I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back

Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by Bud on Monday November 26, 2018 @11:17PM (#18539316)

It's not that insightful, since it's obviously false. The fact is that the much-improved water resistance made possible in part by ditching the headphone jack has made a lot of users' lives much better, because they have dunked their iPhones in water and the result has been no damage, as opposed to the expense and inconvenience of replacing their phones.

It would have been more effective if the author didn't cherry-pick only the facts which support his argument.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by fingerlocks on Monday November 26, 2018 @11:36PM (#18539410)

I've always been skeptical about this claim.

Apple's own 3.5mm -> lighting dongle is surprising resistant to water (I've spilled coffee on mine and it still works), but I can't find any information of whether the dongle itself is waterproof. I've looked.

Also, Samsung made a phone with a waterproof 3.5mm female port. They weren't the first.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by tempestn on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:24AM (#18539654)

Yeah, the 3.5mm port is certainly easier than the USB port to make waterproof. Probably easier than speakers and microphones too.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by DanBC on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @06:07AM (#18541320)

Speakers and microphones just need a bit of gore tex. These are off the shelf parts, and companies like Apple etc can easily spec their own.

https://www.gore.com/products/categories/venting?view=portab...

I agree that it's also really easy to make 3.5 mm jack sockets waterproof.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by tempestn on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @01:25PM (#18545062)

Yeah, I'm not trying to imply the speakers are hard to waterproof. Just that the 3.5mm is arguably even simpler.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by addicted on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:33AM (#18539696)

I don’t know much about this, but from a layman’s perspective I completely agree with you. I find it hard to believe that of all the elements making waterproofing harder, the headphone jack was one of the larger concerns.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by Johnny555 on Monday November 26, 2018 @11:26PM (#18539356)

The Galaxy S9 has the same water resistance rating as the iPhone, and it has a headphone jack.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by nikofeyn on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:06AM (#18539573)

not true. the iphone xs has a water resistance rating of ip68. the lg v35, which has an audio jack and high-end audio dac, has a rating of ip68.

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