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We've had waterproof phones with headphone jacks for ages, so that's not an issue unless you're incompetent. I've never seen a phone where the battery extended
by magduf 7y ago
We've had waterproof phones with headphone jacks for ages, so that's not an issue unless you're incompetent.
I've never seen a phone where the battery extended down to near the headphone jack.
If I put a dongle permanently on my headphones, how do I use them on another device that has a standard 3.5mm jack?
Thickness is only an issue for Apple fans. No one else actually cares if a device is 0.2mm thicker.
- mikepurvis 7y agoI mean, it's not like it's empty space in there. Looking at the insides of an iPhone X, it's clear that something would have to give to make room for a new and quite sizeable connector: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+X+Teardown/98975#s182809 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+X+Teardown/98975#s182... In any case, I fundamentally agree that it's not worth the tradeoff; I use an iPhone 5S and find it perfectly serviceable (and charmingly small and light). But some people do value those things, and/or only use wireless headphones or headphones with a single device.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoSupposedly, previous iPhones had a lot of empty space near where the headphone jack would have been. Enough space for this guy[1] to drill a hole and install Apple's DAC in it. [1]:https://strangeparts.com/bringing-back-the-iphone-headphone-jack-in-china/ https://strangeparts.com/bringing-back-the-iphone-headphone-...
- mikepurvis 7y agoHa, I can only assume that on account of the obvious controversy, this was done by the engineers so they'd have an option to reverse course if the executives had a last-second change of heart. Once it was clear they really did have that space to work with, they filled it up with stuff.