Ask HN: Which improvement introduced to replace headphone jack is useful to you?

#1

Post by funwie » Sun, Sep 16, 2018, 8:42 PM UTC

Take into consideration that the headphone jack and Bluetooth (wireless) headphones were available and working well before manufacturers got rid of the jack in the name of improvements.

Consider that some devices still have the headphone jack and same improvements as those without the jack.

It is to my knowledge that ports provided for the headphone “jack-less” devices are not interoperable. Will you say this is good for the industry and importantly the consumer?

Re: Ask HN: Which improvement introduced to replace headphone jack is useful to you?

#2

Post by dominotw » Sun, Sep 16, 2018, 9:09 PM UTC

water resistance.

Re: Ask HN: Which improvement introduced to replace headphone jack is useful to you?

#3

Post by vinylkey » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 8:05 PM UTC

I'd rather just have a proper headphone jack.

Re: Ask HN: Which improvement introduced to replace headphone jack is useful to you?

#4

Post by phaus » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 9:20 PM UTC

Its terrible for the consumer. Instead of a thousand affordable options for whatever kind of headphone you want, there are far fewer options and even expensive wireless earbuds/headphones suffer from latency, making them almost worthless. I've never had a bluetooth device of any kind that was even close to 100% reliable where I didn't occasionally have to mess with settings to get it to pair properly.

Re: Ask HN: Which improvement introduced to replace headphone jack is useful to you?

#5

Post by matt_the_bass » Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 10:35 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #2

water resistance.

Why is this dependent on removing the classic headphone jack? They can be made water resistant too.

Re: Ask HN: Which improvement introduced to replace headphone jack is useful to you?

#6

Post by awaywopassd » Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 7:31 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #2

water resistance.

My S7 Active with headphone jack is water proof.