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Samsung's Upcoming Galaxy S8 Flagship Smartphone Won't Have a Headphone Jack: Report (sammobile.com)

Posted by msmash on from the bid-adieu dept.

Samsung is planning to ditch headphone jack in its next flagship smartphone, called the Samsung Galaxy S8, reports SamMobile, a Samsung-focused blog that has a pretty good track record with these things. From the report: Removing the 3.5mm headphone jack enables Samsung to make the Galaxy S8 thinner while also freeing up more space inside for a bigger battery. Samsung may also integrate stereo speakers which some believe will be made in collaboration with Harman, a company that Samsung is acquiring for $8 billion.

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  1. Sweet by bartosek · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Guess who's not buying an S8?

    1. Re:Sweet by clone73 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The burn victims?

      Heh... Samsung is never going to live down the S7 is it?

      Especially if people keep confusing the Note 7 with the S7.

  2. Thinner by 110010001000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do people really want thinner phones? They all seem to put big old protective cases around them anyway.

    1. Re:Thinner by caseih · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I always put cases on my phones precisely so they will be a little thicker and easier to hold. I find the thinner the phone the more awkward it is to use. Even to hold it in front of me an interact with it.

  3. Re:Bluetooth Headphones by Obfuscant · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can always use Bluetooth headphones.

    You can try.

    1. The battery goes dead after a short period of time, so then you can't.

    2. You are in a WiFi-rich environment, which means you get about a 1' range for your bluetooth. I've actually been in places where even with the phone in my shirt pocket, if I turned my head left or right the signal was lost.

    3. You have a smart watch which is linked via bluetooth, in which case you can't link a headphone at the same time (I've tried.)

    4. You want to feed the audio to some wired system. (Yes there are bluetooth to jack adapters, but the one I have never seems to have a charged battery, so refer to #1).