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minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoNot in any practical sense of the word but that didn’t stop them from removing headphone jacks in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months ago in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off. In order to sell more of their “premium” wireless earbuds.
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months ago“Think differently” Which is why they designed their wireless ear pods as if they cut off the cord for the wired variant.
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoJust got my first phone without a headphone jack, and it’s thicker than my previous phone that had one. But honestly it’s mildly annoying at most. A dongle works, I guess, but it’s certainly weird and seems like an unnecessary omission.
Not in any practical sense of the word but that didn’t stop them from removing headphone jacks in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off.
In order to sell more of their “premium” wireless earbuds.
“Think differently”
Which is why they designed their wireless ear pods as if they cut off the cord for the wired variant.
Just got my first phone without a headphone jack, and it’s thicker than my previous phone that had one. But honestly it’s mildly annoying at most. A dongle works, I guess, but it’s certainly weird and seems like an unnecessary omission.