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Its not obselete when 100s of millions of people use it everyday and the replacement is expensive, needs replacing because the batteries die and has poorer soun
by steve19 7y ago
Its not obselete when 100s of millions of people use it everyday and the replacement is expensive, needs replacing because the batteries die and has poorer sound quality.
No phone is more waterproof with it than without (they all have complex data ports with many connection vs three or four in a jack). No phone has a bigger battery. No phone is tougher.
It allows Apple and others to sell expensice Bluetooth ear buds.
And yes, I do own a pair of airpods.
- jki275 7y agoThe iphones have been waterproof since the 7 I think. The 3.5mm connector isn't waterproof, the lightning connector evidently is.
- steve19 7y agoAndroid phones have been waterproof with 3.5mm jacks, for at least the past 5 years, maybe longer.
- helloindia 7y agoI don't know about other manufacturers, but the latest Google Pixel 3a & 3a XL which comes with the 3.5mm jack, aren't waterproof. https://www.teamandroid.com/2019/05/16/google-pixel-3a-waterproof/ https://www.teamandroid.com/2019/05/16/google-pixel-3a-water...
- detaro 7y agoYes, and other manufacturers make phones that are waterproof. Just one example: Motorola moto x4.
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- retardedGarbage 7y agoMost milspec phones have been waterproof for a long time. Kyocera has a group of phone models (named Hydro) that are/were waterproof, although they aren't very impressive or popular, and rely on caps with gaskets.
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