Somewhat overdue IMHO.

  • @tahoe
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    1811 months ago

    Phones have stopped getting thinner like 10 years ago

    • @krashmo
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      1211 months ago

      Not in any practical sense of the word but that didn’t stop them from removing headphone jacks in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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        1411 months ago

        in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off.

        In order to sell more of their “premium” wireless earbuds.

        • @abhibeckert
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          111 months ago

          Um, you know you can use any bluetooth earbuds right?

        • unalivejoy
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          111 months ago

          “Think differently”

          Which is why they designed their wireless ear pods as if they cut off the cord for the wired variant.

      • no banana
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        611 months ago

        Just got my first phone without a headphone jack, and it’s thicker than my previous phone that had one. But honestly it’s mildly annoying at most. A dongle works, I guess, but it’s certainly weird and seems like an unnecessary omission.

        • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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          110 months ago

          I moved on to Airpods shortly after they came out and honestly I have had 0 desire to use wired headphones with a phone. The Airpods pro sound great for earbuds.

          If I want a real super high quality audio experience I’d use a dedicated DAC and AMP because the ones in phones have never been amazing. Plus if I’m out and about there’s probably too much background noise to even appreciate good headphones.

          • no banana
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            110 months ago

            That’s good. Spend most of my time indoors in noise free environments and in ears/earphones do not work for me for medical reasons.

              • no banana
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                Oh I am aware and own a good pair. Latency is still an issue, and my best sounding cans are wired.

    • @eclipse
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      711 months ago

      I’d prefer they make it fatter if the battery would last more than a day as consequence.

      • @abhibeckert
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        They literally have done that. For example iPhone 15 Pro Max is 12.5mm thick. The iPhone 6 (thinnest iPhone ever made) was 7mm.

        There are several iPhones with different batteries but the largest one is 17Wh. The iPhone 6 had a 7Wh battery.

      • @tahoe
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        11 months ago

        That’s what they do. Compare an iPhone 6 to the current ones, you’ll see they’ve gotten fat