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Apple received a lot of criticism when it first abandoned the traditional headphone jack last year but unfortunately, it looks like the trend has now been set in motion. Not only are there reports that Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S8 may abandon the feature but this week HTC announced the HTC Ultra, its new flagship with an all-new design, removing the headphone jack for good.
The HTC Ultra isn't a bad looking device to be fair, it features a 5.7-inch 1440p primary display, along with a 2-inch mini secondary display. Under the hood it packs a Snapdragon 821 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage but due to thickness, HTC could only fit a 3000 mAh battery inside.
The body of the HTC Ultra is all glass this time around, meaning it is going to be a reflection and fingerprint magnet. We don't know exactly why HTC chose to remove the headphone jack, as it seemingly isn't out to sell its own pair of wireless headphones just yet but who knows, maybe that is coming later down the line, similarly to the iPhone 7 and the AirPods.
Alternatively, you may be able to get a pair of USB Type-C connecting headphones instead for the HTC Ultra- something that may become more and more common over the next year or two if companies continue following this trend.
KitGuru Says: It might still be a little early to declare the headphone jack dead but from the looks of it, we can expect to see more smartphone companies move on without it. Do you guys think ditching the 3.5mm headphone jack is a mistake? Is this going to affect your next phone upgrade?
Been using HTC since the nexus One, then one X, m8 and now the HTC 10. I think they make fantastic smartphones. However, if they ditch the headphone jack I am going to look elsewhere. Not willing to stop using multiple expensive pairs of ear phones. Or carry a bloody dongle like an apple user!
Just a question wasn’t there another company that ditched the Head phone jack way before Apple did so how can HTC be fallowing Apples lead when Apple did not start this trend. I remember that at the time it was only a rumor that Apple was going to do this but another company beat Apple to it.
Or have to carry something like Apple Airpods that can be lost if you sneeze the wrong way when they fall out of your ears onto the ground…lol
Had the M8 for about a year before it was stolen. Could never use the headphone jack due to it being messed up and have been using bluetooth headphones since. Switched to the Iphone 7+ and I haven’t even taken out the heaphones from the case yet.
Why don’t they put in two USB-C ports….? And bundle the phone with a Headphone jack to USB-C
To be honest I’m not really missing the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 plus. I don’t actually notice the difference as I can still plug in my normal earphones using the tiny adaptor provided. It’s no big deal really (even though I did think it would be initially). I’ll be going back to Android once all the flagships are released. I’m not really an apple person. The HTC Ultra is looking good so far.
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sure once you are used to something is not a big deal, but this is not the point.
The point is that from “it just works” you are now at the “it just works with the right dongle”.
After the passing of Jobs they cut a lot of corners in quality and they will end up with bad products that no longer follow the “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” That Steve said.
Its supposed to be so they can make phone’s thinner
A feature nobody really wants never got the obsession with making thwm thinner
Few phone’s in the last few year have been too thick