Chaim Gartenberg for The Verge:
Are you a current owner of a Samsung Galaxy device and a pair of wired headphones? Did it feel like someone just walked on your grave? It may be because pictures of Samsung’s upcoming 3.5mm to USB-C dongle just leaked as the final, irrefutable confirmation that Samsung will be joining the ranks of Apple… in killing the headphone jack on the upcoming Galaxy Note 10.
With Samsung — the last major holdout — seemingly on board with the effort to kill the 3.5mm headphone jack, the war on the headphone jack is effectively over, and the dongles have won.
MacDailyNews Take: Shocking.
What’s next, is the slavish copier going to put Apple logos on the backs of their iPhone wannabes, too? They might as well, the “justice system” wouldn’t give two shits. — MacDailyNews, December 6, 2016
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Beleaguered Samsung to attempt to knock off Apple iPhone’s 3D Touch – December 14, 2015
Slavish Apple copier Samsung announces rose gold Galaxy Note 5 – October 15, 2015
Samsung can’t seem to stop mimicking Apple – May 4, 2015
Slavish copier Samsung in talks to launch Apple Pay knockoff – December 16, 2014
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Samsung’s new ad for Galaxy Gear stupidwatch slavishly copies Apple’s original 2007 iPhone ad (with video) – October 7, 2013
Samsung announces plastic Galaxy S4 ‘Gold Edition’ phone – September 25, 2013
Samsung slavishly copies Apple’s iPad mini with Galaxy Tab 3 (with photo) – July 23, 2013
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Samsung mimics Apple product videos in Galaxy S III promo (with video) – August 24, 2012
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Samsung: Shameless slavish copiers – August 13, 2012
Now Samsung slavishly copies Apple’s Mac mini – June 1, 2012
Samsung Mobile chief ‘designer’ denies that Samsung’s instinct is to slavishly copy Apple – March 23, 2012
Slavish copier Samsung shamelessly steals Apple’s iPhone 3G design – again – January 3, 2012
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Samsung’s ‘Instinct’ is obviously to make Apple iPhone knockoffs – April 1, 2008
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Well, Samsung kept it as long as it could and made all the tech Youtubers focus on and criticize the iPhone’s missing headphone jack for a few years. That must be worth something. I always figured it was inevitable flagship smartphones would lose the headphone jack, but hey, what do I know. Does that indicate Apple was innovative and ahead of its time? Was removing the headphone jack showing Apple’s courage? It’s rather amusing. I don’t think it really matters one way or another. Times change in the tech world and consumers should probably get used to it. Wired headphone, BT headphone. It’s all the same to me. Hardly worth crying over.
LOL. the dongles have won.
No worries here. Not upgrading to it then, there are other models that have it and it’s a benefit of a multi-vendor ecosystem
Seems Sammy will make this move guilt free as Apple will soon swap out the Lighting connector for a USB-C connector on the iphone. So it’s all meaningless–except Sammy should’ve STFU when Apple dropped the headphone jack. It was a design decision that Samsung should just respect and move on instead of acting like hypocritical opportunist a-holes..
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