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When Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack

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Re: When Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack

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Post by chris_wot »

jsmeaton wrote: post #37
chris_wot wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still in the top 5 for most people!

I'd doubt that. Browser, text, whatsapp, fb, messenger. They'd be my top 5. Feedly and casual snapchat would still come before speaking on the phone.

Yes, but I didn't just mention phone calls. On the browser you'd be getting video feeds, needing sons. Facebook is full on video these days, also needing sound.

However, if you look at the money and the plans that Telcos are providing, it's pretty evident that phone calls are still very much an important part of having a phone.

Viber, Facebook calling, Whatsapp phone calls, Skype and FaceTime are all extremely popular. Even sending Vines requires sound.

Re: When Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack

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Post by chris_wot »

Kiro wrote: post #33
chris_wot wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still in the top 5 for most people!

I think you're wrong.

The popularity of FaceTime, Viber, Skype, Facebook video and phone calls and Whatsapp calling tends to rather give me some reasonable data points.

Re: When Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack

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Post by justinlardinois »

jaimex2 wrote: post #20
chris_wot wrote: post #3

The difference here is that the primary purpose of an iPhone is to make phone calls. And uses multimedia, like music. Leading to this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z_wImaGRkNY

I'm starting to see a trend in the comments where anyone who actually posts something rational that makes sense gets down voted. He is right, no one used the Gameboy as a media player.

> He is right, no one used the Gameboy as a media player.

If only because the Play-Yan was never released in the US.

I imported the gimped European version, and hey, 10 years ago, being able to play MP3s off an SD card was pretty novel.

Re: When Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack

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Post by chris_wot »

covekeyboard wrote: post #38
chris_wot wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't tend to make many phone/FaceTime calls that lack sound. I also tend to enjoy listening to music and videos with sound. Could be just my illogical post-hoc rationalisation kicking in though.

Sure, there are plenty of use cases that require sound in the iPhone. I never disputed that. But this is something it has in common with the SP, not a difference . I guess I was pretty rude about it, though, so sorry about that.

Its ok, I've said worse. Thank you for apologising.

Re: When Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack

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Post by madeofpalk »

hrrsn wrote: post #22
shasheene wrote: post #12

This reminds me of the "feature phone" era in the early 2000s, where every phone had a proprietary charging port, proprietary headphone jack and the removable memory interface was not yet standardized on MicroSD. Thankfully European Union pushed for MicroUSB standardization. While vendors (like Apple) can still get around it by bundling an adapter in European markets, it was enough to push the entire industry to stan…

>Apple of course do it with constantly changing MagSafe variants In the past ten years, there has been two variants of MagSafe adapters. You can adapt older chargers to the newer standard. >choosing the superior (to USB2.0) reversible Lightning connector over the new industry standard, USB3.1 Type C. Lightning (2012) is way older than USB Type-C (2014). Additionally, Lightning can handle USB 3.

Also USB C is significantly thicker than lightning, and the part that's supposed to go on the phone isn't reversible.

Re: When Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack

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Post by cm2187 »

chucky_z wrote: post #10

I distinctly remember this at the time. I just played all my games with no sound, a mild frustration at best as it was the only real option as a kid if you wanted to play games at night without goofy adapters for your GBA! It's more akin to the iPhone 1 not including a jack then adding one later than the iPhone 7 removing it. Another note: Original Gameboy games stuck way out the back. The GBA SP sure made a lot of s…

> It's more akin to the iPhone 1 not including a jack then adding one later than the iPhone 7 removing it.

And I came to the iphone from the ipod. To me the iphone was (and still is) an ipod with wifi and a crappy mobile connection. Hence me seeing the removal of the audio jack as killing one of the core features.

Re: When Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack

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Post by pjc50 »

helthanatos wrote: post #2

A game system (worth around $100) that was not meant to have a multimedia experience vs something that has been a multimedia experience that costs around $850 (the only one I would buy)... Is the comparison a joke? Because they also omitted reference to more comparable products that deleted the jack.

"multimedia experience" is such a 90s phrase. Encarta on win95 was a "multimedia experience".

Re: When Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack

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Post by jsmeaton »

chris_wot wrote: post #41
jsmeaton wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd doubt that. Browser, text, whatsapp, fb, messenger. They'd be my top 5. Feedly and casual snapchat would still come before speaking on the phone.

Yes, but I didn't just mention phone calls. On the browser you'd be getting video feeds, needing sons. Facebook is full on video these days, also needing sound. However, if you look at the money and the plans that Telcos are providing, it's pretty evident that phone calls are still very much an important part of having a phone. Viber, Facebook calling, Whatsapp phone calls, Skype and FaceTime are all extremely popula…

You might have meant sound in other apps, but the original comment that spawned this thread was "phone calls wouldn't even be top 5". I don't do any voice in fb or whatsapp. Hangouts would be about it and that's mostly from my laptop.

I'm not defending the 3.5mm port removal or anything, I think it sucks. But voice chat in any form is not top 5 and probably isn't top 10 for me either. I suspect many others are similar.

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