My phone isnt a pool toy. I think I can properly keep it away from the water.
“Such a jack also takes up space inside the casing that could be used for other components, such as more battery, adding to the utility of the device. Oh, that’s another good reason to lose the 100 year old technology. In a day and age of multiple functions, why dedicate a port to a single purpose?
LOL! Really one of the worst regurgitation of goofy talking points I’ve heard on this yet.
Dude, you know damn well no one really saw headphones that way, nor did they see headphones jacks as “standing in the way of progress”. Progress meaning making a phone uselessly thinner for the sake of making it thinner.
Calling it “100 year old technology” just radiates the ignorance Apple users are projecting to spin this dumb idea.
Who wants 100 year old technology?
consider you go from buying a $10 overprice earbud set to a 150 overprice Bluetooth set with lower sound quality.
What is the point of a battery life if it is a net loss keeping the Bluetooth transmitter going.
my takeaway today, smartphones are now a commodity and the ONLY thing apple is offering is “stay on the plantation” (suckers)
It is really older than 100 years and it is analog. Do they really pay you enough to try and think up insults for no other reason than they are insults? In a phone where space is at a premium the old analog jack took up a lot of prime Realestate.
Like every other time Apple has killed of worthless technology there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth, then there will be acceptance and when everyone else makes the same move there will be praise.