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My wife dropped her phone down the toilet. It survived! So the no Jack was a big win for her. The article is missing that very reasonable use case for no Jack.
by tlarkworthy 8y ago
My wife dropped her phone down the toilet. It survived! So the no Jack was a big win for her.
The article is missing that very reasonable use case for no Jack.
- pgo 8y agoThere is no correlation in being waterproof and not having a headphone jack. Several phones have both
- tlarkworthy 8y agoIt's one of of the quoted reasons at least: https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/07/apple-explains-headphone-jack-removal/ https://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/07/apple-explains-headphon...
- inpdx 8y agoPlenty of IP68 phones have headphone jacks.
- exabrial 8y agoSamsung has had waterproof headphone jacks for years. My LG v35 has a quite nice "Quad DAC" and a waterproof headphone jack. It's absurd to think that Apple has eleventy billion dollars but can't design a waterproof headphone jack.
- lake99 8y agoI would wash my old Moto G under a tap whenever it looked a bit dirty. It had a jack. Plenty of phones that have jacks are waterproof.
- village-idiot 8y agoHad mine in my short pockets while wet wading and the damn camera flooded and died. I’m less than thrilled with apples waterproofing, headphone jack or no.