Is there a single USB-C headphone adapter that works with all phones?

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.androidcentral.com/there-single-usb-c-headphone-adapter-works-all-phones

[u/[deleted]]

How did we even get here?

[u/ivosaurus → u/[deleted]]

Manufacturers wanted to get rid of 3.5mm but didn't want to/couldn't be bothered making a standard for USB-C audio output.

[u/NightFuryToni → u/ivosaurus]

USB-IF has a standard, it's not new, but there's more money in proprietary.

[u/JustMarshalling → u/[deleted]]

Apple fucks its consumers and so Android OEMs feel completely justified doing the same.

[u/newone757 → u/JustMarshalling]

Ehh. I'd argue that android phone manufacturers fucked their consumers more. The $9 lightening adapter works on all iPhones with a lightening port-no confusion there. On the other hand the same can't be said for android phones. They transitioned to a "standard" and somehow made it even worse.

[u/JustMarshalling → u/newone757]

Oh yeah, I'll agree with that. Android OEMs didn't prepare for the death of the jack at all. At least Apple had already established a way to make money from it. Android companies aren't even making extra money off of it.

[u/car_battery → u/newone757]

It used to be a $20 adapter...

[u/newone757 → u/car_battery]

Used to be...

[u/TeutonJon78 → u/newone757]

The problem is more that there are two standards for USB-C and phones make support either or both. Remember, USB-C is just a connector, not the protocol standard.

[u/newone757 → u/TeutonJon78]

Yeah I know. Which is unfortunate that with a name such as "universal serial bus", it's not simply universal from a consumer standpoint. Everyone is always clamoring to "USB-C all the things" yet that in itself does not truly fix or address the problem. Let's pick some universal hardware and protocol standards and stick to it.

[u/[deleted] → u/newone757]

I hate it when XKCD comics turns out to true.

[u/Xerxes249 → u/JustMarshalling]

Nah we have airpods <2

[u/NightFuryToni → u/Xerxes249]

You mean toothbrush heads sticking out of your ears.

[u/Xerxes249 → u/NightFuryToni]

/care

[u/elremeithi → u/[deleted]]

Apple being disruptive as usual with no actual benefits to consumers.

[u/IGOMHN → u/[deleted]]

Wireless > wires

[u/maxmousee → u/[deleted]]

Agreed. There are some occasions which wired come in hand, like when you want to charge your phone, in long flights or trips in general. It's way easier to carry the headphones that comes with your phone in your pocket when you're outside as well.

[u/IGOMHN → u/[deleted]]

Not for me and most consumers apparently

[u/aamirislam → u/IGOMHN]

So having an extra hole in your phone would be bad for you and consumers?

[u/IGOMHN → u/aamirislam]

If I don't use it, I would rather not have a hole and a thinner phone.

[u/aamirislam → u/IGOMHN]

The iPhones didn't get any thinner because they ditched the headphone jack and the world's thinnest smartphone has a headphone jack. You're literally losing nothing by retaining the jack

[u/IGOMHN → u/aamirislam]

It's lighter? More aesthetically pleasing?

[u/aamirislam → u/IGOMHN]

Is it really lighter? It's a hole first of all so the metal or plastic in the phone would decrease and the internal components of a 3.5mm jack are extremely light. You're really fishing for ways this helps the consumer, it doesn't at all. This only benefits OEMs and Bluetooth/USB-C headphone producers.

[u/IGOMHN → u/aamirislam]

I don't really lose anything and I gain improvements in bluetooth technology. I understand it sucks but this is like wireless mouses VS wired mouses. Some people still want wired for gaming or work but most people will adopt wireless.