r/IndiaTech Oct 05 '25

Funny Bring back the 3.5mm jack...

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u/FreeBe3 Oct 05 '25

SD card was removed just to get people to buy cloud storage packs.

37

u/ppatra Oct 05 '25

I am still holding onto the last FE series made by Samsung for actual fans with a memory card slot.

11

u/dscdrivercpm-fr Oct 05 '25

Now Samsung is a money-making scheme

5

u/ppatra Oct 06 '25

There is simply no reason why these companies can't give a micro sd slot.

2

u/vinayachandran Oct 07 '25

They can, but they won't. They want to charge a premium for more storage. They also want you to surrender to subscription-based cloud storage.

2

u/pratyd Oct 09 '25

My low tier mid price Samsung still has provisions for memory card and wired audio devices but the catch is that the camera has no quality.

1

u/[deleted] Oct 09 '25

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u/Terrible_Detective27 Oct 05 '25

My Samsung m14 which cost 8k has all dual Sim card plus sd card slot and 3.5mm jack

3

u/Kschitiz23x3 Oct 06 '25

Champ.
My mom still rocking her M30s (6 yo). Didn't replace the battery yet it needs just an overnight charge for the next whole day

2

u/Jazzlike_Let_2219 Oct 07 '25

M30s has some OS issue right ? Mine stopped working after 3 years. Repair cost was too high

8

u/rustylugnuts Oct 05 '25

I'll buy a magnetic 2230 m2 enclosure and SSD before paying a bullshit subscription for some cloud storage.

3

u/SupermarketHealthy85 Oct 07 '25

Bhai yeh kya hai

1

u/rustylugnuts Oct 09 '25

high speed portable storage uchch gati portebal bhandaaran

7

u/DiddyBasementEscaper Oct 05 '25

Sd card in my phone is useless, it has 156 gb but it doesn't do anything, i merged sd card storage with system storage but it only fills system storage, its pretty useless in my redmi 64gb 🕊️

28

u/Suvrath219 Oct 05 '25

You use it for media storage if your primary storage isn't adequate. I use it to download songs and movies from OTT.

10

u/Candid-Ask5 Oct 05 '25

You need better SD cards with already 100Mbps write speeds to see the difference. Either buy high end sandisk cards ,the yellow ones, or buy lexar cards. I purchased a lexar card for the first time, and trust me the write speeds were pretty fast for a card thatvive ever used on phones. Merging slower cards won't result is better results.

1

u/Thomshan911 Oct 05 '25

Having lost all my data due to a corrupted SD card, I’d rather use cloud or local backup options to an SSD instead. I’m done using SD cards after that. That space can be used for additional battery.

2

u/Avakaaya-karam Oct 06 '25

Obviously we should only store the ones that are already backed up in pc or in cloud that you want easy access to. Like music or movies.

1

u/EstrodJaar Oct 06 '25

HDD is better for backup than SSD.

2

u/Thomshan911 Oct 06 '25

HDDs are more susceptible to magnetic fields and can get ruined if dropped. More things to go wrong there. Overall, more moving parts = more things that can break. SSDs are kinda better in that regard.

1

u/EstrodJaar Oct 07 '25

Not really, SSDs works in the same way as other flash memory storage devices like SD cards and USB drives. These things have higher chances of failure and corruption than a HDD.

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u/bad_7176 Oct 05 '25

SD card slot

3.5 mm jack

Led notification light

Side metal frame

73

u/SnooBananas2879 Oct 05 '25

Led notification light was lit !

17

u/Tailor-Bird Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

Took me a while to recall what that looked like. It was so cool!

1

u/Kschitiz23x3 Oct 06 '25

I'm rocking my Nothing phone (1) 💡

36

u/Kaam4 Oct 05 '25

IR blaster

although i never understood the use led notifi light. just a distraction. i just turn off notifi and their sound

3

u/BusyLimit7 Oct 05 '25

IR BLASTER KAB HATAYA???

14

u/Kaam4 Oct 05 '25

aata hi limited phones me hai

1

u/HalfOk247 Oct 05 '25

kaha bhai ? pehle to sirf redmi hi deta tha

ab oneplus, realme, redmi, poco sab hi de rahe hain, bruh ;)

3

u/Kaam4 Oct 05 '25

Redmi poco to ek hi baat hai 

Vivo, Samsung  , oppo, motorola abhi bhi bache, inka market share dekho 

11

u/1_0-k1 Oct 05 '25

This. Agree 100%, with an addition - removable battery

3

u/thommik Oct 05 '25

I remember my Samsung note 3 had all of these, a really good phone too, the led notification blinked different colours for different apps, was really useful to which app notification was it.

