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There is no longer enough space for it on recent iPhones, it has been used for other things. Personally I think you could still make a small phone with a jack,
by dontlaugh 4y ago
There is no longer enough space for it on recent iPhones, it has been used for other things.
Personally I think you could still make a small phone with a jack, but ultimately it doesn't matter much either way. Adapters work fine and bluetooth works even better.
- derbOac 4y agoFWIW, I disagree. The best Bluetooth earbuds don't compare to 3.5mm in sound quality, and wireless just adds another charging dilemma, which is usually fine but can become an issue in certain situations. The adapters are fine in theory but often are clunky or incompatible across platforms. USBC would probably be fine but almost no one uses them and when they increasingly double as charging ports, you have the charging problem again. 3.5mm is a standard that just works and works everywhere. I hate the pressure to get rid of it. It seemed nothing but self serving on the part of phone manufacturers to do so and driven partly by DRM concerns and a desire to either sell accessories (airpods) or ride a minimalism trend to shave design and manufacturing costs.
- geraldhh 4y ago> 3.5mm is a standard that just works and works everywhere absolutely everywhere, anytime!
- kristopolous 4y agobluetooth has latency and it re-encodes audio to a lossy bluetooth audio standard (and yes I know there's at least two and the high-fidelity one isn't bad - it's still lossy) . Unless that is, Apple has "special bluetooth" that avoids this. I wouldn't put that past them. Link me to a doc if they do.
- BeFlatXIII 4y ago"Bluetooth works even better" Than what?
- dontlaugh 4y agoThan wires with a jack at the end, in my personal opinion. No analog unpredictability or crackling, clean digital all the way to the DAC matched to the speakers, no wires to tangle or damage, reliable controls.