The 3.5MM jack isn’t coming back, but having USB-C adapters would be a good compromise. I don’t see any major phone maker shipping them though, and you know Apple would charge $40 for it. Even Anker’s is like $18, and they are the current “good, but not crazy expensive” accessory brand.
It could come back immediately if a law was passed requiring it but we’re too busy fighting about social issues to actually expect the government to do it’s job.
They could also bring back 24-pin serial connectors, the old ps/2 mouse and keyboard connectors and physical keypads.
They’re not going to.
The vast majority of people are going to be buying one version of Bluetooth headsets or another anyway. The wired headsets they’re not shipping were mostly just e-waste, and the jack represented another point of liquids ingress on your phone.
False equivalency. USB is just as good or better than PS2 connectors. Bluetooth can exist on phones anyway and USB C has all its well documented issues.
the 3.5mm jack has one thing in common with all of those connectors: Nobody uses them anymore.
as I said: the VAST majority of people aren’t using wired headsets. We’re in the modern era using bluetooth-capable headsets. Which is why bluetooth is in literally every phone for about twenty years. It’s alot more convenient than dealing with a wire.
The 3.5MM jack isn’t coming back, but having USB-C adapters would be a good compromise. I don’t see any major phone maker shipping them though, and you know Apple would charge $40 for it. Even Anker’s is like $18, and they are the current “good, but not crazy expensive” accessory brand.
It could come back immediately if a law was passed requiring it but we’re too busy fighting about social issues to actually expect the government to do it’s job.
A law. A law to mandate 3.5mm headphone jacks on cellphones.
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve read all week.
I mean a law is why Apple is adopting the USB type-c on the iPhone… Else they were never going to change.
Edit, fixed word
A law* and thank god
So what?
You must not read much then. There are much dumber things said by very powerful people on the front page of Lemmy right now.
No, “gov’t should regulate headphone jacks” is fucking dumb.
I’ll do you one better:
The government should mandate that there be no external loudspeakers, barring a simple ringer, on any mobile device.
I think mine might be just a shade dumber, but I can’t tell
They could also bring back 24-pin serial connectors, the old ps/2 mouse and keyboard connectors and physical keypads.
They’re not going to.
The vast majority of people are going to be buying one version of Bluetooth headsets or another anyway. The wired headsets they’re not shipping were mostly just e-waste, and the jack represented another point of liquids ingress on your phone.
False equivalency. USB is just as good or better than PS2 connectors. Bluetooth can exist on phones anyway and USB C has all its well documented issues.
the 3.5mm jack has one thing in common with all of those connectors: Nobody uses them anymore.
as I said: the VAST majority of people aren’t using wired headsets. We’re in the modern era using bluetooth-capable headsets. Which is why bluetooth is in literally every phone for about twenty years. It’s alot more convenient than dealing with a wire.
You’re telling me people aren’t using connections that don’t exist any more??? I’m shocked I tell you, shocked!!!
No I’m telling you they stopped using them before they were removed, and don’t use them, even when they aren’t removed.
If that weren’t true, Samsung would have seen a gain in market share when apple did it, and would never have followed.
Sorry to get on your snark, but seriously.
I use mine on all my devices. and I see others too.
There will always be a market for people like me who won’t buy devices without a 3.5mm jack
USBC Adapter is another failure point.
People will lose it or forget it.
I don’t care - I want my 3.5 mm jack back, I won’t ever forgive it. Also most phones sold on the world have 3.5 mm, just not the models sold in US.
My mom could use 3.5mm no problems, she can’t use Bluetooth - too complicated for her. Apple is a problem.
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