Ask HN: Which improvement introduced to replace headphone jack is useful to you?

5 pointsfunwie7y ago5 comments

Take into consideration that the headphone jack and Bluetooth (wireless) headphones were available and working well before manufacturers got rid of the jack in the name of improvements.

Consider that some devices still have the headphone jack and same improvements as those without the jack.

It is to my knowledge that ports provided for the headphone “jack-less” devices are not interoperable. Will you say this is good for the industry and importantly the consumer?

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dominotw7y ago· 2 in thread

water resistance.

matt_the_bass7y ago

Why is this dependent on removing the classic headphone jack? They can be made water resistant too.

awaywopassd7y ago

My S7 Active with headphone jack is water proof.

phaus7y ago

Its terrible for the consumer. Instead of a thousand affordable options for whatever kind of headphone you want, there are far fewer options and even expensive wireless earbuds/headphones suffer from latency, making them almost worthless. I've never had a bluetooth device of any kind that was even close to 100% reliable where I didn't occasionally have to mess with settings to get it to pair properly.

vinylkey7y ago

I'd rather just have a proper headphone jack.

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