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Comparing the 1/4"-20 tripod mount to the 1/8" TRRS jack isn't a great comparison. The tripod mount has been a standard for decades and decades. The phone hea
by oasisbob 9y ago
Comparing the 1/4"-20 tripod mount to the 1/8" TRRS jack isn't a great comparison.
The tripod mount has been a standard for decades and decades.
The phone headphone jack fractured into competing standards years ago. Works fine for listening, but once you want to use a microphone you're dealing with different pinouts for different manufacturers, balkanized auto detection and signaling, incompatible plugs sizing, grounding issues with the phone case, etc. It wasn't a pristine situation when Apple left it behind.
- recursive 9y agoIt is a good comparison to make with TRS connectors, which got hit in the crossfire. It's been a standard for decades and decades. As you say, it works perfectly for listening. And for those of us that don't want remote controls or microphones on our headphones, the connector is an unfortunate casualty of "progress".
- brokenmachine 9y agoVote with your wallet. My next phone will also have a headphone socket.
- p-funk 9y ago>once you want to use a microphone you're dealing with different pinouts This is true, but ultimately they are all variations on the 1/4" phone plug, which has been a standard across multiple industries since the advent of the telephone. Adding another ring to a TRS, or changing the pinout, is a minor variation compared to Apple's alternative. The phone plug is so ubiquitous that I think the comparison is valid.