And require me to throw away headphones that have worked fine for decades.
Even this nokia phone has a 3.5mm port, why doesn't Google support it anymore?
Even this nokia phone has a 3.5mm port, why doesn't Google support it anymore?
The headphone jack is not just for music, it's a versatile industry-standard connector. Being able to swap the same devices between a phone, zoom audio recorders, the monitoring out of my Ninja V, or audio interfaces when editing is a valuable advantage of a standard connector.
And the entire rest of the industry continues using 3.5mm, 6.3mm and XLR. It's only a handful of phones that try to force you into wasting your money.
I feel your pain, and I just buy bunch of them so I always have some.
> It's only a handful of phones that try to force you into wasting your money.
companies have marketing department, who probably found that customers more interested in slick design and Ok to use usb-c buds or bluetooth headphones. LG used to produce phones with 3.5 and audiophile signal quality, now they are out of business.
Sadly many don't support all the features of a headphone port, meaning TRRS with control, allowing you to use an external microphone and play/pause/skip buttons as well.
I'm using some tech that actually makes use of that, specifically as timecode reader for AV stuff.
I need my phone to be a modern version of star trek's tricorder, not a piece of jewelry.
> why doesn't Google support it anymore?
maybe preserve space for something else inside.
Can I still charge my phone at the same time?
Can I also get it with a larger battery?
Should I just hot glue a connector, a powerpack, and a case to my phone to get an actual usable device out of it?
Looks like you are 0.001% minority, who doesn't pay enough money to draw interest from large manufacturers.
It's only a few top of the line models which doesn't have these features. Devices which are more of a fashion statement than a device.
Just,none of the recent flagships. Flagships used to have the most features, not the least.