Bringing BACK The iPhone Headphone Jack - in China

What Hacker News said

Cites tstrimple · 2017-10 · on “Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL announced”

You're really asking why overpriced wireless devices with mediocre to atrocious battery life and substandard audio quality are not a sufficient replacement for devices you can literally buy in any convenience store around the world for tens of dollars? There is room for a headphone jack in these phones (video below). The only reason they removed them when they did is to push accessory sales. [this video]

Cites harshalizee · 2018-09 · on “Apple's best product is now privacy”

1. No. Teardowns have shown nothing of that sort. It's a marketing decision to push people to buy $170 airpods. In fact, there's a very popular tech blogger's video where he successfully adds in a headphone jack[1] to his iPhone 8. 2. No. Samsung phones are far more water resistant than iPhones are with a jack on it. I would love to see your links to said research. [1] [this video]

Cites dstryr · 2018-09 · on “Apple's best product is now privacy”

>> 1. There's really no space for it, if you look at teardowns. So something took its place. This guy was able to add the headphone jack back into an iPhone ( [this video] ). The argument that there is really no space just isn't true.

Cites coupdejarnac · 2018-09 · on “Was ditching the headphone jack a good idea?”

The strange parts guy on youtube added a headphone jack to the iPhone 7. So, I think the stated reason for removing the headphone jack to make room for the battery is complete BS. [this video] Also, why are you responding to the question about limited RF spectrum? It's like you have an agenda in this thread.

Cites bambax · 2018-09 · on “Was ditching the headphone jack a good idea?”

Did you read peapicker's comment before posting your own? (It's older by an hour). Some people need wired headphones and if the port is used for something else then they can't. Also it's completely untrue that the iPhone is "thinner" without a headphone jack; this guy added a jack to an iPhone 7 without external modification: [this video] The video has over 6M views. Apple doesn't care much about their users -- but it's hard to blame them, since said users are apparently happy with it.

Cites evv · 2018-09 · on “Was ditching the headphone jack a good idea?”

..although Apple did not use the space for anything else when they removed it from the iPhone 7. Whats the evidence? Scotty from strange parts actually managed to add a working headphone jack back to the iPhone, in the exact spot where it had been removed! [this video]

Cites goldcd · 2018-11 · on “I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back”

Not sure if I'd go with "little know-how" - but yes, he most certainly did it. [this video] If nothing else it proves that the jack removal was not done for space-saving or anything other than business reasons. However whilst I'm prepared to think ill of Apple under pretty much any circumstance - I'm utterly clueless why so many other vendors jumped in (as they don't have Beats to schill). Still convinced I'm missing something clutches onto OG Pixel

Cites dalf · 2018-11 · on “I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back”

[this video] video from "Strange Parts", which after multiple tries brought back a headphone jack on a iPhone 7. It is described as not ready for prime time (see at the end [this video] )