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Re:USB-C for Lightning iPhones by MostlyStable on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @12:16AM (#44730855)
So this comment made me go looking, and there _is_ a case that adds headphone jacks back to iphones, but literally not a single one for any model of android phone. I guess they figure that the people who care enough to buy such a case will go out and buy one of the dwindling number of android phones that still have such a jack.
Re:USB-C for Lightning iPhones by seltzered_ on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @03:37AM (#44731743)
The divide generally is that android phones with headphone jacks as of 2025 generally dont have 5G ultrawideband support* . And there are some split-out dangles which offer a jack and usb-c, but they've sorta had annoying quirks in my experience (the CableCreation one is less terrible in my experience). One could design a case around one of these dangles, though it's add some bulk and the dangle quirks mean you sometimes need to disconnect it from the phone.

* - supposedly the Sony xperia pro (2020) might be the rare exception to this rule.

Re:USB-C for Lightning iPhones by alias_neo on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @04:59AM (#44732156)
The don't always seem to work either. My wife asked for one of the little USB-C to 3.5mm adapters of which I had a few from various Android phones over the years, and one from an iPhone and she couldn't get them to work on her Samsung Galaxy S21, I ended up buying hear some bluetooth earbuds (yes, she could have done it herself but she trusts my judgement on selecting these sorts of things).
Re:USB-C for Lightning iPhones by pydry on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @04:21AM (#44731970)
This is probably as much of a reflection of the market size and lack of device fragmentation for the apple ecosystem than demand.

It's similarly easier to buy a wide range of different case designs for apple.

Re:USB-C for Lightning iPhones by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @05:14AM (#44732256)
Apple devices have a much smaller variance in shape. It’s a lot easier for case designers to develop for Apple. Android devices have a lot of variety.

That said, I have seen some fairly cool cases for Android devices, so I assume that some case companies support just the big sellers.