Somewhat overdue IMHO.

  • @krashmo
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    129 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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      149 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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        19 months ago

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

      • unalivejoy
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        19 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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      69 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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        19 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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          19 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.

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              9 months ago

              Oh I am aware and own a good pair. Latency is still an issue, and my best sounding cans are wired.