Wenn das neue #GrapheneOS Phone (ob von #Motorola oder nicht) einen #HeadphoneJack hat, kaufe ich es.

So einfach ist das.

#Kopfhörerport.s sind der Inbegriff von #KISS und #LowTech.

#Bluetooth ist ein #Security-Alptraum und #USB möchte ich auch nicht erlauben müssen, um Musik zu hören.

Strahlung die mehr als 10m reicht eignet sich vom Prinzip her nicht für #Smartphone->Kopfhörer Kopplung

"Musik über verschlüsselte Funkstrahlung"?

Statements dreamed of by the utterly deranged.

Why I was wrong about fairphone

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/uU9Hj1YPdMhJJfrAs1REcC

Killing the #headphonejack made #phones better

https://www.makeuseof.com/killing-the-headphone-jack-made-phones-better/

My #Wishlist for the upcoming #GrapheneOSPhone (official partnership was announced)

- #headphoneJack, so USB and #Bluetooth can be disabled
- Fingerprint reader not behind the screen (privacy screen protectors, speed)
- nice Camera, comparable to a #Pixel 6a (so not crazy to modern standards, but a baseline)
- compact formfactor (~ Pixel 6a or smaller)
- no glass back, please use Plastic or Metal
- secure USB disabling method, #SecureElement, other base requirements

#GrapheneOS #Android

This is the main reason I wanted a OnePlus 6 for #postmarketOS when I already have been using a OnePlus 6T for years now.

Surprisingly good audio output for driving my ATH-M50X headphones.

Bring back the jack!

#PulseAudio #Pipewire #PulseEffects #HeadphoneJack

This 😢:

“They Don’t Make ’Em Like That Any More: The 3.5mm Headphone Jack Socket”, Kevin Boone (https://kevinboone.me/headphonejack.html).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41425383

#Phones #Headphones #Audio #HeadphoneJack #AntiConsumer #Greed #Apple #Google #Samsung

Two years and seven months should not rate as a lengthy tenure for an electronic device. But for the Google Pixel 5a I bought in late 2021, that span of time is starting to feel more like a career. And in the context of people who feel compelled to buy a new phone every year, my phone might as well be on its second afterlife.

The device still functions fine–the 5a’s 5G radio has yet to be made obsolete by T-Mobile deploying new spectrum bands–and looks decent overall. In particular, I’ve managed to avoid any damage to the screen I replaced with an iFixIt repair kit in October of 2021 after shattering the original screen a few weeks earlier.

But the glass cover over the back camera assembly has developed a crack that apparently lets in enough moisture at times to lightly fog some photos.

On the phone’s inside, more than two years of discharge-recharge cycles seem to have left their dent in the battery. I’m now more likely to look for the nearest outlet by the afternoon of a day on the go to ensure that the phone retains a healthy charge margin when I get back to home or a hotel.

This phone’s 128 GB of storage also doesn’t have much left, with 112 GB now eaten up by photos, music and a collection of apps overdue for culling.

None of that seems too bad on its own, considering that I’ve kept this 5a in daily service for longer than its three predecessors: a Pixel 3a used for about two years and five months, a first-gen Pixel that served me for just over two years and a month, and a Nexus 5x that succumbed to a fatal bootloop after just a year and eight months.

But the factor most likely to push me to buy a new phone in the coming months is not the 5a’s hardware but its software. Google’s Android-support lifecycle document only pledges version updates for it through August, three years after the 5a’s debut, and Android 15 will almost certainly ship a month or two later.

A Pixel 8a, the most likely replacement, would bring a commitment of Android updates until May of 2031–far longer than I can imagine myself continuing to use a 2024-vintage phone–as well as a better camera, more storage, and cordless charging.

But the 8a and, apparently, every future Pixel phone from Google, will not include a headphone jack. Finally knuckling under to that collective design delusion on a device I use more than any other is going to sting.

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/07/12/a-not-all-that-old-phone-nears-retirement/

#android #Android15 #AndroidSupport #AndroidVersionSupport #headphoneJack #Pixel5a #Pixel8a #softwareLifecycle #TMobile5G