Ask HN: Which improvement introduced to replace headphone jack is useful to you?

[funwie]

Take into consideration that the headphone jack and Bluetooth (wireless) headphones were available and working well before manufacturers got rid of the jack in the name of improvements.

Consider that some devices still have the headphone jack and same improvements as those without the jack.

It is to my knowledge that ports provided for the headphone “jack-less” devices are not interoperable. Will you say this is good for the industry and importantly the consumer?

[phaus]

Its terrible for the consumer. Instead of a thousand affordable options for whatever kind of headphone you want, there are far fewer options and even expensive wireless earbuds/headphones suffer from latency, making them almost worthless. I've never had a bluetooth device of any kind that was even close to 100% reliable where I didn't occasionally have to mess with settings to get it to pair properly.

[vinylkey]

I'd rather just have a proper headphone jack.

[dominotw]

water resistance.

[matt_the_bass]

Why is this dependent on removing the classic headphone jack? They can be made water resistant too.

[awaywopassd]

My S7 Active with headphone jack is water proof.