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> No headphone jack, thus not even up for consideration. Just curious, which flagship smartphone of any manufacturer offers a headphone jack in 2020? In any c

by krn 6y ago

> No headphone jack, thus not even up for consideration. Just curious, which flagship smartphone of any manufacturer offers a headphone jack in 2020? In any case, Pixel 4A 5G has a headphone jack – and comes with the same processor as Pixel 5. So, it's either water resistance and wireless charging, or a headphone jack nowadays.

snvzz 6y ago
>which flagship smartphone of any manufacturer offers a headphone jack in 2020? There's the builtin assumption that I care about flagships. I don't. I only care about headphone jacks. Thus, my options are limited to devices with headphone jacks. Regarding flagships, I could get a flagship now, or get a better (than the current flagship) non-flagship phone for much cheaper, by the next generation. If they hate my money, so be it. I feel no pressure whatsoever to replace my OP3, and once I do, chances are I'm not going to get a flagship, by the look of it. >In any case, Pixel 4A 5G has a headphone jack – and comes with the same processor as Pixel 5. Exactly my point. >it's either water resistance and wireless charging I don't care about wireless charging. Water resistance, it would of course be nice to have, but I haven't ever accidentally destroyed a device with water before, so it's not like I need the feature, unlike the headphone jack. Besides latency being a pet peeve of mine, I do play really tight rhythm games on my phone, I have for several years, and this isn't something I'm willing to give up. Both bluetooth and external DAC+Amp devices have higher latency than headphone jacks.
- krn 6y ago
  > There's the builtin assumption that I care about flagships. I don't. I only care about headphone jacks. No, my point was that your comment about Pixel 5 not having a headphone jack was a bit pointless, because no smartphone manufacturer offers a headphone jack in its flagship device in 2020.
  - snvzz 6y ago
    I don't understand. I don't see how one statement follows from the other. Please elaborate further.
    - krn 6y ago
      I mean, everyone could have predicted that Pixel 5 won't have a headphone jack, because its last three predecessors didn't have it, either. So, if a headphone jack was a requirement of yours, a flagship Pixel device should have never even been in consideration.
      - snvzz 6y ago
        Thank you for the clarification. I haven't given up on "sane" -with a headphone jack in them- flagships being released, but as you say it's pretty bad lately.

by krn 6y ago

snvzz 6y ago

>which flagship smartphone of any manufacturer offers a headphone jack in 2020? There's the builtin assumption that I care about flagships. I don't. I only care about headphone jacks. Thus, my options are limited to devices with headphone jacks. Regarding flagships, I could get a flagship now, or get a better (than the current flagship) non-flagship phone for much cheaper, by the next generation. If they hate my money, so be it. I feel no pressure whatsoever to replace my OP3, and once I do, chances are I'm not going to get a flagship, by the look of it. >In any case, Pixel 4A 5G has a headphone jack – and comes with the same processor as Pixel 5. Exactly my point. >it's either water resistance and wireless charging I don't care about wireless charging. Water resistance, it would of course be nice to have, but I haven't ever accidentally destroyed a device with water before, so it's not like I need the feature, unlike the headphone jack. Besides latency being a pet peeve of mine, I do play really tight rhythm games on my phone, I have for several years, and this isn't something I'm willing to give up. Both bluetooth and external DAC+Amp devices have higher latency than headphone jacks.

krn 6y ago
> There's the builtin assumption that I care about flagships. I don't. I only care about headphone jacks. No, my point was that your comment about Pixel 5 not having a headphone jack was a bit pointless, because no smartphone manufacturer offers a headphone jack in its flagship device in 2020.
- snvzz 6y ago
  I don't understand. I don't see how one statement follows from the other. Please elaborate further.
  - krn 6y ago
    I mean, everyone could have predicted that Pixel 5 won't have a headphone jack, because its last three predecessors didn't have it, either. So, if a headphone jack was a requirement of yours, a flagship Pixel device should have never even been in consideration.
    - snvzz 6y ago
      Thank you for the clarification. I haven't given up on "sane" -with a headphone jack in them- flagships being released, but as you say it's pretty bad lately.