[bdcravens]

Once you lose that giant bezel it looks really jarring on phones that still have it. As for the headphone jack, for many, it doesn't make the phone inferior any more than the MacBook is inferior for not including an ethernet port.

[int_19h]

Once you lose that giant bezel, you get it back immediately by putting that phone in a case.

And very few people won't do it to a phone that costs several hundred dollars to buy, and that will likely suffer considerable damage if you ever drop it on any hard surface without a case.

[sneakernets]

We once waited until the tech matured before removing older legacy components. Last I checked, Bluetooth audio still sucks, and Apple knows it, which is why they supplied a dongle to get around the justified complaints.

[bdcravens]

I guess that depends on your definition of sucking. Between AirPods, random $10 BT speakers, my car, and a pair of Bose QC's, my phone (X) works well with BT, but I may not be a discerning audiophile.

[londons_explore]

I have never found any pair of Bluetooth devices which can play audio all evening without at least one click or stutter.

[JustSomeNobody]

It isn't even the clicks or stutters, though that can be annoying. It's the stickiness. I turn on my bluetooth speaker and ... it connects to a phone in the other room. So, now I have to walk through the house to find it and turn off bluetooth. Now I can connect to the speaker with my phone.

Headphones, same issue, phone wants to initially connect to any other bluetooth device except the headphones in my hand. So, now I have to dig into settings, etc... I don't have that issue with 3.5mm jacks.

[therealx]

My Sennheiser bluetooth monitors work just fine all night without clicks or stutters.

[threeseed]

I have the AirPods, Sony 1000mx3 and Sennheiser Momentum and Bluetooth audio quality is perfectly acceptable to me.

[bigwheeler]

Agreed. I can’t even get through a phone call without one of my AirPods losing the signal at least once.

[zozbot123]

> Once you lose that giant bezel it looks really jarring on phones that still have it.

And now the Iphone XR has brought the side-bezel back! It almost looks like a rubber case.