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> How many times will it take you forgetting your dongle to just pony up and buy the apple approved headphones? Or do like I would do, which is buy an Android
by frandroid 10y ago
> How many times will it take you forgetting your dongle to just pony up and buy the apple approved headphones?
Or do like I would do, which is buy an Android phone. I mean they only have 88% market share, how long will _they_ be around?
- bitwize 10y agoWhen Apple removed the floppy drive, CD drive, and ports older than USB, everyone else followed. What do you think is going to happen to Android phones' headphone jacks?
- mead5432 10y agoProbably not become lightning connectors...
- cmdrfred 10y agoWhile my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive anymore. It does have a DVD drive and USB ports. Who is this 'everyone'?
- bitwize 10y ago"ports older than USB" meant serial and, later, ethernet. My new-issue Dell work laptop lacks an optical drive and Ethernet. My dad just bought an even beefier Dell laptop and the first thing he asked was "where's the DVD drive?" Dell offered to send him a free external USB optical drive, but told him that internal optical drives were simply not an option on that make of laptop.
- jellicle 10y agoNothing. The question is, who is going to win: the legion of teenagers and young adults who listen to audio via the headphone jack, or device makers? (It's the legion.) If you had a replacement that was better - cheaper, less of an annoyance than $5 headphones plugged into a cheap phone - then you might win. But the proposed replacement is superexpensive, battery-powered wireless headphones. When the no-strain-relief Apple cables break, probably within weeks, you're supposed to buy another superexpensive set. That's not going anywhere with the horde of teenagers. It's a non-starter.
- jshevek 10y agoI would happily buy a phone with two type c ports which could detect and use analog headphones using pins on the type c plug for their analog signal.
- jshevek 10y agoThe headphone jack was already destined to be replaced by USB type-c on many (not all) portable devices. Apple's move may change the time line, but does not change this fact.
- frandroid 10y agoSome Android phones will have 3.5mm jacks, and some won't. At least there will be choice.