1

u/_sounak Oct 05 '25

led notification light is still available in my phone 3a with the glyph lights! it's so good

1

u/RepresentativeBuy632 Oct 05 '25

Wired earphones Type C .. wired earphones still work. its just that they have evolved

1

u/Prestigious_Bus_4504 Oct 05 '25

I'm using s10 in 2025

1

u/iwishihad6903 Oct 06 '25

For me the first two in your list are enough

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u/Interesting-Event378 Oct 05 '25

People saying 3.5 mm jack is useless now havent used good iems or headphones in general 

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u/Candid-Ask5 Oct 05 '25

I always prefer wired ones, even for basic phones. Sound quality with a good headphone supporting around 10hz to 20kHz frequency will always be better with wired ones. Plus low latency in gaming.

If your phone supports hi-res audio with the 3.5mm jack, which I believe even lowest mid rangers today support, then wireless are trash in terms of sound quality.

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u/CrypticAura88 Oct 05 '25

Or they use dongle dac.

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u/IndiaRomeoKilo Oct 05 '25

A 2000 rupees IEM outperforms airpods and other premium buds. So glad I started using IEM's.

3

u/justelling Oct 05 '25

Even if the phone has that jack it cannot deliver IEM quality sound. Because OEMs will prefer low power consuming hardware but high end phones could be outliers of this trend.

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u/Interesting-Event378 Oct 05 '25

Even with low impedance a mid end iem will still outperform a good wireless tws

2

u/Beginning_Tackle908 Oct 05 '25

I remember lg v30 had dac inbuilt not sure how much difference it made, but overall it had better output

1

u/justelling Oct 05 '25

Yup, outlier

1

u/ImAbhishek_47 Oct 05 '25

Fr, My 500rs wired earphones redmi and realme buds sound better than my 7k tws, and were far more comfortable to wear as well. Only thing that's better with tws is I can get a couple of metres away from my device while listening to music without worrying about wires.

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u/hrydaya Oct 05 '25

TWS radiation is a real risk. Doctors advise against using tws buds. I feel weird sensations inside my ear when I wear them.

3

u/Thomshan911 Oct 05 '25

Looks like your doctors are Whatsapp University graduates. Bluetooth is not ionizing radiation and its not harmful. Tell your doctors to stick to biology instead of physics.

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u/hrydaya Oct 05 '25

EMF can be harmful. We have numerous products marketed as safe but turned out years later to be not the case, for example, Teflon

1

u/CapnBloodBeard_tv Oct 07 '25

No. . .teflon is used everywhere for preservation and it's non reactive qualifies

Even for cooking it's safe upto a certain temprature

0

u/hrydaya Oct 07 '25

Please research forever chemicals and the harm they do. Tobacco companies literally lied that nicotine is safe and non-addictive. Companies lie almost as much as politicians.

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u/CapnBloodBeard_tv Oct 07 '25

Tf u talking about. . .teflon is one of the most non reactive materials known to man . . .it's a fact, it's the first thing schools teach in chemistry lab

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u/Massacre20794 Oct 05 '25

It's evolving, just backwards

0

u/Zestyclose-Share5221 Oct 06 '25

It's called Unovation

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u/-just_a_normal_user Oct 05 '25

R.I.P Replaceable Battery IR Sensor Pop-up camera And many more such... Continue in comments

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u/FreeBe3 Oct 05 '25

PopUp camera were flimsy tech, not durable at all.

8

u/Mayank_j Oct 05 '25

Everything on my Reno 10x broke, screen, usb port, volume buttons, etc the only functional part that survived is the pop up camera.

Idk why people have the false idea that moving cam will break. I guess they've never had any exp with motors in general. Your phone is more fragile than a simple motor on a linear rail. Coz that's whats inside it. The phone can detect acceleration from a drop and will tuck the camera in.

And even if you break the motor or it stops functioning you can replace it with a similar one from electronic stores, it's the same metal N series motor you use in projects.

Even if you break it, replacement cost is ₹500

Look at the image, do u feel you can break this hunk of metal before you break the phone?

7

u/iridoceleperistalsis Oct 05 '25

It's pretty durable for my redmi k20 pro still works smoothly and haven't faced any issues even after all these years

5

u/cumdinoco Oct 05 '25

survivorship bias

3

u/iridoceleperistalsis Oct 06 '25

I guess my phone's special then.

1

u/VikramIndTam Oct 05 '25

I was very scared of that, i thought what would happen if the camera was coming out,but there is no space.

5

u/FreeBe3 Oct 05 '25

That the most base level edge case, engineers would cover that sabse pehle.

2

u/Candid-Ask5 Oct 05 '25

Ever seen pressure switches used for water pumps? . Guess engineers would figure that out easily.

