Alcatel has also made it easy to access the phone's
headphone socket so you don't need to rely on Bluetooth.
Not exact matches
The sides offer up all the connections on one end, including a conventional 3.5 mm
headphone socket, while retaining the older Micro-USB for charging -
so if you're packing cables, be aware that this might no longer be the same as your up - to - date smartphone.
Our favourite iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus rumour
so far today is that it's not only adios
headphone socket, but that Apple might not even support Bluetooth on its own - brand «Airbud»
headphones.
The sides offer up all the connections on one end, including a conventional 3.5 mm
headphone socket, while retaining the older Micro-USB for charging -
so if you're packing cables, be aware that this might no longer be the same as your up - to - date smartphone.
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).
Nokia also knocks out the
headphone socket, as does Sony,
so only Samsung offers this handy legacy connection.
There are
so many other devices where people use a
headphone socket, it will take them many years to switch to something newer,» he suggested.
There's also a 3.5 mm
headphone socket on both devices -
so it doesn't lose it like the Moto Z - but the Moto G5 and G5 Plus both use Micro-USB, rather than the newer, neater, USB Type - C, which is an odd decision.
Those around you may not appreciate your song choices however,
so you can always use the 3.5 mm
headphone socket — yes, Sony has decided that wired connections are still hip and happening in 2018.
An improvement over the Sony Xperia Z is that the 3.5 mm
headphone socket is now waterproof too,
so you won't have to be constantly opening and closing a cover each time you want to use it.
There's also no 3.5 mm
headphone socket,
so you'll have to use Bluetooth
headphones or the USB Type - C.
Other things to note are that the 3.5 mm
headphone socket is gone,
so it's USB Type - C for audio, or the dongle in the box to use your old
headphones.
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.
Pass - through controls for the power / standby key on top and the volume keys on the side are included — slightly oversized, which works well with gloved fingers, and the power button is IR - transparent
so you can use the HTC TV remote control app still — and there's a hole for the
headphone socket too.