Update 1

I see a framerate/refresh rate bug that occasionally locks the framerate at a low value upon unlock. Fixing it requires a lock/unlock cycle.

  • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    31·
    28 days ago

    There’s still enough space for a headphone jack in current phones. They are omitted as a cost cutting measure.

    Latency is still worse than wired. For gaming its somewhat okay nowadays, for making music its not.

    • loudwhisper@infosec.pubEnglish
      31·
      28 days ago

      The cost is a tiny aspect. There is the space issue and the physical issue. Jacks are holes where dust and water come in, making it harder to make devices resistant and as durable as they can be.

      • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        28 days ago

        Jacks are holes where dust and water come in, making it harder to make devices resistant and as durable as they can be.

        IDK, Samsung seemed to figure that out a decade ago with the S5 Active; it had a headphone jack and removable battery. Had one as my work phone for a bit, I even took a video dunking it in the sink for some remote coworkers. Good fun. Solid phone.

      • lightrush@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        1·
        28 days ago

        Yeah I have to agree, the financial cost is tiny. The physical packaging cost is high. If you see how dense modern devices are, and how much space modern cameras take, you can see what the cost of taking the equivalent space of a 3.5mm jack is. Ingress is an additional valid engineering problem.

        Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t mind devices that are a few mm thicker and therefore have less packaging constraints for jacks, bigger batteries, etc.

      • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        24 days ago

        Chat GPT makes up everything it says. It’s just good at guessing and bullshitting. These are excuses, not reasons. There used to be waterproof phones with headphone jacks. Phones have become bigger since the headphone jack disappeared as well. So space isn’t really the reason.

        • loudwhisper@infosec.pubEnglish
          1·
          24 days ago

          What does ChatGPT have to do with this…? This is what FP themselves say https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/9836188988049-Audio-Jack-3-5mm

          I have a FP3 with a jack, for reference. It doesn’t have an IP rating. FP4 has IP54, FP5/6 both have IP55. Also yes, phones have become bigger, but they have more stuff inside. More cameras, for example.

          I mean, the jack is literally a hole in the chassis of the phone, while I cannot exclude the fact that someone managed to make a design with good IP rating, I can very easily see that it makes it much harder.