Re:Stop trying to kill the headphone jack
by stult on Friday September 01, 2017 @10:51AM
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Apple customers have a choice. Which is why I'm typing this from my brand new Galaxy instead of an iPhone.
Re:Stop trying to kill the headphone jack
by chrischen on Friday September 01, 2017 @10:57AM
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I could suffer android, or like you know I could plug in the 3 cm converter onto my 20cm cord when my can’t find my airpods.
Re:Stop trying to kill the headphone jack
by damnfine on Friday September 01, 2017 @11:01AM
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Dongles are never the best answer. Either bulky and akward, or tiny and lost/broken. It would take a bit less than 3cm to just add the extra chip and jack.
Re:Stop trying to kill the headphone jack
by chrischen on Friday September 01, 2017 @08:26PM
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You have a massive wire attached to your headphones already...
Assuming that you can find the adapter...
Re:Stop trying to kill the headphone jack
by scarface74 on Friday September 01, 2017 @11:24AM
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Or you can use the bundled headphones. Why not keep the adapter attached to your headphones?
I have many different pairs of headphones. A car stereo system. A home stereo system. Occasionally, I hook up to FOH mixers.
Analog line level audio is a ubiquitous standard.
Re:Stop trying to kill the headphone jack
by striking on Friday September 01, 2017 @11:35AM
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Maybe you use your headphones with more than just one device?
Re:Stop trying to kill the headphone jack
by markhagan on Friday September 01, 2017 @11:52AM
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I plug my phone into my truck every morning on my way to work.
Re:Stop trying to kill the headphone jack
by scarface74 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @10:01AM
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Even my cheap car has both Bluetooth for audio and a USB port that supports the "iPod protocol" for playing audio via USB.
Essential broke my heart when they launched without the headphone jack (okay, not really, but you they did eliminate me as a customer for this version -- maybe I won't need the headphone jack for their next release).
Survey from Nov last year: https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/01/life-without-the-headphone-ja...
It is a survey...so who knows how real it is, but 55.86% were negatively impacted Apple removing the headphone jack. While Apple customers don't have a choice, Android users do and we will vote with our wallets.