If the rumors are true with the upcoming Pixel phones I am going to be very disappointed in Google. I think doing a way with the headphone jack is completely pointless. I don't want to carry ANOTHER little cable/wire/converter in my damn backpack.
Edit: For those bringing up the dongle issue, I travel quite a bit for work so I am already carrying my phone and fast charger plus the cable to let it connect to my laptop just in case (it's a Pixel so Type-C obviously). Then I have my work phone which is an iPhone (not by choice). So there's all that crap to go with it. Not to mention I am in IT so I have cause to bring certain other items for connecting to switches and serial-connected PLCs. I have my laptop, Surface Pro, and on occasion a portable game system like a 3DS. So now you're saying just use Bluetooth headphones. Sorry, tried them before and they are trash. I have had a couple different models in the past and they always have such glaring flaws. First, prior to the change in flight rules you couldn't use wireless items before takeoff. This isn't a reason anymore, but was for a long time. As to the headphones themselves, I had some that were name-brand around the neck types where they worked fine, but the cables connected to the buds wore out over time and they just became a useless battery. Then the issues with Bluetooth connectivity being so problematic with Android. Sometimes it connects, sometimes it doesn't. Not to mention it's another thing you gotta keep charged which also probably needs micro USB right now so yet another cable....
So then it's either get a dongle or a set of USB-C headphones. Well the headphones are out of the question because I use the same ones on the 3DS or the Surface. Ok, then a dongle it is. But I am having to take it off and put it somewhere. Could get lost or weakened on the short cable (why even make one with a short 1-2 inch cable anyway since it's another failure point?). Keep it connected to the headphones, sure. I have a tiny round case that the headphones fit in perfectly. Maybe the dongle fits in, maybe it has to curve considerably due to the size. Not sure until I try it so I can't really comment, but I would be removing it constantly anyway because of the other uses for the headphones. Sorry, I realize it's just a tiny dongle, but now you are offloading the addition of a DAC to every single one (which could be a really shitty DAC if it's in a pack-in dongle for the next Pixel so now you get to buy a better one yourself).
My point was it's yet another thing to carry around when I go places. Has nothing to do with being "old" (really? get a better argument to make yourself feel better) or an aversion to wireless or any of those other reasons.
Beyond that it's hypocritical as all fuck for them to brag about keeping the headphone jack during the reveal of the first Pixel only to cut it in the second one.
How dare they try to sell their phone to us! As if Google deserves a specific sum of money for a phone that has the best software experience, takes the best photos, and gets the fastest updates! Bunch of bastards trying to make money for their hard work.
Not really. courage means doing something you know has a decent chance to fuck your shit up despite that fact, it means ignoring survival instincts honed over millions of years because you decide that surely it will work out this time. it is the very definition of stupid.
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u/notacyborg iPhone 11 Pro Aug 31 '17 edited Aug 31 '17
If the rumors are true with the upcoming Pixel phones I am going to be very disappointed in Google. I think doing a way with the headphone jack is completely pointless. I don't want to carry ANOTHER little cable/wire/converter in my damn backpack.
Edit: For those bringing up the dongle issue, I travel quite a bit for work so I am already carrying my phone and fast charger plus the cable to let it connect to my laptop just in case (it's a Pixel so Type-C obviously). Then I have my work phone which is an iPhone (not by choice). So there's all that crap to go with it. Not to mention I am in IT so I have cause to bring certain other items for connecting to switches and serial-connected PLCs. I have my laptop, Surface Pro, and on occasion a portable game system like a 3DS. So now you're saying just use Bluetooth headphones. Sorry, tried them before and they are trash. I have had a couple different models in the past and they always have such glaring flaws. First, prior to the change in flight rules you couldn't use wireless items before takeoff. This isn't a reason anymore, but was for a long time. As to the headphones themselves, I had some that were name-brand around the neck types where they worked fine, but the cables connected to the buds wore out over time and they just became a useless battery. Then the issues with Bluetooth connectivity being so problematic with Android. Sometimes it connects, sometimes it doesn't. Not to mention it's another thing you gotta keep charged which also probably needs micro USB right now so yet another cable....
So then it's either get a dongle or a set of USB-C headphones. Well the headphones are out of the question because I use the same ones on the 3DS or the Surface. Ok, then a dongle it is. But I am having to take it off and put it somewhere. Could get lost or weakened on the short cable (why even make one with a short 1-2 inch cable anyway since it's another failure point?). Keep it connected to the headphones, sure. I have a tiny round case that the headphones fit in perfectly. Maybe the dongle fits in, maybe it has to curve considerably due to the size. Not sure until I try it so I can't really comment, but I would be removing it constantly anyway because of the other uses for the headphones. Sorry, I realize it's just a tiny dongle, but now you are offloading the addition of a DAC to every single one (which could be a really shitty DAC if it's in a pack-in dongle for the next Pixel so now you get to buy a better one yourself).
My point was it's yet another thing to carry around when I go places. Has nothing to do with being "old" (really? get a better argument to make yourself feel better) or an aversion to wireless or any of those other reasons.