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the google pixel 2 won't have a headphone jack
Shift Kitty:
--- Quote from: RedGajin on September 15, 2017, 01:22:31 PM ---the same reason they dont put tape players on standard car radios anymore
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And for good reason too. Because almost no one uses tape players. There's still an overwhelming amount of people that use headphones.
Why? Because unlike cassette tapes, they aren't used as storage, thus they weren't deemed obsolete by their capacity.
Tapes were also deemed obsolete because they needed to be rewound, where digital media doesn't.
Tapes just simply had significantly less features than the technology that surpassed it. Wired and bluetooth headphones have almost the same features. Wired headphones can plug into practically anything that plays sound (the only exceptions I can think of are those new phones). Bluetooth headphones are wireless.
Tape players also take up significantly more space than a headphone jack. Even in relativity.
Trogtor:
--- Quote from: RedGajin on September 15, 2017, 01:22:31 PM ---the 2004 acura tl
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bluetooth calling or bluetooth audio?
McZealot:
--- Quote from: Ragequit on September 14, 2017, 09:55:39 PM ---did you mean the galaxy s5
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yea
ultimamax:
--- Quote from: RedGajin on September 15, 2017, 12:55:28 PM ---some people just dont have a need for a headphone jack and prefer bluetooth headphones, they will buy this phone. some people prefer a headphone jack, they will not buy this phone and will buy a different phone with a headphone jack
crazy how things like consumerism work huh
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sure but the nexus/pixel line are google's only line of phones (aka one of the only lines of phones that come with stock android and not some bullstuff bloaty thing built on top of android) so it just sucks that the ONE PHONE that they're moving forward with has a headphone jack
luckily i think ill be able to stick with my pixel 1 through the lifecycle of the pixel 2 if i really have to
TristanLuigi:
oh well
i'm happy with my nexus 6p but when it comes time for an upgrade i guess i'll look into the oneplus, i've heard good things about it