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Many flagship Android phones followed Apple's lead and killed the headphone jack, so there's a lot of old headphones that no longer "just work". Furthermore, B
by wonnage 6y ago
Many flagship Android phones followed Apple's lead and killed the headphone jack, so there's a lot of old headphones that no longer "just work".
Furthermore, Bluetooth sucks all around. It's 2020 and you still can't transmit voice without falling back to SCO and having everything sound like a tin can. SBC is barely passable for music, and has hundreds of ms of latency. So companies have already hacked their own various proprietary codecs. Ever hear of AptX or LDAC? They only work with Qualcomm and Sony licensing/devices. Imagine spending $400 on your new WH-1000XM4s only to find that LDAC doesn't work on any desktop OS.
I don't see Apple doing anything different here.
- JMTQp8lwXL 6y agoI already don't need a new phone, but the further lack of a headphone jack dis-incentivizes me from considering further. If the choices are accepting headphones I need to charge to use and being a stick in the mud, I'm going to do the latter. I'll keep my old iPhone until it no longer functions. Consequently, Apple is getting less lifetime revenue from me. But I'm not Apple's target consumer: there are others who are far more profitable. An iPhone and a MacBook are all I need, I don't pay for any of their subscription services (Apple Music) etc.
- wonnage 6y agoYeah, getting rid of the jack was a brilliant way of selling AirPods.