Didn't apple mock or a least not understand the need/desire for a larger screen size on their phones, but now the Plus models make up a majority of their sales.... so yea
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Samsung Removes Ad Mocking iPhone's Lack of Headphone Jack After Following Suit With Galaxy Note 10
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Didn't apple mock or a least not understand the need/desire for a larger screen size on their phones, but now the Plus models make up a majority of their sales.... so yea
Nobody asked for the floppy drive to be removed from computers either.
I think you have quietly written the best post in the thread.
I’d ask you to provide an example of Apple mocking larger screens, but you backpedaled mid-post, so I guess we’re done
Apple sold millions of AirPods after they ditched the headphone jack, now Samsung has its own set of wireless earbuds. Case closed.
Whats the big deal with having the headphone jack removed from the iPhone? They give you a dongle. So what's the issue? I think people just like to complain for the sake of complaining. It's one less hole that gets filled with crap. More space for more tech/battery/whatever.
I have several dongles and AirPods. So I really don't care.
I have several dongles and AirPods. So I really don't care.
What other way is there to delete a video from a Youtube channel except "quietly"? Do you need a press release or something?
It's a big deal in a surprising number of use cases. For example, you can't charge your phone and listen to music unless your car has bluetooth.
People complain because it’s Apple.
Many other Android phones ditch the headphone jack (and a few before Apple did), and some of them didn’t even bother including a dongle or a USB-C earbud. But their brands are not that huge SEO keyword compared to Apple.
And this goes both ways. Apple has long lauded themselves about never intercepting your private information, yet they're currently being sued for listening to Siri requests. In the end these companies are all the same
In what way is a horse like a headphone jack with regards to it’s removal from a common chassis? And even if you could get there, how is the removal of the Jack (horse) like a car?
It's interesting ho A
Welcome to business 101.
1) Apple does a thing
2) Media reacts in the opposite way
3) Competitors take advantage of it
4) Time goes on
5) Technology changes
6) Competitors implement the same thing.
Welcome to business 101.
1) Apple does a thing
2) Media reacts in the opposite way
3) Competitors take advantage of it
4) Time goes on
5) Technology changes
6) Competitors implement the same thing.
swingerofbirch
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Par for the course with all companies. Make fun of a feature (well feature is a stretch for removing something) when you're not shipping it.
Apple went after Samsung and the other phones with large displays when it came out with the iPhone 5:
Then it saw where the trend was going and gave up on one-handed ergonomic use just like Samsung gave up on the headphone port.
Apple went after Samsung and the other phones with large displays when it came out with the iPhone 5:
Then it saw where the trend was going and gave up on one-handed ergonomic use just like Samsung gave up on the headphone port.
The way you've worded that, makes it look like a softer, more velvety blow to Samsung's supposed anti-Apple 'street cred'. As though Samsung didn't ultimately copy Apple's move. Doesn't fit your narrative?
I always thought Samsung got that commercial wrong. I thought the iPhone guy should have been using wireless headphones walking around the house or cooking supper while his iPhone was somewhere else on a charger. the Samsung girl should have been listening to music with one wire plugged into her phone for power and one for her wired earphones, and sitting on the couch because .....wires.
At least it was better than the creepy Samsung stalker commercials
At least it was better than the creepy Samsung stalker commercials
It's still beyond me why these companies choose to copycat even the worst of Apple's decisions
Perhaps it wasn’t such a bad decision, after all.
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One of the most misunderstood technology quotes. If you’re referring to the Apple Pencil, it has exactly nothing to do with what Jobs wanted to say. Context is king.
Darth Tulhu
macrumors 68020
Can we please stop with the floppy removal as a point of comparison and justification for the removal of the headphone jack??
It's just not a VALID comparison. The floppy was REPLACED with something better. The audio jack is ubiquitous in almost ALL audio devices out TODAY still. It will NOT go away because wireless audio is neither better nor more reliable. So it's not that the tech is old. If you're in any way in the music industry then guess what? You're NOT going wireless.
Now that said, us wired-headphone fans really do have to let it go.
It definitely ain't coming back on phones, because Apple is the test bed for what the industry can get away with. Not having the port not only saves the company money, but it passes the cost of having it to us by way of a dongle or wireless headphone sale, so no matter what THEY win.
However, cheap(er) wireless headphones are becoming more available, and new cars are getting Android Auto and CarPlay more and more, so that mitigates things a bit.
I think Samsung is the loser here, because a major differentiation point has been removed by them. Long-term Sammy users like me lost a major reason to stick with them, because now listening to music in my (older, non-BT) car or while exercising is JUST as inconvenient as an iPhone. And I'm a Mac user, so the pendulum now swings towards iOS because of the integration factor.
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But cars didn't replace horses completely. When you NEED a horse, only that will do.
Imagine a world where Apple stopped making MacBooks and ONLY offered iPads. And imagine that they did that THIS October.
Plenty of people here would be HAPPY and OK with that though, so maybe I'm romanticizing dry land to fish in a fishbowl.
It's just not a VALID comparison. The floppy was REPLACED with something better. The audio jack is ubiquitous in almost ALL audio devices out TODAY still. It will NOT go away because wireless audio is neither better nor more reliable. So it's not that the tech is old. If you're in any way in the music industry then guess what? You're NOT going wireless.
Now that said, us wired-headphone fans really do have to let it go.
It definitely ain't coming back on phones, because Apple is the test bed for what the industry can get away with. Not having the port not only saves the company money, but it passes the cost of having it to us by way of a dongle or wireless headphone sale, so no matter what THEY win.
However, cheap(er) wireless headphones are becoming more available, and new cars are getting Android Auto and CarPlay more and more, so that mitigates things a bit.
I think Samsung is the loser here, because a major differentiation point has been removed by them. Long-term Sammy users like me lost a major reason to stick with them, because now listening to music in my (older, non-BT) car or while exercising is JUST as inconvenient as an iPhone. And I'm a Mac user, so the pendulum now swings towards iOS because of the integration factor.
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But cars didn't replace horses completely. When you NEED a horse, only that will do.
Imagine a world where Apple stopped making MacBooks and ONLY offered iPads. And imagine that they did that THIS October.
Plenty of people here would be HAPPY and OK with that though, so maybe I'm romanticizing dry land to fish in a fishbowl.
Okay then. "You can't get your hand around it" "No one's going to buy that."
