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A lot really hinges on what a USB-C to jack adaptor will look like. If it's not bulky and inconvenient (or expensive), none of your listed concerns apply. In t

A lot really hinges on what a USB-C to jack adaptor will look like. If it's not bulky and inconvenient (or expensive), none of your listed concerns apply. In the meantime, the 3.5mm jack actually takes up a not at all trivial volume in the handset.

olympus 10y ago
A usb-c to 3.5mm adapter will almost certainly be inconvenient. It has to plug into the usb-c port, which means that it will protrude from the phone, and the 3.5mm plug will stick out past that. Integrating it into the phone was much better since you didn't have the additional protrusion.
- sjwright 10y ago
  If the adapter is in the form of a low profile short and stubby cable, the protrusion issue wouldn't be so bad.
- Yhippa 10y ago
  The biggest drawback for me: one more think to keep track of with my phone.
angersock 10y ago
A non-trivial volume? Seriously? What a load of nonsense. What else of equivalent utility would be put there, a cure for cancer? This is just a DRM play in the guise of making the phones sexier.
- wvenable 10y ago
  DRM play? What content is this protecting?
- rwmj 10y ago
  It's non-trivial if you include the added depth that affects the whole phone.
  - angersock 10y ago
    Oh golly gee a whole four millimeters! Whatever shall we do? The "how thin can we make our phones" game is as stupid as the 3D TV game.
mightykan 10y ago
iPod touch is thinner than an iPhone and still has a 3.5mm jack. Thickness considerations isn’t a reason to remove it. The thickness of iPhone 6S/Plus actually increased compared to 6/Plus to accommodate the, to me, gimmicky 3D touch display assembly. The size of the battery shrank, too. So, if Apple really cared about thinness and battery life, they wouldn’t have included/will remove the 3D touch stuff in the next iPhone. I think controlling all aspects of the device (perhaps a DRM move?) is one reason but I have yet to hear a compelling reason to remove. I suspect that if they were to remove it, they’ll do it without trying to justify it at all. They’ll present it as the way it is. See the App Store search results Ad. announcement, which is borderline tone-deaf, for one recent example of doing something that wholly benefits Apple and no one else.

olympus 10y ago

A usb-c to 3.5mm adapter will almost certainly be inconvenient. It has to plug into the usb-c port, which means that it will protrude from the phone, and the 3.5mm plug will stick out past that. Integrating it into the phone was much better since you didn't have the additional protrusion.

sjwright 10y ago
If the adapter is in the form of a low profile short and stubby cable, the protrusion issue wouldn't be so bad.
Yhippa 10y ago
The biggest drawback for me: one more think to keep track of with my phone.

angersock 10y ago

A non-trivial volume? Seriously? What a load of nonsense. What else of equivalent utility would be put there, a cure for cancer? This is just a DRM play in the guise of making the phones sexier.

wvenable 10y ago
DRM play? What content is this protecting?
rwmj 10y ago
It's non-trivial if you include the added depth that affects the whole phone.
- angersock 10y ago
  Oh golly gee a whole four millimeters! Whatever shall we do? The "how thin can we make our phones" game is as stupid as the 3D TV game.

mightykan 10y ago

iPod touch is thinner than an iPhone and still has a 3.5mm jack. Thickness considerations isn’t a reason to remove it. The thickness of iPhone 6S/Plus actually increased compared to 6/Plus to accommodate the, to me, gimmicky 3D touch display assembly. The size of the battery shrank, too. So, if Apple really cared about thinness and battery life, they wouldn’t have included/will remove the 3D touch stuff in the next iPhone. I think controlling all aspects of the device (perhaps a DRM move?) is one reason but I have yet to hear a compelling reason to remove. I suspect that if they were to remove it, they’ll do it without trying to justify it at all. They’ll present it as the way it is. See the App Store search results Ad. announcement, which is borderline tone-deaf, for one recent example of doing something that wholly benefits Apple and no one else.