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Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by grive on Monday August 01, 2016 @03:42AM (#12200757)
It's always possible to add a battery. That's not the problem. The problem is that we have a passive device, headphones, that works well and are a stable and mature tech, that will become crap.

I dont want to charger yet another device in my daily routine. I won't, actually, and will steer away from any phone that requires active headphones to work.

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Re:The 19th Century plug that's still being used by 1anh2kqowg on Monday August 01, 2016 @09:39PM (#12207334)
I have a phone with a headphone jack, and I'm using Bluetooth headphones for hours every day. The headphone battery lasts a lot longer than the phone. In the past few years even audiophile brands have been releasing blueooth models and they are getting good.

I'm not saying I agree with getting rid of the headphone jack. The amount of utility it provides is pretty high relative to the volume it takes up.

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