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It's not that insightful, since it's obviously false. The fact is that the much-improved water resistance made possible in part by ditching the headphone jack h
by Bud 8y ago
It's not that insightful, since it's obviously false. The fact is that the much-improved water resistance made possible in part by ditching the headphone jack has made a lot of users' lives much better, because they have dunked their iPhones in water and the result has been no damage, as opposed to the expense and inconvenience of replacing their phones.
It would have been more effective if the author didn't cherry-pick only the facts which support his argument.
- Johnny555 8y agoThe Galaxy S9 has the same water resistance rating as the iPhone, and it has a headphone jack.
- fingerlocks 8y agoI've always been skeptical about this claim. Apple's own 3.5mm -> lighting dongle is surprising resistant to water (I've spilled coffee on mine and it still works), but I can't find any information of whether the dongle itself is waterproof. I've looked. Also, Samsung made a phone with a waterproof 3.5mm female port. They weren't the first.
- tempestn 8y agoYeah, the 3.5mm port is certainly easier than the USB port to make waterproof. Probably easier than speakers and microphones too.
- addicted 8y agoI don’t know much about this, but from a layman’s perspective I completely agree with you. I find it hard to believe that of all the elements making waterproofing harder, the headphone jack was one of the larger concerns.
- DanBC 8y agoSpeakers and microphones just need a bit of gore tex. These are off the shelf parts, and companies like Apple etc can easily spec their own. https://www.gore.com/products/categories/venting?view=portable-electronic-vents https://www.gore.com/products/categories/venting?view=portab... I agree that it's also really easy to make 3.5 mm jack sockets waterproof.
- tempestn 8y agoYeah, I'm not trying to imply the speakers are hard to waterproof. Just that the 3.5mm is arguably even simpler.
- nikofeyn 8y agonot true. the iphone xs has a water resistance rating of ip68. the lg v35, which has an audio jack and high-end audio dac, has a rating of ip68.