Every phone with a 3.5 mm
headphone port works exactly the same way, even those without the promise of a premium sound experience.
Not exact matches
Also along the line is
headphone / microphone jack, mini-HDMI
port and a microSD card slot — which, incidentally Motorola, actually
works.
The reason why Bluetooth
headphones or speakers will
work is simply due to the fact that these devices lack the
port for a
headphone jack.
Up top are the mini-HDMI
port and the connector
port for charging the tablet and syncing data, and at the right rear are the
headphone jack (which doubles as an external microphone input) and a USB
port (which will
work for input devices such as a mouse, and for flash devices such as memory drives).
There are loud dual speakers on the left side (or the bottom if you're holding it in landscape orientation), along with a standard
headphone jack, a USB
port, and a microSD card slot to supplement the 32 GB of internal storage; it
worked fine with a 256 GB card.
Your old 3.5 mm
headphone jacks will not
work with the new Google Pixel 2 as it has ditched the 3.5 mm
port.
Since wireless chargers
work simply by placing the device on a charging pad (or by clipping it in a wireless charging cradle while driving in your car), the Lightning
port will be free and clear for users to connect Lightning
headphones, or to connect the included Lightning to 3.5 mm
headphone jack adapter to connect standard
headphones or an aux cable.
One has to wait for years to see how it pans out because when one part of the industry still uses them and lots of new
headphone models are made available, simply changing smartphone
ports may not
work as a whole for everyone.
For my Nexus 7 the
headphone jack quit on me, and a month later the charging
port also stopped
working.
According to the reports, Apple is
working on ditching the now universal 3.5 mm
headphone jack in favor of a lightning
port that takes care of the audio connections.
With this array of
ports, the notebook can
work with a mouse, almost any pair of
headphones, and whatever other USB accessories that might normally
work with Android smartphones.
The microUSB
port is surprisingly found at the top, next to the
headphone jack, but is a placement that does end up
working, especially when listening to music using
headphones while charging the device.
Plus, we have a microSD card slot a
headphone jack and two USB - C
ports to
work with — adapter included.
One thing that might
work in the Galaxy S9's favor depending on whether or not you're happy to go wire - free is that it has a
headphone port, which the iPhone X doesn't.
The
headphone jack
works as expected, and you can still use your Lightning
headphones in its respective
port.
Open all flaps, covers and
ports, and plug in your
headphones, charging cord and SIM card or microSD card (if applicable), to make sure everything
works.
The
headphone jack stays out of business, the Lightning
port stays in business, the cameras at the back — the two of them — are stuck in a vertical stack and an unusually large power button at the side remains large to serve as a backup if on - screen Touch ID doesn't
work.
This CDLA adapter or CDLA
headphone if you have one will not
work on other smartphones with USB Type C
port.
It's possible that the
port is wrongfully identifying the
headphone jack adapter as a charger which is why it isn't
working.
SoundFocus is
working with Apple for approval to use the Lightning
port instead of the
headphone jack, so Amp should ship with full digital audio.
Working around the device you'll find the volume rocker, power button and camera button along the right side; down below is the micro-USB
port, the left side of the phone is bare; and up top you'll find the
headphone jack.
Along the top of the Axon M is a
headphone jack, and at the bottom are a USB - C
port and two speakers, which
work in tandem with the earpiece to deliver stereo audio equipped with Dolby Atmos surround sound.
These cutouts are actually somewhat small, but they still
work for using the 3.5 mm
headphone jack and then the USB - C
port, so there's that.