Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back
by tempestn on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:24AM
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Yeah, the 3.5mm port is certainly easier than the USB port to make waterproof. Probably easier than speakers and microphones too.
Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back
by DanBC on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @06:07AM
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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.
Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back
by tempestn on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @01:25PM
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Yeah, I'm not trying to imply the speakers are hard to waterproof. Just that the 3.5mm is arguably even simpler.
Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back
by addicted on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:33AM
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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.
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.