**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Thread ****
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Soldato
I have a pair of Samsung Level On headphones and love them but one of the main advantages is I can plug them into the 3.5mm jack should the situation arise, say if the battery runs low or I'm watching a video that I want to be accurate (in the sense that over bluetooth there is a minuscule delay between audio and video [and yes I am aware that I can compensate for this in VLC etc but I shouldn't have to all the time]) - this would become a real faff with the introduction of a dongle. I know I would need 2 or 3 of them for different locations or just to account for loss. What would be nice to see if over time as the USB-C standard becomes more widespread then a good dongle adapter won't cost any more than say a bog standard OTG cable now.
Associate
Sure but then if I use the headphones with anything else I have to take it off or if I have more than one set of headphones leaving it always on isn't an option and how many handset versions do we think it'll take before they stop bundling the dongle?
My point wasn't that it's unbearable, if I'd decided the iPhone 7 was the right phone for me I would have bought it regardless; I just think these companies are making the wrong decision as it's saving them money while making things more expensive/inconvenient for their customers.
Man of Honour
Just because those two has went this route it doesn't mean that others has went this route
Soldato
If phones get strong enough that they won't bend when uber thin then I can see a case for losing the 3.5mm, until then I'll make do with my hideously fat,waterproof, 3.5mm jacked S7 
Man of Honour
I suppose swings and roundabouts then. The two biggest names in the smartphone universe have gone this route, so it's pretty much settled where the 3.5mm jack is heading for other flagships as well really.
Just because those two has went this route it doesn't mean that others has went this route
They will, there trend setters in their fields. Until such a point where wired headphones for mobile devices are for the elitists.
or wired headphones will just start come with usb-c rather than a jack.
Associate
What other devices would that make sense on? They couldn't even justify doing it on the Macbook Pro despite it losing a ton of other useful sockets.
Not forgetting Apple isn't even using USB-C on their phones, this really is a problem that never needed to exist...
all devices, usb-c is coming on latops all ready. not hard to imagine other devices dropping a jack for usb-c.
apple is apple, They love selling adapters. There's also been rumours of them testing usb-c.
it gets rid of an extra component plus the internals which allows more space for other things.
also bluetooth 5 has just been finalised and should be out early next year. which bumbs up bluetooth a lot.
http://24indianews.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-first-smartphone-to-support-bluetooth-5-0/
haha you couldn't have timed that worse.
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Soldato
It's 1mm thinner. Hardly call that much thinner. I guess your point remains valid though.
Fact is the 3.5mm port is a dying technology. Apple just went there way too early.
Well there is that, but that's a LONG time off. Far too many 3.5 devices about.
it may not be, if Samsung does do it and it sells well someone will almost certainly tap into the market, and then it depends how fast the rest of the market drop the jack.
Soldato
My thoughts too.
A good sign that the S8 may have stereo speakers
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_c9_pro-8347.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_c9_pro-8347.php
A good sign that the S8 may have stereo speakers
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_c9_pro-8347.php
Wow, the specs on that phone o.O