First They Took Our Headphone Jack, Now They’re Taking Our Volume Buttons

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/first-they-took-our-headphone-jack-now-theyre-taking-our-volume-buttons

by elorant • 7 years ago

34 30 7 years ago

jplayer01• 7 years ago

But no matter what, we will have to cope with the fact that they are taking our buttons away, just like they took the physical keyboard and the headphone jack. And eventually, they will eliminate the screen itself, too.

Is that when we've implanted direct interfaces into our brains? How far off is that?

maimeowmeow• 7 years ago

bet charger is next, use non servicable phone with drm battery for 1 or 2 years before being forced to replace the whole unit when battery runs out.

ToFab123• 7 years ago

Contact lenses and voice control i would guess. Artificial eyes also.

titzer• 7 years ago

In an ad-laden world, I'm not signing up for this.

haunter• 7 years ago

Waterproof and 3.5mm headphone jack can't exist together. Simple as that.

shard• 7 years ago

Incorrect. Samsung phones have been waterproof for a while despite having a 3.5mm headphone jack.

colejohnson66• 7 years ago

I thought they had a patent on it, however, I haven’t been able to find anything...

c222• 7 years ago

I have a Cat S60 with a headphone jack and last night it sat in my pocket in a hot tub for 3 hours and still works fine. Granted, I don't know if I can have headphones plugged in in the water.

frittig• 7 years ago

Just to clarify, the phone was on and submerged in near boiling water for 3 hours? If so, that's amazing. Most "waterproof" phones say in small print that they shouldn't even be used in the shower.

conradludgate• 7 years ago

My OnePlus 5 took a nice dip in a hot tub. Still works fine 18 months later and so does the headphone jack

exabrial2• 7 years ago

Absolutely incorrect. There have been a ton of ip68 phones on the market for 7+ years

wmeredith• 7 years ago

I had a waterproof Walkman in the 80's

felixding• 7 years ago

No. Sony used to make phones that have the jack, are water resistance, and even have removable battery.

mackrevinack4• 7 years ago

I dunked my xz1 compact underwater the first day I got it just to see if it was actually waterproof or not. it has a headphone jack and its still working perfectly to this day

mr_toad• 7 years ago

If phone makers really work out any potential accidental touch issue

Doesn’t seem very likely. Maybe if you keep your phone in a purse or wallet, and you’re not very active. I can’t leave the ‘touch screen to wake’ setting on with my phone because it is always trying to butt dial emergency numbers.

gandalfian• 7 years ago

I always thought sonys physical quick access camera button was an underappreciated good idea.

tortasaur• 7 years ago

Eh, I don't think it's enough of a value add to justify a standalone button. Double-tapping the power button works just fine.

jpindar• 7 years ago

My LG has a dedicated Google button. I wish I could remap it for other purposes, but I haven't found a way.

mackrevinack4• 7 years ago

have you tried the latest tasker update? there's an option to remap the bixby button on my phone, I just hadn't got around to doing it yet as theres a few things they need to be done first like plugging into a computer and entering some ADB command

LoveDeathRobots• 7 years ago

tomsguide.com not to be confused with tomshardware.com

exabrial2• 7 years ago

I cannot wait for the fad of "less ports, less buttons, less options" to end.

grawprog• 7 years ago

I still remember the fad of "let's see how many weird things we can cram onto a cell phone". It led to some pretty cool if impractical phones. Every phone I've gotten seems to be just a step towards less and less physical buttons each time. The physical home button was the last one to go I'm pretty sure.

mackrevinack4• 7 years ago

or less screen space, aka ugly notches

perl4ever• 7 years ago

Am I the only one who assumes the volume button is going to go away in order to prevent muting ads?

Too• 7 years ago

Spotify already does this even with the presence of buttons. If you lower the volume during an ad it will automatically pause, only way to resume is to up the volume again.

mackrevinack4• 7 years ago

what would be the financial benefit of this though? taking away the headphone jack meant that people would buy said phone manufacturers bt headphones but would they be selling here? will apple be selling a button dongle?

tinus_hn2• 7 years ago

Amazing how people complain that there is no innovation in the phone space, and then when there is innovation they complain about that. No, you can’t have buttons on that foldable display. Yes, a wrap around display means you’ll have to do without physical buttons.

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First They Took Our Headphone Jack, Now They’re Taking Our Volume Buttons

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