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First They Took Our Headphone Jack, Now They’re Taking Our Volume Buttons
- jplayer01 7y ago> But no matter what, we will have to cope with the fact that they are taking our buttons away, just like they took the physical keyboard and the headphone jack. And eventually, they will eliminate the screen itself, too. Is that when we've implanted direct interfaces into our brains? How far off is that?
- maimeowmeow 7y agobet charger is next, use non servicable phone with drm battery for 1 or 2 years before being forced to replace the whole unit when battery runs out.
- ToFab123 7y agoContact lenses and voice control i would guess. Artificial eyes also.
- titzer 7y agoIn an ad-laden world, I'm not signing up for this.
- haunter 7y agoWaterproof and 3.5mm headphone jack can't exist together. Simple as that.
- shard 7y agoIncorrect. Samsung phones have been waterproof for a while despite having a 3.5mm headphone jack.
- colejohnson66 7y agoI thought they had a patent on it, however, I haven’t been able to find anything...
- c22 7y agoI have a Cat S60 with a headphone jack and last night it sat in my pocket in a hot tub for 3 hours and still works fine. Granted, I don't know if I can have headphones plugged in in the water.
- frittig 7y agoJust to clarify, the phone was on and submerged in near boiling water for 3 hours? If so, that's amazing. Most "waterproof" phones say in small print that they shouldn't even be used in the shower.
- c22 7y agoYeah, this was actually the first time I tried a hot tub (it's been in many pools, lakes, and rivers). I might have spoke a little too soon though, because looking at it today there is some minor screen discoloration in the lower left corner and the (physical) back button seems to have stopped responding. I'm due for a new phone anyway, which is why I chanced it, but this thing is tank-like. All the ports have aluminum-backed rubber flaps that seal when not in use and the speaker and mic close with little "5 meter" switches. I've had it since 2016 and put it through some serious drops and stresses and it's held up really well. The one complaint was that the "carbon fiber" finish on the back started peeling off after about 6 months.
- tinus_hn 7y agoRubber doesn’t hold up well to soap, that’s why you shouldn’t use these items in the shower.
- conradludgate 7y agoMy OnePlus 5 took a nice dip in a hot tub. Still works fine 18 months later and so does the headphone jack
- exabrial 7y agoAbsolutely incorrect. There have been a ton of ip68 phones on the market for 7+ years
- wmeredith 7y agoI had a waterproof Walkman in the 80's
- felixding 7y agoNo. Sony used to make phones that have the jack, are water resistance, and even have removable battery.
- mackrevinack 7y agoI dunked my xz1 compact underwater the first day I got it just to see if it was actually waterproof or not. it has a headphone jack and its still working perfectly to this day
- mr_toad 7y ago> If phone makers really work out any potential accidental touch issue Doesn’t seem very likely. Maybe if you keep your phone in a purse or wallet, and you’re not very active. I can’t leave the ‘touch screen to wake’ setting on with my phone because it is always trying to butt dial emergency numbers.
- gandalfian 7y agoI always thought sonys physical quick access camera button was an underappreciated good idea.
- tortasaur 7y agoEh, I don't think it's enough of a value add to justify a standalone button. Double-tapping the power button works just fine.
- jpindar 7y agoMy LG has a dedicated Google button. I wish I could remap it for other purposes, but I haven't found a way.
- mackrevinack 7y agohave you tried the latest tasker update? there's an option to remap the bixby button on my phone, I just hadn't got around to doing it yet as theres a few things they need to be done first like plugging into a computer and entering some ADB command
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- exabrial 7y agoI cannot wait for the fad of "less ports, less buttons, less options" to end.
- grawprog 7y agoI still remember the fad of "let's see how many weird things we can cram onto a cell phone". It led to some pretty cool if impractical phones. Every phone I've gotten seems to be just a step towards less and less physical buttons each time. The physical home button was the last one to go I'm pretty sure.
- mackrevinack 7y agoor less screen space, aka ugly notches
- perl4ever 7y agoAm I the only one who assumes the volume button is going to go away in order to prevent muting ads?
- Too 7y agoSpotify already does this even with the presence of buttons. If you lower the volume during an ad it will automatically pause, only way to resume is to up the volume again.
- pray4gays 7y agoI'm kind of entirely sick of mobile devices in every way already, so they might as well go all the way and make one that senses when it is held by naked human flesh, and then tries to carbonize all life within a three foot radius. It pretty much feels like that's the future we're being forced into anyway. Seems more efficient than self driving cars that chauffeur us to the ovens in an air conditioned capsule, no?
- mackrevinack 7y agowhat would be the financial benefit of this though? taking away the headphone jack meant that people would buy said phone manufacturers bt headphones but would they be selling here? will apple be selling a button dongle?
- tinus_hn 7y agoAmazing how people complain that there is no innovation in the phone space, and then when there is innovation they complain about that. No, you can’t have buttons on that foldable display. Yes, a wrap around display means you’ll have to do without physical buttons.
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