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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The burn victims?

    2. Re:Sweet by ClickOnThis · · Score: 5, Funny

      Guess who's not buying an S8?

      The burn victims?

      I wouldn't blame them for lacking the, uh, courage.

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      If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
    3. 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.

    4. Re: Sweet by Grishnakh · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I stay a little behind the curve; I last had an S4 which I liked a lot, and then I upgraded to an S5 which I use now, and I'll happily show iPhone owners why this phone is so great (easily-replaced battery, SDcard slot, waterproof, etc.).

      But the S6 was crap (it eliminated all 3 features!), the S7 brought back two of them but not the battery, and now they want to dump the headphone jack so I can't use my expensive Sennheisers at work or on an airplane? WTF are they thinking? No, I'm not going to use a fucking dongle.

      So I guess when it's time to move on from my S5, I'll have to look at some other brand, like Moto or LG. Maybe even Huawei or some other Chinese brand; they don't seem to be as stupid about chasing Apple.

    5. Re:Sweet by arglebargle_xiv · · Score: 5, Funny

      make the Galaxy S8 thinner while also freeing up more space inside for a bigger battery

      So it'll burn longer?

  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.

    2. Re:Thinner by ClickOnThis · · Score: 5, Funny

      Obviously it's people with small hands!

      / I didn't say any names...

      With a username like Oswald McWeany, you don't have to.

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  3. Soooooo lesson not learned? by H3lldr0p · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wasn't there an article yesterday saying that the battery problems with the G7 Note largely due to it being too thin? Which, given the circumstances seems to be a fairly strong thesis for the trouble. So why try to go thinner?

    I get there's a lead time on design and engineering and that it's quite likely this particular design has been in the works before the Note 7 was even out the door. But it seems like poor management to not backup and start over just to be certain the same design flaws don't happen again. Starting by not having thinness as a goal.

    Then again, I'm not an exec working on their quarterly bonus. I'm just a guy on the internet.

  4. No headphone jack? by SpankiMonki · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple should sue Samsung for copying the iPhone...oh wait

  5. Re:Ever thinner by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah! People, stop fat-shaming my one year old phone! It's not how thin your phone is, wide phones can be beautiful too.

    It's the hardware inside that counts.

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    "That's the way to do it" - Punch
  6. 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).