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Bring Back the Headphone Jack: Why USB-C Audio Still Doesn't Work

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday September 12 2018, @04:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the they-can't-hear-you dept.

canopic jug writes:

PC World has an article on why USB-C has not been a viable alternative for the 3.5mm audio jack. Problems with USB-C include variable handling of digital to audio conversion, incompatible SOCs inside the cable, and non-standard analog-passthrough. In short, the cables which contain computers themselves are not standardized in behavior and the author's conclusion is that mobile devices must have 3.5mm jacks until the USB-C cable technology gets sorted out enough that they become usable.

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  • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Wednesday September 12 2018, @02:25PM

    by urza9814 (3954) on Wednesday September 12 2018, @02:25PM (#733604) Journal

    The advantages I would see with this would be that it would allow you to have a dustproof and waterproof unit, the "jack" would simply be a "apply reader here" (be it a slotted device, slight indentation, a suction cup, a magnetic connector, welcro, duct tape...) and it would be a simple analouge device that basically converts magnetic induction to electricity.

    I like that idea with one change -- don't make it connect with a "slight" indentation; make it a LARGE indentation. Large enough to fit a 3.5mm jack. Large enough to conceal or at least hang on to the adapter that most people are going to be using anyway. Then just include that adapter with the phone itself as a removable module.

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