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by scottmf 3520 days ago
That wasn't really the spirit of the offered bet. All this pedantry is taking the fun out of it.

Now I actually do believe the OP will "happily" buy a phone without a headphone port. But not if he has a financial incentive to change his behavior.
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DashRattlesnake 3519 days ago
> Now I actually do believe the OP will "happily" buy a phone without a headphone port.

Honestly, the OP might resign himself to it, but I'll doubt he'll be happy about it. It's not like headphones are currently connected with obsolete digital interfaces (e.g. RS232). Headphones are, by their very nature, analog, and making their connection digital just makes integration harder.

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scottmf 3519 days ago
The headphone industry will look a lot different in ten years.

The wireless standard used by headphones (possibly not BT) will have enough bandwidth to no longer be the bottleneck in wireless audio quality. And more importantly they'll never need to be "charged".

Who's going to miss cables?

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