Report: Samsung will strip the Galaxy Note of its headphone jack and buttons

[Karlston]

Report: Samsung will strip the Galaxy Note of its headphone jack and buttons

Samsung was one of the last flagship manufacturers to still ship a headphone jack.

Enlarge / The Galaxy Note 9.

Android Police has a report on the Galaxy Note 10 that Samsung fans probably won't be happy with. David Ruddock claims the Galaxy Note 10 will be Samsung's first flagship to remove the headphone jack, taking one of the last wired audio options off the flagship market.

 

Samsung isn't just stripping away the headphone jack, though; the report claims the phone will also lack physical buttons. The volume rocker, power button, and Bixby button "will be replaced by capacitive or pressure-sensitive areas, likely highlighted by some kind of raised 'bump' and/or texture along the edge," according to the report. This is something we've seen HTC do with the U12+ last year.

 

Physical buttons can be a failure point for a phone. The cutouts weaken the case and make devices more susceptible to bending. Plus, like a headphone jack, they're an ingress point for dust and water. Still, Samsung was able to score an IP68 water and dust resistance rating on the Galaxy S10 with both of these features.

 

The last tidbit from the report is the news that the Galaxy Note 10 will come in two sizes. Look for a launch sometime around August.

 

With Samsung bowing out of the market for headphone jack users, that would leave the LG G8 as pretty much the only flagship smartphone that still has a headphone jack. There's always a dongle, we suppose.

 

Source: Report: Samsung will strip the Galaxy Note of its headphone jack and buttons (Ars Technica)

[luisam]

Actually the week point of earphones is the CORD. My experience with those connections is rather poor; even the best quality earphones end by breaking down at some "connection point", so i've been unsing since years ago wireless heaphones and bluetooth earphones. Joke with my current smartphone, a quite old one, a Galaxy Ace 4 was that I bought it from a "chinese" store in Panama, came with 3.5 mm jack and a 2 5 hole. I noted the problem too late and couldn't return it, so from the beginning I had to use my bluetooth earphone.

[mp68terr]

Indeed the problem is the most often at the cord/connection level, not about the jack itself. Have you heard about the new design introduced by JackSavior (https://jacksavior.com/)?