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I've always wondered why it took manufacturers so long to put in a 3.5mm jack into head units--it would have saved us a lot of awful tape adapters in the 90s an

by hx87 10y ago

I've always wondered why it took manufacturers so long to put in a 3.5mm jack into head units--it would have saved us a lot of awful tape adapters in the 90s and CD changer emulators in the 2000s.

eric_h 10y ago
Ha, and apple just removed the 3.5mm jack from their phones. Perhaps the entire reason for it was to get CarPlay into more cars :P
- Bud 10y ago
  No. It wasn't. And by the way, the iPhone 7 can still output to a 3.5mm aux jack just fine, which you probably already knew, or should know.
  - stuffmatters 10y ago
    And then you can't charge it. Terrible trade-off.
    - josephg 10y ago
      I know its trendy right now to hate on the removal of the 35mm headphone jack but this comment is simply false. You can charge it while using the headphone jack - you just need a silly dongle or a dock to do it. http://www.belkin.com/au/p/P-F8J198/ http://www.belkin.com/au/p/P-F8J198/ http://www.apple.com/au/shop/product/MGRM2AM/A/iphone-lightning-dock-white http://www.apple.com/au/shop/product/MGRM2AM/A/iphone-lightn...
      - saiya-jin 10y ago
        which is less than any super cheap android/whatever can do. seriously, wrong and arrogant move. if we users are stupid enough to vote with our money for this, then of course it's all our fault collectively. i know i won't
  - eric_h 10y ago
    I was joking. And I do know that the iPhone 7 has an adapter for the 3.5mm jack, as it came in the box with my iPhone 7.
nsxwolf 10y ago
And those little FM transmitter dongles!