SliChillax
Member
Umm there are wired headphones/earphones with usb type c. Worst case scenario you'll use an adapter for a normal headphone jack to usb type c
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If the phone doesn't have a headphone jack, it probably also doesn't have a DAC. So you'll have to get an adapter with a decent DAC built in, which is getting expensive and unwieldy for literally no benefit.
It might have a DAC anyway, but then why not have the headphone jack? ¯_(ツ
_/¯That copy/paste thing sounds so fucking useful.
Kill Your Masters
Member
The Pixel is still 759 in Germany and only available through Google or T mobile.
Google has no clue on how to sell their phones, Nexus, Pixel, whatever they call it. It's like they simply stop caring a few months after release on how to actually sell them.
Floating windows, stock Android as usual LTTP.
schwabdizzle
Banned
IMHO, the price of Bluetooth headphones are so cheap, I wonder why people still use tethered headphones.
LukasTaves
Member
I don't get the love for small bezels. Having one almost bezel less phone I hate how I constantly touch the screen inadvertently simply by holding the phone. It's bad on the sides when you are carrying it over on your hand, and when in landscape mode trying to watch a movie but have so little state to actually hold the phone.
Because some of us have brilliant headphones/earphones already that we use across a range of devices, to get the same spec on Bluetooth we'd have to pay much more just because phone makers want to shave off a damn mm.
I was being sarcastic. Some people act like they are forced to use bluetooth just because there's no 3.5mm jack anymore 😄
Poimandres
Member
This is actual crap. Bluetooth headphones are much more expensive than corded. Much more.
SliChillax
Member
Because if you're gonna use a good DAC might as well use usb type c which sounds better than a headphone jack.If the phone doesn't have a headphone jack, it probably also doesn't have a DAC. So you'll have to get an adapter with a decent DAC built in, which is getting expensive and unwieldy for literally no benefit.
It might have a DAC anyway, but then why not have the headphone jack? ¯_(ツ
Uno Venova
Banned
I wholly agree.
hydrophilic attack
Member
No waterproofing, no headphone jack?
FOH
FOH
And? It's a better device.
Yeah I'm having a love-hate relationship with my Nexus 6P. I LOVE the clean UI sans-bloatware (fuck you Samsung), but the battery issues and size of the device are maddening. The devices really degrade in quality after a year or so.
LOL, No headphone Jack? Bwahhhaaaaahhaaaaaa. IPhone and Pixel are both no-buys for me.
What the hell are they thinking?
highrider
Banned
I disagree, and the vast majority of people that buy phones seem to as well. Pixel isn't a good looking phone and it lacked a few features that a lot of people like.
Captain N. Tenneal
Member
Even happier with my decision to jump on a half-price Pixel XL now from my carrier. Should serve me well for the next few years.
Baroquemantic
Member
I doubt the thinness of the phone is the issue. There are some very thin phones out there with headphone jacks. Google, like every other company removing headphone jacks, is just doing it because they can, not because there's a legitimate reason to do so.
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/8/4/16095564/google-pixel-bezel-rumor-2017
The chin is back! Also, it will be a single camera setup again.
The chin is back! Also, it will be a single camera setup again.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Pixel was DOA in America really. They barely sold a million units.
well apple kicked all of this off because they wanted to put in a taptic engine for the home button without fundamentally redesigning the casing of the iPhone 7. it's especially dumb cuz they could've just as easily just made the home button a capacitive button without the vibrations to make it feel like it's pressing down and nobody would've cared but they needed to justify that R&D on a innovation that nobody wanted in the first place ¯\_(ツ
_/¯I'm a little confused why people are so excited for the new Nokia phones. Their designs seem ultra-generic and they don't really have much over other OEMs. Old Nokia had great hardware design and great cameras, but the new Nokia doesn't have the former and it remains to be seen for the latter, though there are a bevy of phones with good cameras these days.
I guess stock Android and fast updates is what people are hoping for, but Moto and HTC also have something similar and nobody wants to give them the time of day.
bluetooth has been available on literally every smartphone and people still use wires. That should tell you something.
