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MineralMan

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Tue Dec 8, 2020, 11:07 AM Dec 2020

Apple Had a Better Idea: [View all]

Basically, the company said, "For customer convenience, we have removed the headphone jack from all iPhones."

This week, my wife, who has been an iPhone fan for quite some time, got her new Samsung A51 phone from the friendly FedEx driver. It has a headphone jack. She uses it to listen to a distant radio station at night on the internet. Today, she is sending her iPhone SE back to Verison for a partial refund. It had an earphone jack, but it was time to update her phone, and none of the new iPhones have one.

After she had it all set up to her liking, she remarked: "How come this phone is so much cheaper than an iPhone and does so much more, AND it has an earphone jack?"

I just shrugged and said, "Sometimes, change is good."

So she switched to Android and the nation is switching to Biden. Change. It's all good.

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Apple Had a Better Idea: [View all] MineralMan Dec 2020 OP
I have an SE, my second one. safeinOhio Dec 2020 #1
That's what soured me on Apple. The ear phone jack. Yavin4 Dec 2020 #2
Yes, and the battery in the Samsung A51 lasts twice as long MineralMan Dec 2020 #4
I've been android from the get go Tripper11 Dec 2020 #3
Yabbut, the iPhone is really worth $1000, right? MineralMan Dec 2020 #5
I have both options of course Tripper11 Dec 2020 #8
One nice thing about wired earbuds is that MineralMan Dec 2020 #9
The cheap ones also break, get tangled, etc... tinrobot Dec 2020 #13
OK. MineralMan Dec 2020 #14
Indeed...but... Tripper11 Dec 2020 #15
If you buy good ones, and not the ones they sell at TJ Maxx, it's not generally an issue Sympthsical Dec 2020 #22
No battery to eventually die and need to be replaced, either. GoCubsGo Dec 2020 #33
My new Note 20 doesn't have a headphone jack. Initech Dec 2020 #6
I got my Iphone for free from a friend. lark Dec 2020 #7
I was adamant about headphone jacks on my phones for a long time. tinrobot Dec 2020 #10
Made sense to me. Bluetooth is the deal now..... USALiberal Dec 2020 #11
I don't think Apple ever claimed removing the jack was for customer convenience Silent3 Dec 2020 #12
That was sarcasm, actually. A joke. MineralMan Dec 2020 #16
Sorry I missed the sarcasm, but it's because I've heard people say... Silent3 Dec 2020 #23
i have a 2012 laptop i'm never letting go of. mopinko Dec 2020 #18
neither do ipads. mopinko Dec 2020 #17
The headphone cord also acts as an FM radio antenna in many phones... hunter Dec 2020 #19
Hmm. The app my wife uses is a streaming app, MineralMan Dec 2020 #24
I have not found a non-iPhone I like. Happy Hoosier Dec 2020 #20
You need an earphone jack until L.Pharmstrong Dec 2020 #21
That's funny. They cost more than the new cell phone MineralMan Dec 2020 #25
Each to his own. L.Pharmstrong Dec 2020 #27
The Herman Munster look was never really my Thang. MyNameGoesHere Dec 2020 #34
I switched from Apple to Android a few years back. Codeine Dec 2020 #26
They prioritized thinness, and couldn't make it thinner and keep the phone jack JHB Dec 2020 #28
Because everyone needs... orwell Dec 2020 #29
Okay, you don't like Apple's decisions about their products PJMcK Dec 2020 #30
My new second generation SE came with headphones mahina Dec 2020 #31
The trend is clear for wired devices. It's hard to find a wired keyboard/mouse anymore in stores dalton99a Dec 2020 #32
Yeah, that's funny, really. MineralMan Dec 2020 #35
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