• tabular@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    They also sell headphone to USB cable. I’m not saying the lack of a headphone jack is good but if their goal was really to sell wireless earbuds then selling a USB to headphone cable was a bad move, no?

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        7 months ago

        A master plan to make more money selling a cable than a port on an already bulky phone?

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          7 months ago

          Ah yes the 3.5mm port, known for its bulk. Perhaps we should remove cameras as they have actually bulked out phones in recent years.

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            7 months ago

            If I had the option I would have chosen a smaller camera module and included an audio jack. I genuinely think they choose to not include it as a compromise, rather than to sell a cable you can get cheap elsewhere.

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      7 months ago

      As Louis Rossmann also said, using a single port for both charging/moving data and listening music increases the wear on the port. They’re just made to wear down faster with the absence of the audio jack port.

      Plus it’s impractical, as it occupies the type c port.

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          7 months ago

          I dont know, but if you also use it to plug in earphones you may double the use.

          Im using my type c port phone for about 3.5years so far (I rarely plug headphones in it though) and the port seems ok.

          But either way, this extra wear down is simply another negative aspect of this move and I think so far the disanvantages outweigh the advantages (also I think it’s just so that they can sell their wireless earphones and on a lower degree support planned obsolesence).

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          7 months ago

          When you plug in in to charge, the device is at rest. When you plug in headphones, there’s a high chance it is in a pocket or otherwise in a state where the device is moving which will be a lot more wear than just idling charging.