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> It's about cutting costs and having one less hole water can get in. That's a lazy excuse. Every single IP68 rugged phone has a headphone jack. And the ones t
by h4ck_th3_pl4n3t 1y ago
> It's about cutting costs and having one less hole water can get in.
That's a lazy excuse. Every single IP68 rugged phone has a headphone jack. And the ones that are more waterproof even made for diving with them also have one.
- xmprt 1y agoThose rugged phones are also thicker and more expensive for what you're getting. Mainstream companies have tried offering the headphone jack in some phones and every single time, those phone have undersold their jackless competitors.
- Dylan16807 1y ago> Mainstream companies have tried offering the headphone jack in some phones and every single time, those phone have undersold their jackless competitors. What, when? I hope you don't mean when the flagship phone has no headphone jack, and a mid tier phone does. It's not the choice between the headphone jack and 3% more battery making the decision in that situation.
- user_7832 1y ago> Those rugged phones are also thicker and more expensive for what you're getting. Mainstream companies have tried offering the headphone jack in some phones and every single time, those phone have undersold their jackless competitors. Yeah… the budget Moto G3 from 2015 with IPX7 says hi. To the limited surprise of anyone who was familiar with the brand back then, the top model (16GB/2gb) sold out in less than a week. You can’t tell me it’s harder to waterproof a headphone jack in 2025 than it was in 2015. And could you please tell me how a rubber gasket adds appreciable thickness to a phone? Because I find that a bit hard to believe.
- mc3301 1y agoBlackview n6000 has no headphone jack.
- h4ck_th3_pl4n3t 1y agoI'm wondering now how much time you used to find that single one that has no headphone jack and is also IP68 certified. Congrats, I guess?
- mc3301 1y agoI just happened to have that model on my desk when I read your comment.