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Phones won't come with headphone jacks anymore. Deal with it.

by miguelrochefort 9y ago

fenwick67 9y ago
Mine will.
- miguelrochefort 9y ago
  Good luck with your niche device that will never receive updates.
  - dandare 9y ago
    Thanks, I am very happy with my S8.
fake-name 9y ago
No
- miguelrochefort 9y ago
  No what?
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    >> Deal with it. > No.
    - khedoros1 9y ago
      The question was asked: "Deal with what?" All I did was try to clarify.
__alias 9y ago
There's got to be a word for the attitude you are running here.. I can't think of it. Anyway, as an owner of wireless headphones and wired headphones I definitely wouldn't choose a phone without an aux in. My wireless headphones have stayed uncharged for months - i'm not yet ready to be responsible for charging two devices every night.
- zootboy 9y ago
  Defeatism?
  - misterbwong 9y ago
    Stockholm Syndrome. Defeatism implies that these people feel defeated and have given up. Instead, I get the feeling people are trying to spin this as "progress"
- username223 9y ago
  > There's got to be a word for the attitude you are running here.. I can't think of it. "Fatalism"? It's the same attitude that leads some people to roll over and agree that "privacy is dead -- get used to it." The replacement of the headphone jack by a port that is worse in every way, by wireless 'phones that are unreliable and need to be charged every few hours, or by an expensive dongle makes life worse for everyone except headphone and dongle salesmen. The rest of us should not simply roll over and take it.
  - hanklazard 9y ago
    I agree. The issue is, as a longtime iPhone user, I'm being forced into a no-headphone-jack phone. I need to get a new phone in the next month or so, and my major options are: 1. iphone SE - seems great, but given its internals are 6S, it will be updated into slow performance sooner than my other options. 2. iphone SE 2 - rumored to come out in the next 4-6 months, but who's to say it will have a headphone jack? 3. iphone 7/8/X - dongle land 4. Switch to android - apart from standard friction of using a new OS (probably not a very big deal), I may need to re-buy a number of apps. And the one android phone I was counting on, the Pixel 2, now also doesn't have a headphone jack. Thanks google. I'm actually tempted to just buy an android phone by Blu or something; this overpriced hardware seemed almost worth it when it was at least not taking away features that I use everyday. Is that the best version of not rolling over and taking it? Ugh. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate them.
    - 9y ago
Frondo 9y ago
This is kind of the right answer, even though it's obviously not popular. The real problem is, right now wireless headphones aren't nearly as convenient along a number of axes as wired headphones. The real solution is, get them to be absolutely as convenient. After all, solving engineering problems is what we're all about here, right?
- duncan_bayne 9y ago
  It would be nice if they were engineering problems created by actual user demand, though, not a combination of slick marketing and fear of media piracy.
- username223 9y ago
  When someone figures out how to make wireless earbuds that cost $20 or less, never need charging, and won't fall out of my ears and down a sewer grate, I'll think about buying them.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  I'll look forward to the $5 wireless headphones that don't need charged, and the matching transmitters to stick into all my current devices.
dragonwriter 9y ago
Right now, I'm dealing with it by preferentially buying phones that come with a headphone jack. And internally stowed stylus. And a slot for a memory card. Fortunately, the Note 8 has all three. Sure all of those may be on the way out in long term trend—the others for longer than the headphone jack. But as long as I have a choice, I'll vote with my wallet for the things I prefer.
dang 9y ago
Please don't do this here.
ImSkeptical 9y ago
My own opinion has shifted along with the availability of my Bluetooth headphones. Before I owned Bluetooth headphones I thought getting rid of the headphone jack was a bad idea. After I bought a nice pair that does noise canceling as well, I became a Bluetooth headphone evangelist. After my girlfriend discovered how nice my (or as she calls them "the") Bluetooth headphones are, I find I'm dreading having to pay another 300-400 dollars for another pair of headphones now that my pixel is arriving in a few days.

