Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub
by hellisothers on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @05:31PM
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The operative difference that the person (and your quotes) highlight is they shipped a solution “that works” on all the devices you care about. Using a standard technology is a good idea on paper, but I’d rather get something that “just works”.
Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub
by rewgs on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @07:08PM
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Explain to me how an analog 1/8th inch jack doesn't "just work."
Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub
by sjwright on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @09:33PM
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Explain to me how an analog 1/4 inch jack doesn't "just work." After all, that's what's on the end of my good headphones. I never heard anyone complaining about dongles when it was 1/4 inch to 1/8th inch.
Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub
by FireBeyond on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @05:41PM
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"that works" for varying degrees of "works". I happen to think that the lightning-to-3.5 adapter doesn't "just work" in the Apple sense, but is rather "minimally functional", not aesthetic, not graceful.
Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub
by yzmtf2008 on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @06:16PM
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It's a difference between "I know it works on my device" and "I don't know if it will play sound, answer calls, not work at all, or only work if I turn on usb storage every time"
Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub
by FireBeyond on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @06:37PM
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Given that my discussion was between Lightning and 3.5", I think none of those "comparisons" were particularly apt.
Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub
by sjwright on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @09:28PM
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I might have agreed with you... except the adapter is very cheap and can be easily replaced if it fails.
(And complaining that it's horrible in your pocket is just stupid. If you hate wires in your pocket, you should be first in line to get wireless headphones. I bought QC35s and they've been the best, most used headphones I've ever owned—and I've got some very fancy "high end" cans.)
Versus "uses a standard that more than one vendor will license".
Yet you seem to think the first is better.
I have a iPhone XS. I had really nice headphones. I despise the headphone adapter, it's horrible in my pockets and I am waiting for the cord to fray just like my Macbook power cables do.
"Go all in on Apple" or "sucks to be you" are very polarizing options.