BangOn
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Just to set the record straight, we are not going to discuss wired vs. wireless here. We are all wired in this discussion.
So this new connector called USB-C came to be the one connector to rule them all, replacing even 100-year old standards like the 3.5 headphone jack. Many people have mixed feelings about this transition. I'd be mostly fine with it, most smartphone manufacturers put the headphone jack on the wrong (top) side of smartphones in the past, so it wasn't that useful anyway. If you don't believe me, watch this hilarious video, the segment from 7:05 to 8:15.
Europe has new regulations forcing phone makers to use a common charger, okay, I know, that's the charger side of things, not the phone side, but then I see no evidence at least Android phones staying with microUSB long. Almost all the high end and midrange Android phones come with USB-C ports already, I suspect in no time the bottom of the barrel of phones get their USB-C ports as well.
On the Apple side the iPad Pro already has USB-C and the iPhones are either getting USB-C in the not so distant future, or they are going entirely without any ports. We'll see.
So while your phones - at least your Android phones - already have USB-C ports and not so much headphone jacks - hello Samsung Galaxy S20 -, do you want to connect your shiny new wired IEMs to your phones via a dongle or directly to the new one port to rule them all, USB-C? My point is, I still don't see that many of the shiny new wired IEMs coming with USB-C ports. But I would like them to do so.
So this new connector called USB-C came to be the one connector to rule them all, replacing even 100-year old standards like the 3.5 headphone jack. Many people have mixed feelings about this transition. I'd be mostly fine with it, most smartphone manufacturers put the headphone jack on the wrong (top) side of smartphones in the past, so it wasn't that useful anyway. If you don't believe me, watch this hilarious video, the segment from 7:05 to 8:15.
Europe has new regulations forcing phone makers to use a common charger, okay, I know, that's the charger side of things, not the phone side, but then I see no evidence at least Android phones staying with microUSB long. Almost all the high end and midrange Android phones come with USB-C ports already, I suspect in no time the bottom of the barrel of phones get their USB-C ports as well.
On the Apple side the iPad Pro already has USB-C and the iPhones are either getting USB-C in the not so distant future, or they are going entirely without any ports. We'll see.
So while your phones - at least your Android phones - already have USB-C ports and not so much headphone jacks - hello Samsung Galaxy S20 -, do you want to connect your shiny new wired IEMs to your phones via a dongle or directly to the new one port to rule them all, USB-C? My point is, I still don't see that many of the shiny new wired IEMs coming with USB-C ports. But I would like them to do so.
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