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They were removed only when few people used them because there was a better alternative. Many, many people use headphones with 3,5 mm plugs and it is not at all clear that the alternative is better.
Apple removed the CD drive when it was still popular.
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This was done with a replacement on hand which was more functional, more reliable, and easier to use. BT is not any of these things.
AirPods are more functional, just as reliable, and are just as easy to use. Admittedly, far more expensive. But wired headphones come with iPhones
We need to take into account _Accessibility_. A large use case that I've found most people seems to miss are individuals who are older and don't have much experience with bluetooth or wireless technology. I'm fine with Apple removing the headphone jack, but they've alienated so many people to find their own path when they don't include the adapter. Anecdotal example: I recently purchased headphones for my 65-year old…
Elderly? I can guarantee that no human being on earth can confidently setup bluetooth on all devices. And that's the issue, these one-off pairings. I had a friend sync with my car bluetooth-stereo, it took a while and from the steering wheel I couldn't be of enough help. But it worked in the end, was quite frustrating though. Then later when I tried to use my phone again it had been lost from the receiver (eventhough…
I second that. I use my Bluetooth headphones on three devices. But I can only save two connections. So one device I always use via jack to avoid having to repair several times a day.
> I won’t start about how many times I’ve tried to use wireless headphones only to find them dead, because anything wireless is just another battery to worry about.
The same logic points that his _phone_ is also wireless. Maybe we should add a cord to that?
The responsibility to have the foresight to charge a device has, in my life, proven to be a small and reasonable request.
In many android cases (unsure about apple) you can even charge your head phones using your phone as a battery.
- http://amzn.eu/d/dm8vC88
- http://amzn.eu/d/0o5f4JK
I'm all over wireless as a concept, but BlueTooth can't seem to handle High quality sound & mic so, I consider removing the audio jack on the iPad pro to be a mistake. I don't hate Apple, I don't think they are offending me, I don't bother trying to guess at why. I just plain think they have made a mistake.
And god damn, when I plug my headphones into an old iPad and ... "it just works" ... god damn.
EDIT: The above config of hardware works for sound! Yay! Not tried mic yet.
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I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones that can actually go both ways. It has a wired and wireless mode. The wireless mode is great for exercise and chores, but if I forget to charge them I can still use them.
Is the quality of sound still the same in the wired mode? I have one like this, but the quality of sound in the wired mode is too atrocious to even think of it as an option. So while it ticks a "feature" on the box, it is, for all practical purposes, simply a bluetooth headphone. Not sure, but it appears that the bypass around the amplifier (which requires power) is just not designed right.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0757WVSN8/ref=oh_aui_de...
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Reliability, too. I don't trust bluetooth at all . And price: a jack is dumb tech and cheap (cheap anough that I always had about 10 extra jacks of all kinds with me when I was doing a gig). But to be fair, wireless transmitters/receivers do exist for musicians. They don't use bluetooth ofc, but that means that the latency can be bearable with wireless. It's made for live playing though (freedom of movement), no poin…
I do like wireless, for a different kind of reliability: never ever having to worry that I'm going to snap off the plug in my phone, pull the jack off the circuit board from sitting on it wrong, whatever. When I sit down on the train, last thing I want is to sit on my phone wrong and wreck the phone and the headphones at the same time. Moving parts and physical connections are fragile. Wireless connections solve that…
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One of the reasons people buy expensive tech is that it comes "batteries included" so to speak, the idea that to do something as simple as use headphones requires making another purchase after you've just spent $1000 is pretty antithetical to that.
Modern headphones are wireless, and, incidentally, literally have batteries included.
At the end of the article I find it amusing that the author states > I won’t start about how many times I’ve tried to use wireless headphones only to find them dead, because anything wireless is just another battery to worry about. The same logic points that his _phone_ is also wireless. Maybe we should add a cord to that? The responsibility to have the foresight to charge a device has, in my life, proven to be a sma…
That logic doesn't scale.
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One would think Android phone makets would take this as opportunity given the massive uproar. But instead they are absolutely determined to blindly follow Apple off the cliff. Now many major Android phones have not only removed headphone jack but even introduced unnecessary notch even though they don’t have FaceID!! The lack of independent thinking is stunning among leading Android phone makers and very sad thing for…
Aren't you only thinking of a few expensive "flagship" Android phones? I don't think the vast majority of recent Android phones have followed either of those two innovations.
*$500 for a phone is suddenly midrange- let's not forget phone prices shot up 25% on average in the last 2 years, likely because other manufacturers realized Apple could get away charging $1000 for a phone and followed along.