>Apple wasn't even the first to delete the ancient 3.5 mm jack.
True. A few Android phones have done it, usually following rumors Apple was going to. 10-15 years ago many feature phones required an adapter to connect headphones. Nintendo tried it too, with the GBA SP. And every time it's gone about the same way: consumers quickly lost or broke the adapter if one was included, assumed you simply couldn't use headphones with the product if one wasn't, and almost universally hated the missing feature.
>Apple wasn't even the first to delete the ancient 3.5 mm jack.
True. A few Android phones have done it, usually following rumors Apple was going to. 10-15 years ago many feature phones required an adapter to connect headphones. Nintendo tried it too, with the GBA SP. And every time it's gone about the same way: consumers quickly lost or broke the adapter if one was included, assumed you simply couldn't use headphones with the product if one wasn't, and almost universally hated the missing feature.
They didn't hate the adapter. They hated the entire PHONE.
That's Apple for you (Score:2)
Spending lots of bucks to get what you have for free in every other contemporary phone.
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Spending lots of bucks to get what you have for free in every other contemporary phone.
Um, not EVERY...
Apple wasn't even the first to delete the ancient 3.5 mm jack.
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>Apple wasn't even the first to delete the ancient 3.5 mm jack.
True. A few Android phones have done it, usually following rumors Apple was going to. 10-15 years ago many feature phones required an adapter to connect headphones. Nintendo tried it too, with the GBA SP. And every time it's gone about the same way: consumers quickly lost or broke the adapter if one was included, assumed you simply couldn't use headphones with the product if one wasn't, and almost universally hated the missing feature.
Re:That's Apple for you (Score:2)
>Apple wasn't even the first to delete the ancient 3.5 mm jack.
True. A few Android phones have done it, usually following rumors Apple was going to. 10-15 years ago many feature phones required an adapter to connect headphones. Nintendo tried it too, with the GBA SP. And every time it's gone about the same way: consumers quickly lost or broke the adapter if one was included, assumed you simply couldn't use headphones with the product if one wasn't, and almost universally hated the missing feature.
They didn't hate the adapter. They hated the entire PHONE.