Funny how Samsung has been able to make water resistant phones with a headphone jack. Next excuse, Apple?
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Samsung Mocks Apple's Decision to Remove the Headphone Jack in iPhone 7
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Why they are still putting those ****** resolution displays into phones that should be used for VR? This is AMOLED without "plus" so it is pentile and actually you should multiply the resolution by 2/3 because it is missing one third of the subpixels and you will get worse result than real 1080p LCD display. This resolution is already crazy for normal usage but if you put it in e.g. google cardboard you will see the difference.
Samsung is the new Microsoft. A recognisable enemy to collectively hate, loath and make all the fan-boys feel superior again. Just sayin'. All in jest of course, I can feel the hate already. 
How is an analog audio jack relevant in the digital age? We are in the 21st century. Arguing for 50 year old technology to remain is like arguing for the hose drawn carriage to stay over the motor car. Seriously, how can man progress when people like you just want to regress and throw barbs at those who want to push the limits and move us out of the past? If you don't like it, then stick with your outdated technology while the rest of the world chooses to move forward. "Either lead, follow or get out of the way"!
Mr. Denison is a lowly shill for a Korean Company and he apparently thinks it's 'cute' to mock Apple,an American owned competitor. I spent years in Korea, and know the language a bit (thanks to our Defense Language School in California)...he should be more circumspect. When he has no further use to the Koreans he will be dumped in a heartbeat. Taking a longer view as to who you might need to employ you in the future could be beneficial to Denison.
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I wouldn't mind trading the headphone jack for a 256 GB micro SD card slot and an iOS version of Finder.
And then next year Samsung will call its phone with NO headphone jack the next big thing
He's a millionaire . I think he'll be okay.
Sure they mock it now until they copy Apple once again like they have with every phone since 2007.
I agree with most of this, but to be fair, your ear requires an analog input. At some point that digital signal has to be turned into an analog one. As a practical matter, it does make some sense for that place to be in your phone, instead of making it necessary to have a DAC in every pair of headphones you buy.
I was all for the elimination of the floppy disk and DVD drives, but this feels different to me. I can't say I'm excited to have to buy new headphones I either need to charge or can only use with my iPhone, or to carry an adapter around. We'll see.
Sarcastic? Either way to me innovation doesn't equal "add a bunch of half baked features to your device" but thats the Samsung way. I won't argue that from a hardware standpoint Samsung devices seem to have more check boxes. But they are 100% ruined by TouchWiz and Android OS and its absolutely amazing that iPhones and iPads with much less specs still can keep up with them and in alot of cases in raw benchmarks usually destroy them.
The biggest reason i won't touch one is that they seem to have too many problems long term. I know 2 good friends that are android fanboys and their issues with their S5 / Note 4 range from keyboard not working (needing a restart multiple times a day) to games don't run or run at 5FPS because of " a bug". I just don't see these issues on modern iPhones. I mean i had a 5S and it ran flawlessly till the day i put it back in the box. Meanwhile my friend carries 3 batteries with him cause his Note4 mysteriously turns off at 60% battery life.
To each their own. I guess after being a Desktop Tech and now Network Specialist the last thing i want to do is fix my phone. Again, Samsung makes good hardware and honestly i really recommend the rest of there portfolio but i wouldn't touch any device they make that runs Android.
Weird how they mock a feature of a product that doesn't even exist yet on the market ...
I can never understand why people keep insisting others to try something that used to be terrible and now just becomes tolerable, while the latter have already been using something else that's been nice from day one. It's almost like the former has an agenda to steer people away from something at all cost.
And I think you don't understand that even without 3.5mm jack iPhone will still need a DAC chip (unless you prefer to "digital" sound on the phone's internal speakers). You can also notice that all hifi equipment (preamplifiers/DACs/amplifiers etc. costing many thousands of dollars) come with an analog jack for the phones.
Two years.
The S8 will come with both BT5 earbuds like the iphone 7 and a 3.5" jack.
The latter will be removed stealthily on the S9, because nobody would be using it anymore.
I seem to remember the Thumb ad that promoted single hand operation.... ooops.. "i'm just saying"
It would make sense to mock the Moto Z. The phone that actually shipped (past tense) without a headphone jack. Always a bit cringe worthy when someone mocks a product that doesn't actually officially exist.
You can't understand why tech enthusiasts would respond that way? Maybe their "agenda" is to, you know, discuss and appreciate tech?
Samsung is so pathetic they even make fun of rumors.
Want to know the difference between Apple and Samsung?
- If Samsung removed the headphone jack their users would be stuck using whatever headphones came with their phone, because nobody will make compatible headphones. Just like Samsung STILL can't convince developers to code for their devices instead of just for Android.
- If Apple removes the headphone jack, an entire industry will spring up to support it and you'll see numerous headphones from a wide range of manufacturers. In fact, we've ALREADY got Lightning headphones even before the iPhone 7 comes out.
This is the kind of pull Apple has (and Samsung wished they had).
Want to know the difference between Apple and Samsung?
- If Samsung removed the headphone jack their users would be stuck using whatever headphones came with their phone, because nobody will make compatible headphones. Just like Samsung STILL can't convince developers to code for their devices instead of just for Android.
- If Apple removes the headphone jack, an entire industry will spring up to support it and you'll see numerous headphones from a wide range of manufacturers. In fact, we've ALREADY got Lightning headphones even before the iPhone 7 comes out.
This is the kind of pull Apple has (and Samsung wished they had).
Mr. Denison is a lowly shill for a Korean Company and he apparently thinks it's 'cute' to mock Apple,an American owned competitor. I spent years in Korea, and know the language a bit (thanks to our Defense Language School in California)...he should be more circumspect. When he has no further use to the Koreans he will be dumped in a heartbeat. Taking a longer view as to who you might need to employ you in the future could be beneficial to Denison.
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This seems like your own problem. Samsung rep did not actually name Apple. Are you sure they were not mocking Moto Z? Sometimes Apple fans are just too sensitive.