Phones won't come with headphone jacks anymore. Deal with it.

fenwick67 9y ago

Mine will.

miguelrochefort 9y ago
Good luck with your niche device that will never receive updates.
- dandare 9y ago
  Thanks, I am very happy with my S8.

fake-name 9y ago

miguelrochefort 9y ago
No what?
- khedoros1 9y ago
  >> Deal with it. > No.
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    The question was asked: "Deal with what?" All I did was try to clarify.

__alias 9y ago

There's got to be a word for the attitude you are running here.. I can't think of it. Anyway, as an owner of wireless headphones and wired headphones I definitely wouldn't choose a phone without an aux in. My wireless headphones have stayed uncharged for months - i'm not yet ready to be responsible for charging two devices every night.

zootboy 9y ago
Defeatism?
- misterbwong 9y ago
  Stockholm Syndrome. Defeatism implies that these people feel defeated and have given up. Instead, I get the feeling people are trying to spin this as "progress"
username223 9y ago
> There's got to be a word for the attitude you are running here.. I can't think of it. "Fatalism"? It's the same attitude that leads some people to roll over and agree that "privacy is dead -- get used to it." The replacement of the headphone jack by a port that is worse in every way, by wireless 'phones that are unreliable and need to be charged every few hours, or by an expensive dongle makes life worse for everyone except headphone and dongle salesmen. The rest of us should not simply roll over and take it.
- hanklazard 9y ago
  I agree. The issue is, as a longtime iPhone user, I'm being forced into a no-headphone-jack phone. I need to get a new phone in the next month or so, and my major options are: 1. iphone SE - seems great, but given its internals are 6S, it will be updated into slow performance sooner than my other options. 2. iphone SE 2 - rumored to come out in the next 4-6 months, but who's to say it will have a headphone jack? 3. iphone 7/8/X - dongle land 4. Switch to android - apart from standard friction of using a new OS (probably not a very big deal), I may need to re-buy a number of apps. And the one android phone I was counting on, the Pixel 2, now also doesn't have a headphone jack. Thanks google. I'm actually tempted to just buy an android phone by Blu or something; this overpriced hardware seemed almost worth it when it was at least not taking away features that I use everyday. Is that the best version of not rolling over and taking it? Ugh. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate them.
  - 9y ago

Frondo 9y ago

This is kind of the right answer, even though it's obviously not popular. The real problem is, right now wireless headphones aren't nearly as convenient along a number of axes as wired headphones. The real solution is, get them to be absolutely as convenient. After all, solving engineering problems is what we're all about here, right?

duncan_bayne 9y ago
It would be nice if they were engineering problems created by actual user demand, though, not a combination of slick marketing and fear of media piracy.
username223 9y ago
When someone figures out how to make wireless earbuds that cost $20 or less, never need charging, and won't fall out of my ears and down a sewer grate, I'll think about buying them.
khedoros1 9y ago
I'll look forward to the $5 wireless headphones that don't need charged, and the matching transmitters to stick into all my current devices.

dragonwriter 9y ago

Right now, I'm dealing with it by preferentially buying phones that come with a headphone jack. And internally stowed stylus. And a slot for a memory card. Fortunately, the Note 8 has all three. Sure all of those may be on the way out in long term trend—the others for longer than the headphone jack. But as long as I have a choice, I'll vote with my wallet for the things I prefer.

dang 9y ago

Please don't do this here.

ImSkeptical 9y ago

My own opinion has shifted along with the availability of my Bluetooth headphones. Before I owned Bluetooth headphones I thought getting rid of the headphone jack was a bad idea. After I bought a nice pair that does noise canceling as well, I became a Bluetooth headphone evangelist. After my girlfriend discovered how nice my (or as she calls them "the") Bluetooth headphones are, I find I'm dreading having to pay another 300-400 dollars for another pair of headphones now that my pixel is arriving in a few days.