Yes, Bluetooth sucks, but it was good enough to kill the
The headphone jack met its end for many reasons, but Bluetooth getting good enough was the final nail.
By Andrew Martonik
A smartphone not having a headphone jack isn't a noteworthy thing anymore. Even Samsung, the bastion of features and expandability, has given it up on its most power-user Galaxy Note line. While there are many reasons for the death of the headphone jack in phones - not the least of which being simplifying hardware design and internal complexity - perhaps the biggest driving factor is that Bluetooth is now good enough for a vast majority of people.
Posted 5 years ago by Bill Horne in General Telecommunications Forum