JaseMath
Member
They still sell 1080p television sets, too.
If you're looking for audio fidelity, I understand the argument. But for those of us who listen to music on our smartphones for exercise or other, on-the-go activities, the advantages of the Bluetooth far outweigh the disadvantages. This is just my opinion, but after switching, having a wired set of earbuds seems archaic.
The average person doesn't want to spend money on headphones and takes what's in the box?
They still sell 1080p TVs
Imagine how well the 4k TVs would do if you couldn't view 1080 content on them? Or had to buy a $30 adapter to view the 1080p content?
It's great that people love bluetooth headsets, but that doesn't mean kill the thing other people like as well.
that's part of it but mostly it's that the options have been there for everyone and now for reasons unknown one is being removed and instead of thinking "huh, that's not something I use but it's nice having a universal standard that's been around for decades and is supported by everything" is instead met with "why we still got floppy disks lol" like you must know that just because it's "old" technology doesn't make it bad. If Apple (and we'll pick them since they started this) actually come up with a single compelling reason to remove it I would listen instead they talk about "courage" like that means anything to anyone except the company that spent $3bn buying a headphone company a year before. In an industry that continues to learn all the wrong lessons because "Apple did it and they make lots of money so that's what we'll do" it just sucks for everyone else.
Awful analogy.
People use wired headphones because they are higher fidelity, you don't have to worry about battery charging and limited shelf life due to the nature of batteries.
On top of that trifecta, wired headphones "just work", unlike bluetooth which ranges from shitshow to mildly dodgy.
lunchtoast
Member
Bluetooth headphones don't last a full work day. When the battery dies then you've got nothing. I use a transceiver I can plug my earphones into so if it dies I can still plug them into my phone.
newdayrocks
Member
I wish my Pixel XL had stereo speakers, but nothing about the Nu-Pixel XL makes me even slightly interested in upgrading this year.
I will happily hold onto this phone until 2018, at least.
I will happily hold onto this phone until 2018, at least.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Oh for gods sake >__>
The design of the rumoured 8/9 is a bit generic but it has flagship specs and a headphone jack. Only thing that's a bit disappointing to me is the fairly large bezels when pretty much all the other flagships have shrunk theirs. I don't know if this is the case elsewhere but here in the UK people seem to have a fond affinity towards Nokia of yesteryear.
Moto is stock but they haven't proved themselves on timely updates and their/Lenovo's warranty service is absolute shit.
dantevsninjas
Member
Some people do both.
I already need to charge my watch, my book, and my cigarettes. I don't want to have to charge my headphones too.
But yeah, I was thinking the OnePlus would probably be my next phone. Haven't done much research since it'll still be a while, but at least I can cross one more phone off the list of ones to consider.
JaseMath
Member
Uno Venova
Banned
I think 'it's been common and packed in with 100% of audio devices' is really the biggest reason that people use wired headphones. Not higher fidelity and battery shelf life.
maximum360
Member
Wait...what? I thought the CAD renders were accurate and really recent...
I could be wrong but from what I understand the first set of renders were of the Pixel XL 2 [Taimen?] and the most recent are of the Pixel 2. The renders align with the previous rumors on the differences between the devices. XL 2 all the way for me.
Sure, but if they ever changed then they'd have to deal with the shitshow. They're in the ignorance is bliss category. Unfortunately they're likely to be educated by force.
Unless, they start packing in bluetooth headphones
heh...
Uhh... How does it? Got a source on that?
God damnit Google. Why don't they understand how to make a compelling flagship? Did they fire the people responsible for the Nexus line?
If the rumor about the Moto X4 coming to Project Fi are false then I'm probably gonna jump ship in favor of the One Plus and TMobile. Maybe the Moto Z2 Play.
If the rumor about the Moto X4 coming to Project Fi are false then I'm probably gonna jump ship in favor of the One Plus and TMobile. Maybe the Moto Z2 Play.