• bruhbeans
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    212 years ago

    I love how they tried to tell us removing the 3.5mm jack would enable thinner phones, but somehow phones are thicker now. My Nexus 6P was half the depth of my Pixel 6.

    • Marxism-FennekinismOP
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      142 years ago

      Also, it’s 3.5 mm! How much thinner can you possibly need?!

      • @FuckBigTech347@lemmygrad.ml
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        102 years ago

        I’m not an expert, but I think they wanted to get rid of it because it costs more in manufacturing to keep it:

        You have to account for the jack in the molds of the phone’s case.

        You have to constantly keep stock of said connectors.

        Connectors probably need to be installed/soldered by someone, increasing the amount and time of labor.

        Since most phones today only have an USB type C connector (or even a proprietary one) you’re forced to buy extra dongles if you want more interfaces.

        • MexicanCCPBot
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          22 years ago

          3.5mm plugs are literally 1950s technology, the manufacturing cost is virtually zero, instead now they’re including up to four cameras on some phones which are way more expensive and complex to install, take up more space and might be used less often than a headphone jack, so I don’t buy it. This is capitalists we’re talking about. The idea is that you’ll buy an overpriced adapter or more expensive wireless headphones instead. And you’ll replace those headphones more often because the BT Audio codecs will keep getting better (to achieve the same lossless sound quality as a wired pair) and the battery will die out.