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A comment on Samsung’s Galaxy S9 looks set to retain the headphone jack. Parent comment

Re:Samsung’s Galaxy S9 looks set to retain the headphone jack by dragonwriter on Friday February 09, 2018 @12:40PM (#16342171)
> The real question is why would you remove it ?

To make more money per handset sale by selling wireless headphones.

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Re:Samsung’s Galaxy S9 looks set to retain the headphone jack by rimliu on Friday February 09, 2018 @01:07PM (#16342428)
Said handset comes with earbuds included.
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Re:Samsung’s Galaxy S9 looks set to retain the headphone jack by dragonwriter on Friday February 09, 2018 @01:14PM (#16342493)
And if the average, per handset number of first-party replacements purchased is >0, Apple still wins in the way I described, notwithstanding that they bundle earbuds with the handset.
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