> Sales seem to prove otherwise
I'm not sure that sales have proven that people prefer a thinner phone. I know that when I buy a phone, I never look at the thickness specs, just at the height/width. My phone could be another few mm thicker and I wouldn't notice or care -- it would still fit in my pocket either way.
I may end up buying the thinner phone since it has more of the features I'm looking for, but not because it's thinner.
"Manage your headphones with an app" still sounds like an annoying hassle to me. Even if it works seamlessly, it's still a far cry from hot-plugging at will.
What do you use? I also buy $20 totally off-brand Bluetooth headphones (I wear them while exercising, and sweat ruins them every few months), and mine don't have this feature, which I would love.
Sales seem to prove otherwise
> Can you imagine what an annoying hassle it would be to have to pair and unpair the same bluetooth headphones between two devices like that?
Bose seems to have come with a solution to avoid un-pairing and re-pairing: https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/headphones/over_ear_head...
> I don't want to have to get new ones, and I don't want to have to carry around a stupid lightning adaptor for them
Well, you can always not upgrade, or purchase a phone that has a 3.5mm jack. If enough people feel the same, manufacturers will continue to produce compatible products.
I suspect that (outside of HN), you're in the minority, however.