You guys are getting headphone jacks?
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I prefer the headphone jack is on the bottom, next to the charging port. That way, I can put the ports down while my phone is in my pocket if i'm working, so nothing gets into the ports. Then, if I'm just keeping my phone in my pocket normally, with the ports up, my headphones can plug in without problems.
All phones I've had, had the jack on the bottom where it's in the way of me holding the phone or placing the phone on something. I always wondered why it's not just at the top.
BTW just got a new phone (Oneplus) and I'm glad to have found one that has a jack at all
I always wondered why it's not just at the top.
Couple reasons:
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The charger port is also on the bottom, and if you have the phone plugged in and also feeding audio through an audio cable, you'd presumably want the wires to go the same way.
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Usually people put their phones into their pockets upside down, since it will be the right way up when you pull it back out without having to reorient it in your hand. In older, more innocent days when we all listened to music with wired headphones, the port would be facing out of your pocket, so you could keep it wired in without fumbling to flip the phone the other way around when you take it back out to use it.
Top, 100%
Then you wont rest you phone on the cable and possibly ruin it.
Bottom. All phones I've ever had have the headphone jack at the bottom, right next to the charging port. So, why would I want it anywhere else than where I'm used to it being?
To rest your phone on your chest in bed.
Just having one would be great. Thank you Apple (but why did so many Androids copy the removal?).
I believe it was for waterproofing. One less port means less sealing, making it easier to improve the waterproofing of the phone.
Which is only likely to last one year anyways. After which, you can pay an exorbitant amount to replace the degrading glue. I'd just like my wired headphones back, the jack will last longer than a year at the very least.
Water ingress isnβt the issue & thereβs been waterproofed ports for decades. They wanted to make devices thinnerβbut what value is it when its too thin to support a jack & made of materials that now require a case?
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The phone should not have a dedicated βtopβ or βbottomβ; the image should be able to flip 180 degrees via user config.
Phones need to align speaker to ear and microphone to mouth, so in that sense, there necessarily needs to be a top and bottom. I guess you can reframe the question as whether you like the jack on the microphone side or the speaker side.
the funny thing is that this comment reminded me that phones are still actually phones! I make and take so few calls it's easy to forget
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My phone has it in the upper top right, and I like it there.
I don't really care as long as it's there. If I have to choose a spot, I think somewhere beside the usb-c port should be good.
Same side as the charging port. All cables must come out at the same side.
I need a port on each side.
USB-C on the bottom.
3.5mm audio on top.
RJ45 on the left.
SCART on the right.
This is the right answer, in my opinion.
If you are of the pants with pockets wearing disposition, then whichever side of the phone faces down will inevitably end up filled with dust and lint. Having both ports on the same side makes this a trivial problem.