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>for most people a water resistant phone is worth losing the 1/8” jack fun fact: the 1/8th jack was never an issue with making a phone water resistant. It does
by coldtea 2y ago
>for most people a water resistant phone is worth losing the 1/8” jack
fun fact: the 1/8th jack was never an issue with making a phone water resistant. It doesn't need to expose the internals any more than USB-C does (actually, even less).
- Kirby64 2y agoIt’s another component that requires water resistant components. Obviously you can make it water resistant, but it comes at an additional cost. More importantly though, the 3.5mm jack is physically quite large inside the phone. It’s much larger than a USB-C jack, for instance. Easily 2-3x the size internally.
- nukem222 2y agoYea but this only matters if you're considering fatness as a factor. This factor disappeared long before the headphone jack did. I have never in my life heard "i won't use that phone cuz it's too fat". Apple just irrationally hates wires. God forbid someone ask for a button!
- Kirby64 2y agoNo, I'm considering footprint as well. The interior volume of a 3.5mm jack is substanial compared to the total volume of a phone.