If Apple
does remove the headphone jack, it won't be the first phone - maker to do so, as the recently announced Moto Z eschewed the port, forcing users to listen via wireless headphones or ones that use a USB Type - C connector; Lenovo also plans to include a cable that will let users attach 3.5 mm headphones to the Moto Z.
However, if Google
does remove the headphone jack, it would seem strange, as the company had touted the keeping of the headphone jack during the ads of the original Google Pixel.
Not exact matches
Apple's decision to
remove the
headphone jack in the iPhone 7 brings to light an important question: Would Apple have made the move now if it didn't own Beats?
The relocation of the now deeper set cartridge slot to the bottom right of the device mean you don't have to worry about moronically
removing the cartridge (as I have
done on a few occasions) when closing the system with one hand, and also allows both the charging port and the
headphone jack to sit smack - bang in the middle of the action.
Instead of
removing the
headphone jack like some other phones have been
doing recently, they threw a pair of» premium» earbuds in with every phone.
That includes the Type - C port, a 3.5 mm
headphone jack - OnePlus hasn't had the «courage» to
remove that one yet, despite the slowly growing trend to
do so - and five machined holes for the loudspeaker.
If recent rumors are to be believed, Apple is about to
do something that will make a lot of users very angry:
remove the standard
headphone jack from the iPhone 7.
Many people argue they don't need thinner phones and that Apple should not
remove the
headphone jack and replace regular 3.5 mm
headphones with wireless or Lightning - based ones.
Apple has faced plenty of criticism for its decision to
remove the traditional
headphone jack from the iPhone 7 series, although other Android device makers including Motorola
did it without dealing with much backlash at all.
The debate is still on whether Google has
done the right thing by
removing the standard
headphone jack.
What
do you think about the possibility of Apple
removing the 3.5 mm
headphone jack in iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus?
The only potential thing that
removing the
headphone jack can objectively
do is allow OEMs to make phones thinner.
While Google was quick to call out Apple last year for
removing the
headphone jack in its iPhone lineup, Google apparently felt like this year was the right time to
do it with its brand new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL.
Our readers don't seem to be too happy about the removal of the 3.5 mm
headphone jack, but there could be a major backlash if they
remove a feature and introduce this limitation.
IceUniverse has said the Samsung Galaxy S9 will come with AKG Bluetooth in - ear
headphones in the box, though adds that this doesn't mean the
headphone jack will be
removed - and AKG
headphones is something that appears on the packaging, along with the mention of AKG - tuned stereo speakers.
It's certainly not the thorough leap I expected, with some of its biggest virtues being the presence of a 3.5 mm
headphone jack (meaning the fact that they didn't
remove a feature).
Unlike the older version, of course, you don't get a cut - out for the
headphones jack, as Apple mustered its «courage» and
removed that.
Please don't
remove the
headphone jack or the fingerprint reader.
Although there has been a trend of
removing headphone jacks to get things more compact, OnePlus
did not cave on this decision.
Apple
removed the
headphone jack, and so
did Android phone makers.