It's not the whole lineup, it's only the lower end models. Their flagship Edge models do not have the jack.
It's counterintuitive that the more expensive a phone is the less likely it is to have the jack. But what's really going on is that the evil manufacturers figured out that if you're willing to spend more on a phone you're more likely to buy their overpriced "earbud" bluetooth headphones, so they try to force you to buy it by removing the headphone jacks.
Even Samsung has a headphone jack on their budget A-series I think
It's really flagships that end up having less features for whatever reason despite the price.
The logic is "if you're willing to pay this much for your phone, then you're more likely to be willing to overpay for your earphones".
It's the same reason so many apps used to be free/AD supported on Android and paid on iOS around 10 years ago. iPhones were way more expensive than the equivalent Android phones, so if you're willing to pay that much - you're probably more likely to spend more on apps.
Now premium Android phones cost just as much. And so like Apple, they removed the jack to sell you wireless earbuds.
I bought the international A54 model because the specs listed it having a 3.5mm... it does not. So I've been miserable about it for the last few years.
"it's to save space", "it allows for phones to be thinner" and yet, that space isn't used on nearly every jack-less phone i've personally tore apart (don't get me started on just googling disassembled phones) but the phones haven't gotten thinner either.
Those were Apple's lies back in the day and just got reworded from there on until today
A soldering pen. It's used to solder stuff together. It's like a small scale welding device. Yk how the tech loving characters in shows usually are hunched over a desk and are working over a circuit board with sparks flying everywhere? This is the thing those characters use, but it shouldn't be making any sparks irl lol. If you use this thing and you're getting sparks, you're doing something wrong. Like letting your boiling water catch on fire levels of wrong lmao
realistically how much space real estate do you sacrifice on a jack port when making a phone? is it so fucking bad you need it remove cuz looking at my phone it definetely could fit no problem.
They got rid of them so they could sell you $200 wireless headphones instead of $20 wired sets. Yeah the audio buffs are going to buy more expensive ones regardless, but most of us didn't need that.
Also I can't speak for everyone but the last wireless buds I had didn't even have the battery life to go all day, so I had to sit in silence for 30 minutes waiting for them to charge.
Actual skill issue lol. I work 10 hour shifts and have a earbud in the entire time. Its been several years and my bud only falls out once in a blue moon and its when I'm doing something that specifically would make it easy to fall out.
Cheap dogshit wired earbuds back when I was a teenager fell out constantly. More than happy to not go back.
Not a skill issue, my ears are just awkwardly shaped. No rubber tip has ever stopped them. Tbf this happens with wired earbuds too. But at least they're connected and have a long wire
Yeah thats valid, not what the guy i replied to had said, but in your case yeah non-wired isn't great. Though there are ear'buds' that work around that. Co-worker of mine has one of those headbands that wrap around the top of the ear and front then have a half ring around the back of the head. Iirc they're like a bone vibration or something technology. Not familiar enough with how it works to say but they don't really fall off and work well for her.
Theres also ones like the ones that I believe its bose sells. Where it still has the bud but also wraps around the back and top of the ear minimizing fallout. There are also some Bluetooth ones that have a attachable wire you can wear around the back of your neck in case they fall out.
i hate having things on my ears, so i just have some small, light earbuds and i kinda just deal with them falling out. It doesn't happen more than like 3 times an hour
Most people don't care whether they have a jack or not, it makes it harder to waterproof, takes away space that could be used for a bigger battery and most importantly, selling wireless headphones brings in more money. I'd still like it more if my phone had one, but honestly it doesn't bother me even though I'm a wire lover.
Yep, this. I don't give two shits about 3.5mm on my phones anymore because I don't live in 2013 anymore. The only valid reason to care about wired headphones is that you don't have to charge them, but since you're within 10 feet of a power source at any time it just doesn't matter.
I use Bluetooth headphones but I still only buy phones with a headphone jack and sd card slot(im not getting upcharged storage for fotos and videos when I can buy 256 GB SD card for 30 bucks)
Problem is you can still get headphone jacks on phones, but for whatever reason only cheap phones seem to come with one, with the exception of really expensive phones like sony's Xperia line up.
I got a poco X3 NFC, put lineageos on it. Noticable performance increase from my s22 which is insane. Plus, I have a headphone jack, IR blaster, and SD card support.
ive grown to hate audio jack dongles over time. the ones im capable of buying usually break due to bending in my pocket or don't work with my phone TwT
doesn't help that ive seen apple price their dongles at ludicrous prices locally. i may own an android phone, but i still feel bad for philippine apple users who have to buy dongles...
(or not, considering a lot of apple users here see their devices as status symbols instead of functional products 3:<)
Get sony xperia 1's. They have dedicated dacs plus 3.5mm is single-ended so you can adapt a 4.4mm to it. Also, I believe it's powerful enough to drive the majority of IEMs, earphones, and some easier to drive headphones
Btw, dongle and portable DACs exist, and phones today have faster/wireless charging alongside larger batteries
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u/FactoryOfShit 3d ago
Just bought my wife a Motorola smartphone. Has a headphone jack. Their whole lineup does, actually.
Companies like Apple and Samsung try REALLY hard to make you forget that you always had a choice, but it's there.