SamMobile notes a few other rumors, like that the phone might ship with stereo speakers as
a result of no headphone jack, and that it won't feature a home button.
Not exact matches
Plugging a set
of decent
headphones into the 3.5 mm
jack that's located on the left - hand side
of the tablet) yields good
results too, with very good clarity and no audible hiss in quieter passages
of music.
We had some issues with the
headphone jack on the top
of the unit which
resulted in extra noise and static being discharged on the speakers
of the audio systems the phone was plugged into, but this is a hardware issue that would be covered under warranty rather than a design flaw.
Compared to Apple, Motorola's decision to drop the
headphone jack is at least defensible on account
of the fact the
resulting phone is thinner than any other smartphone the company has released to date.
The smaller Pixel 2 looks very similar to its predecessor, with a 5 - inch OLED display that's now flanked by stereo speakers — a feature that also
results in the removal
of the
headphone jack.
The antenna strips across the rear moved to the very top and bottom
of the rear,
resulting in a cleaner look, while Apple has also said goodbye to the
headphone jack, replacing it with stereo speakers.