The iPhone X which was launched back in 2017 can be credited and blamed for killing a Dear 3.5mm headphone jack. The smartphone trend does force audio technology developers and equipment makers to improve their game and increase the state of Bluetooth headphones to compete with high-quality cable accessories. There are dozens if not hundreds of wireless earphones today, cover a variety of prices, quality, and size, so that Samsung might finally decide that a high time to retire Jack headphones once and for all, at least from the galaxy series.
Dear Legacy
To be clear, it is only a smartphone industry that kills Jack headphones. Almost everything, including many “smart” speakers, still support the old port. They really don’t have many choices if they want to support longer audio equipment, especially those who don’t have Bluetooth or even USB equivalents.
The case for smartphones is definitely different because portability and comfort are more expensive than compatibility with old and large equipment. In fact, some may even prefer mobility for quality, especially if the price is right. Fortunately, Bluetooth headphones, earphones, and even Earbuds have followed with its wired predecessors in quality and features, but they still have several stumbling blocks for mass adoption, especially in several markets.
Diet cutting costs
There are several reasons that suggest to justify the retirement of Jack headphones. One of the biggest is shaving a few millimeters of telephone thickness and makes more space for the components inside, usually a larger battery. The other is reducing the cost of making cellphones, which translates into several small reductions in cellphone price labels.
The reason is rather ironic when you assume that the phone user needs to buy a pair of new wireless headphones. It was very problematic for certain markets that still showed some resistance to buy new accessories when they were still well functioning. It is also a market where the Galaxy A33 5G will be launched, which makes Jack headphones appear painful.
However, it seems like this is based on the renders of 91mobiles and @onleaks. This phone has a striking resemblance to the Galaxy A53 5G which also leaked last week, and was not surprising, both of them did not have a 3.5mm port. If this is the problem, we can hope that the Galaxy A73 5G will also follow.
Samsung’s Graveyard.
Both of them will not become the first Galaxy series phones to dispose of Jack headphones, but they make patterns. Even the Galaxy M entry-level may not be affected. It will not be surprising if Samsung removes all the traces of the headphone jack from most of the cellphones at all levels next year.
Maybe it doesn’t stop there. There have been signs that Samsung pushes with old plans to remove the microSD card slot, and the Galaxy S21 FE might start a slow march down distance. There is no indication but whether the Galaxy A53 5G or Galaxy A33 5G even has a microSD expansion slot, but it will be a double punch for consumers who are looking for Samsung branded phones that still support cable earphones and their memory cards.
