Nice to see a mainstream option de-Googled in the US.

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    Headphone jack getting less popular? I’m pretty sure companies don’t want to include it so removed it from the models and the consumers had to buy that. Consumers aren’t choosing not to have them, they’re choosing phones that don’t have them because Apple and other big companies aren’t giving them a choice.

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      If you go by what the loudest ones are saying about the headphone jack removal, then yes, it does give the appearance that it’s a very unpopular change. However if you were to just ask random people on the street if they use(d) their headphone jack and what they think of this change, you’ll probably find there’s not a lot of vocal people out there that would not buy a phone just because it was missing it. That’s why Fairphone did their market research, right? Of course it’s still up for debate whether that was the right choice. And personally I would also prefer if the headphone jack was still default on phones.

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        I try to avoid everything with an extra battery on environmental grounds. Wires for headphone, keyboard and mouse.

        I absolutely don’t care what the everyday jack says. Most have been conditioned by their brands. Apple customers will not just accept their decisions, but passionately advocate for them. Samsung will copy Apple and their users will justify it based on that.

        This transition was supply led, not demand led.

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          “This transition was supply led, not demand led.”

          This is the most truthful statement in this entire thread.