As you would expect, there's
a headphone socket at the top of the Note 8, along with power and volume controls on the right and some capacitive buttons at the bottom, along with that home key.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 have a 3.5 mm
headphone socket at the bottom, a USB Type - C port, speaker grille and a silo for the S Pen.
Not exact matches
Samsung Galaxy On7 Prime has a Micro-USB charging port and a
headphone socket placed
at the bottom.
There's a
headphone socket and a Micro-USB port on the bottom, and a mono speaker
at the back.
At the bottom, the Asus ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro has a Micro-USB port, speaker grille and a 3.5 mm
headphone socket.
The oversized power button and volume control are on the top edge of the screen (although it auto - rotates
at the slightest twist of your wrist, almost too readily), along with the
headphone socket (and the extreme thinness of the Tab makes the
socket look unusually large).
In terms of connectivity, Sony's new tablet will feature the usual WiFi and Bluetooth, as well as a microUSB, an infrared port and a
headphone socket, but no 3G or 4G option, and no type of HDMI,
at least for the time being.
Otherwise, the major physical changes relate to the layout.The cartridge slot has moved to the front, near the left - hand corner, while the
headphone socket now sits
at the centre.
The
headphone socket is
at the bottom of the phone, rather than the top, next to the micro-USB slot — we're not big fans of that, because it feels weird taking it out of the pocket that way.
The
headphone socket is
at the top of the phone, which is convenient, but the Micro-USB port is next to it, which is slightly less so (if you want to use a charging cradle on your desk, the power is expected to plug in
at the bottom).
The iPhone's design hasn't changed a great deal from the 6S, with the only significant alterations other than the loss of the
headphone socket being the larger and more protruding camera lens, and the two speaker grilles
at the bottom of the phone.
This all comes
at a price that makes the Mate 10 Pro appealing, but Huawei has ditched the
headphone socket and we didn't always find it to have the strongest network performance.
The
headphone socket is
at the top of the Sensation (rather than taking its design cues from the larger - screened phones like the Desire HD, which liked to plonk it
at the bottom) but is probably a little close to the edge of the phone - getting a good grip when holding the phone to watch video can be a little hard.
During the presentation for the Google Pixel family of smartphones, Google made it quite clear that they were aiming some aspects of the new Pixel
at iPhone customers including how the new Google devices come with a 3.5 mm
headphone socket.
At present there's the LG Cam Plus camera controls / battery module; the LG Hi - Fi Plus with B&O Play, for a Hi - Fi DAC and amp for 32 - bit high - res playback (sounds great, but the G5's built - in
headphone socket already supports 24 - bit audio, as well as offering aptX HD); and the LG 360 VR, a virtual reality headset.
At the opposite end there's a secondary noise - cancelling mic and the 3.5 mm headphone socket — at least you won't have to invest in a pair of expensive wireless cans if you pick this as your daily drive
At the opposite end there's a secondary noise - cancelling mic and the 3.5 mm
headphone socket —
at least you won't have to invest in a pair of expensive wireless cans if you pick this as your daily drive
at least you won't have to invest in a pair of expensive wireless cans if you pick this as your daily driver.
A 3.5 mm
headphone socket is right in the middle of the top edge, while a Micro-USB port sits
at the bottom edge.
The
headphone socket has also been shifted, now sitting right
at the top of the phone instead of the ridiculous side placement Huawei employed with the previous P6.
You can listen to audio from the phone via both the 3.5 mm
headphone socket AND via a pair of wirelessly connected Bluetooth
headphones at the same time, should you so wish.