Hahaha. Time to crawl out from under that rock and get with the times man.
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Samsung's Next-Generation Galaxy S8 Won't Include a Headphone Jack
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Hahaha. Time to crawl out from under that rock and get with the times man.
The truth is, MOST people simply don't care and it simply does not impact them. The majority of headphones sold now are wireless and not wired. I am amazed at the sheer number of people not understanding where the puck is going.
Whereas all the HiFi forums I read seem to raise serious reliability issues with Bluetooth audio devices....
Fact. Bluetooth does not deliver the same quality as a hard connection.
Fact. Bluetooth works fine in "sterile" environments, but place it in the middle of a city or apartment block and you'll start getting connectivity issues.
Not to mention all the battery issues. Have people forgotten batteries wear out, so the environmental impact will be huge. Not to mention consumer waste.
This was not done to make life better for you. It was made to make money from clueless consumers.
It appears it can mean either:
Definition of dongle
- : a small device that plugs into a computer and serves as an adapter or as a security measure to enable the use of certain software
If a phone has a 3.5mm jack and it also has Bluetooth which you use....
Why do you care if the 3.5mm jack is there or not? Does it impede your use of bluetooth or is this just a snide way of saying 'You dont deserve 3.5mm jack because I don't use it'
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I wish apple had gone with the USB-C port on this iPhone. If they're trying to push USB-C on all their macs then why not make the most popular device in the world have it too??? It would be only the 3rd time they changed the connector on the phone and people could use the same headphones on both
Of course Apple should have put a dongle or different lead in the box or dumped lightning for USB-C. (They did stick a headphone one in the iPhone box so I really don't get all the uproar over that.)
I bought two USB-A to USB-C connectors for £5 from Amazon. If you can't afford that you should not be buying a £700 phone or a £3000 laptop. There has always been a certain amount of pain in buying the latest and greatest from Apple and they've always been gouging b@stards! As long as we keep buying their stuff, they'll keep doing it. We are their bitches.
Lightning was shipping in products two years before the USB-C spec was finalized. Lightning influenced the design of USB-C. Apple is using USB-C in other products, so they are not avoiding it wholesale based on religious dogma. Regarding continuing with Lightning in iOS devices instead of USB-C, it is likely to have caused an uproar either way, either people annoyed at the shift away from support of existing Lightning accessories versus those annoyed by not moving to the newer connector. Lightning still has some important advantages, and the advantages of USB-C are less clear on a small mobile device than on a laptop. Whatever your opinion of which should be used in iOS devices going forward, the Lightning connector is an amazing design.
Because next year, or the year after, when they drop ports completely from the iPhone and go to wireless charging, they will not have forced their installed user base of half-a-billion customers to switch to a new "standard" they won't even need a year later.
That is probably the one thing they could do to win any more business from me.
Until then, I can't help but see them as the money-grubbing run-of-the-mill corporation that they have proven themselves to be.
This isn't as bad as a move than Apple. Samsung is ditching an old wired peripheral with a new, universally accepted port: USB C. Even if you got a new Mac and this Samsung phone, you could share your headphones across devices, not to mention they'll be cheaper. Replacing the headphone jack with wireless is too soon, but replacing it with a new standard is a great transition that would also help push USB C even more
Actually... It is. I haven't needed a head phone jack in over a year. Good ridance IMO.
Reminds me of this article that came out when everyone was freaking out over Apple's announcement:
https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/07/d...phone-jack-is-over-smile-because-it-happened/
"So let it out. Let out the anger, the grief, the rage. Lie on the floor and do breathing exercises. And wait until CES when you’ll see enough wireless headphones to choke a blue whale and then watch as that other apex predator, Samsung, slowly but surely begins to remove its own headphone jacks because Apple, mean old Apple, finally said it was OK."
Nailed it. Samsung feels ok doing this now that Apple has borne the brunt of the public backlash. Mad respect for Apple.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/07/d...phone-jack-is-over-smile-because-it-happened/
"So let it out. Let out the anger, the grief, the rage. Lie on the floor and do breathing exercises. And wait until CES when you’ll see enough wireless headphones to choke a blue whale and then watch as that other apex predator, Samsung, slowly but surely begins to remove its own headphone jacks because Apple, mean old Apple, finally said it was OK."
Nailed it. Samsung feels ok doing this now that Apple has borne the brunt of the public backlash. Mad respect for Apple.
Yes. Exactly this. They knew they would be removing all those ports from the coming MBP and it would have made their argument on it much stronger if only they followed their own edicts. Alas...proprietary headphones = $$$$$$
It takes a lot for something to make me laugh out loud (literally) and your comment just accomplished that. I really needed that today.
Just imagine the screams when they 'force' people to change from Lightning to USB-C.
Not sure if you've heard, but there's this thing called wireless. It was invented in 1880, but maybe the news hasn't gotten out to everyone yet. As the name implies it allows transmitting data without the use of wires.
If you still prefer the 19th century technology, every iPhone includes a means to use wired headphones (and an adapter that allows you to use any headphone you currently own).
USB-C on everything makes sense. Hope it happens down the road.
As for Samsung, not surprised. Especially after the knee-jerk jet black S7.
It isn't obsolete just because you haven't used it.