OnePlus will ditch the headphone jack on its next phone

OnePlus will ditch the headphone jack on its next phone

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/13/oneplus-will-ditch-the-headphone-jack-on-its-next-phone/

Welp. After making a show of keeping the headphone jack around for a few extra generations, OnePlus is finally succumbing to the inevitable. The company tweeted an image of USB-C headphones and confirmed that the port will bite the dust on the upcoming 6T.

“You’ve got to make decisions that optimize the user experience, and understand that at times things that provide user value can also add friction,” cofounder Carl Pei told TechRadar. “We found 59 percent of our community already owned wireless headphones earlier this year – and that was before we launched our Bullets Wireless headphones.”

OnePlus will ditch the headphone jack on its next phone

Sep 13, 2018, 5:39pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/13/oneplus-will-ditch-the-headphone-jack-on-its-next-phone/ > Welp. After making a show of keeping the headphone jack around for a few extra generations, OnePlus is finally succumbing to the inevitable. The company tweeted an image of USB-C headphones and confirmed that the port will bite the dust on the upcoming 6T. > “You’ve got to make decisions that optimize the user experience, and understand that at times things that provide user value can also add friction,” cofounder Carl Pei told TechRadar. “We found 59 percent of our community already owned wireless headphones earlier this year – and that was before we launched our Bullets Wireless headphones.”