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> when you sell a billion devices and the little jack costs a buck a device you just made yourself a billion dollars for nothing You're looking at it the wrong
by maltalex 9y ago
> when you sell a billion devices and the little jack costs a buck a device you just made yourself a billion dollars for nothing
You're looking at it the wrong way. It's not the money you save; it's the money you make by selling adapters.
Also, there might be legitimate engineering reasons for getting rid of the 3.5mm jack. It is rather large by modern standards, maybe there are also water-proofing concerns. It's a trade-off I wouldn't make, but I'm neither Apple nor Google.
- trimtab 9y agoIf space utilization is the issue then use a 2.5mm jack. Like Palm (before HP) did over 10 years ago. Waterproofing a jack is not any harder than doing it for USB. Eliminating the jack entirely just means I'll be looking elsewhere for my next phone and I've bought a lot of Google phones. Bluetooth dropouts and interference are a regular occurrence. And dongles are not necessary unless the phone makers is just trying to make more money by removing existing functionality from the base device.