them, but the Apple dac is pulling it’s weight and then some.
Are you actually saying that social issues are less important then a headphone jack? Like, I would prefer a headphone jack, so much so that I simply buy phones that have them, but it’s not that important.
That’s not what you typed. Also, headphone jacks aren’t why we hate the 1%. If you want a headphone jack, just buy the phones with a headphone jack. Don’t feel that you need to own the flagship phones. That’s just marketing.
They could also bring back 24-pin serial connectors, the old ps/2 mouse and keyboard connectors and physical keypads.
They’re not going to.
The vast majority of people are going to be buying one version of Bluetooth headsets or another anyway. The wired headsets they’re not shipping were mostly just e-waste, and the jack represented another point of liquids ingress on your phone.
the 3.5mm jack has one thing in common with all of those connectors: Nobody uses them anymore.
as I said: the VAST majority of people aren’t using wired headsets. We’re in the modern era using bluetooth-capable headsets. Which is why bluetooth is in literally every phone for about twenty years. It’s alot more convenient than dealing with a wire.
The 3.5MM jack isn’t coming back, but having USB-C adapters would be a good compromise. I don’t see any major phone maker shipping them though, and you know Apple would charge $40 for it. Even Anker’s is like $18, and they are the current “good, but not crazy expensive” accessory brand.
I wanted to joke that the Apple adapter would be way more expensive, but it seems to be 10€. Maybe that would work?
Wow, I was NOT expecting that to be less than Anker. Granted it’ll probably be the same with shipping tacked on.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW2Q3AM/A/usb-c-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter
Locally shipping is included for 15 euro, and I have had a couple others through AliExpress because no brands locally make them, but the Apple dac is pulling it’s weight and then some.
I’m getting one. Sick of charging headphones.
funnily enough I’ve only heard good things about that Apple adapter, so yeah probably
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A law. A law to mandate 3.5mm headphone jacks on cellphones.
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve read all week.
I mean a law is why Apple is adopting the USB type-c on the iPhone… Else they were never going to change.
Edit, fixed word
A law* and thank god
So what?
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No, “gov’t should regulate headphone jacks” is fucking dumb.
I’ll do you one better:
The government should mandate that there be no external loudspeakers, barring a simple ringer, on any mobile device.
I think mine might be just a shade dumber, but I can’t tell
Are you actually saying that social issues are less important then a headphone jack? Like, I would prefer a headphone jack, so much so that I simply buy phones that have them, but it’s not that important.
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That’s not what you typed. Also, headphone jacks aren’t why we hate the 1%. If you want a headphone jack, just buy the phones with a headphone jack. Don’t feel that you need to own the flagship phones. That’s just marketing.
They could also bring back 24-pin serial connectors, the old ps/2 mouse and keyboard connectors and physical keypads.
They’re not going to.
The vast majority of people are going to be buying one version of Bluetooth headsets or another anyway. The wired headsets they’re not shipping were mostly just e-waste, and the jack represented another point of liquids ingress on your phone.
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the 3.5mm jack has one thing in common with all of those connectors: Nobody uses them anymore.
as I said: the VAST majority of people aren’t using wired headsets. We’re in the modern era using bluetooth-capable headsets. Which is why bluetooth is in literally every phone for about twenty years. It’s alot more convenient than dealing with a wire.
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No I’m telling you they stopped using them before they were removed, and don’t use them, even when they aren’t removed.
If that weren’t true, Samsung would have seen a gain in market share when apple did it, and would never have followed.
Sorry to get on your snark, but seriously.
I use mine on all my devices. and I see others too.
There will always be a market for people like me who won’t buy devices without a 3.5mm jack
Am I the only one remembering Anker as the #1 sewing machine brand?
USBC Adapter is another failure point.
People will lose it or forget it.
I don’t care - I want my 3.5 mm jack back, I won’t ever forgive it. Also most phones sold on the world have 3.5 mm, just not the models sold in US.
My mom could use 3.5mm no problems, she can’t use Bluetooth - too complicated for her. Apple is a problem.
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