Today, Samsung posted its Q2 2023 financial results. The report says Samsung's profits have dropped considerably compared to last year.

Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter::Today, Samsung posted its Q2 2023 financial results. The report says Samsung’s profits have dropped considerably compared to last year.

  • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    Ahh like I get the argument but it is technology progressing, lots of cars didn’t have cd players when the world moved from tapes. The infrastructure responds to demand.

      • cdf12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        It’s not to spend more money, there’s a real increase in value Bluetooth provides to most people. Yes there are edge cases, but when you can get a a blue tooth headset for $5-20 it’s not really cost prohibitive any more.

        Remember when the singe piece Bluetooth mics were like $100 when Bluetooth first started hitting mainstream phones? Many people didn’t think it was worth $100 to use an unwired headset for phone calls.

        Well now, that phone is also your entire music collection, your cable box and much more. Being untethered makes a lot more sense.

        In addition, easily Bluetooth destroyed device batteries, now it’s more power and you can just leave it running all the time in your phone.

          • cdf12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I think also, the removal of the port allowed for better engineering around the screen and better waterproofing and thinner devices.

            I think with the EU mandating phones use USB-C, it might push apple into to drop port charging all together. You may see MagSafe only charging iPhones in the EU or everywhere soon.

    • wreckage@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Just because it’s more modern doesn’t mean it’s a 1:1 replacement.

      Wired is cheaper, and it has better quality, but it can also be annoying if you’re doing sports.

      It’s the same for HD and SSD. I still prefer HD to store multimedia and backups, despite being slower and older than SSD.

      There is no reason for them not to coexist.

    • AlexWIWAEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Removal of an industry standard for a feature with inferior sound quality is not technology progressing imo. I’d be fine with them removing it if lossless Bluetooth became an industry standard, but that hasn’t happened.

      For example, the in flight entertainment has a 3.5mm jack, not a Bluetooth transmitter.

      I love Bluetooth and use it a lot, but it’s not ready to outright replace 3.5. They should supplement each other