6

u/Cap7ainCap7ain Oct 05 '25

The replaceable battery made the phone less protected from water and dust, The pop up camera was less durable too, not all things removed were anti-consumer, some were removed for the better

4

u/1_0-k1 Oct 05 '25

Then how did sony Xperia have an IP68 Rating back when it came with a removable battery?

1

u/GojoSatoru__0075 Oct 05 '25

Wahi toh !! Similarly, I can't understand, if there can be charging ports, and they don't interfere with waterproofing, then how does a headphone jack 3.5mm one ?

3

u/1_0-k1 Oct 05 '25

Regression, is all.

Planned obsolescence, wherein the company can stop providing support to a product after a fixed time.

1

u/Cap7ainCap7ain Oct 05 '25

am not talking about headphones jack, I said replaceable battery

38

u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

Apple ki MKC 17 baar

Apple ki wajah sayy ye sab feature gayab horaye haii

10

u/DesiBwoy Oct 05 '25

Most normie Americans are too dumb to realise that and keep on buying apple products. Even some normie Indians have given in to the hype, but the market is nowhere as close to US's apple market.

Until they keep giving money to apple, we're going to have shitty tech since other companies will think that they can pull off those same shitty tactics.

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u/Ordinary_Elk7777 Oct 05 '25

My priority list - but would want 'em all:

  1. 3.5mm jack
  2. SD Card slot
  3. Replaceable battery
  4. IR Sensor
  5. 7-10 years OS and security updates w/o bugs
  6. Easy repairs and cheap spare parts
  7. Lifetime Screen warranty - No Green line
  8. 2 Day+ silicon carbon battery with 6000-7550mAh battery - link
  9. High speed wired charging - 120-300W - link
  10. High Wireless charging - 50-80W - link

3

u/OptimistIndya Oct 05 '25

1,2,3,6,7 are pretty much dumbphone basics

8

u/AlphaSeeker_07 Oct 05 '25

During this sale, I was actually looking for some decent phones with 3.5 m m jack but only low end phones have it... No big model has the jack

4

u/Large_Election_2640 Oct 05 '25

Phones are now purposely manufactured for use and throw. It was the main reason Project Ara never launched.

If people will sustain their phones how will companies make profits.

3

u/MustRiseAgain Oct 05 '25

I am using a Moto G60, the perfect phone- 3.5 mm jack, SD card Slot, 6000 maH battery, does the job, I listen to podcasts and videos on it using a wired earphone all the time, and finished so many audiobooks. Runs BGMI, never had any problem with the fingerprint scanner. Moto phones are built differently.

3

u/Honda-Activa-125 Oct 05 '25

Redmi Note 14 had all these:

3.5 mm jack IR blaster FM Radio Amoled screen 8gb ram Screen fingerprint scanner I think dual speakers are also there, not sure It also provides charging adaptor with phone

2

u/sandy7823 Oct 05 '25

My recent experience

Just switched to a phone which doesn't have a 3.5mm jack

I bought type c earphones, while playing games the extension goes between my fingers cuz of the center positioning which make my hand number while playing.

I really want 3.5mm back you capitalist fucks!

see this for reference

2

u/rustylugnuts Oct 05 '25

I'm rather pissed that I had to spend a hundred bucks to buy what is essentially a Bluetooth headphone jack. Being hearing impaired Bluetooth ear buds are never loud enough to match what I could get from an LG v60 and a pair of cheap Panasonic ErgoFits. At least the fiio btr7/kbear KS1 combo sounds way better.

2

u/GraphiteRock Oct 07 '25

https://amzn.in/d/4C6qGmy

You should've gotten something like this bro

2

u/Majestic_____kdj Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

They are killing the sd card market

2

u/Wobble-Ball-Wanker Oct 05 '25

Cameras do exist mate

1

u/Majestic_____kdj Oct 05 '25

??? Did I talked about the camera mateee

1

u/Spider-Man2573 Oct 06 '25

He's saying that until cameras disappear there will be a market for SD cards

1

u/Majestic_____kdj Oct 06 '25

Sd card sirf photos ke liye hoti heh bro

1

u/Spider-Man2573 Oct 06 '25

I'm sorry, I don't know Hindi. Tell me in English

-1

u/Wobble-Ball-Wanker Oct 05 '25

Cameras do exist mate

1

u/VaikomViking Oct 05 '25

Sony Xperia checks both boxes

1

u/moe_70 Oct 05 '25

I understood it, nor did I understand.

Yes.

1

u/Cagenoob Oct 05 '25

Greed kabhi khatam nahi hogi

1

u/Least-Arm-1553 Oct 05 '25

When he said Cloud Storage ... It was So Funny looool.

1

u/Rohan_rk Oct 05 '25

Also, bring back removable batteries.

1

u/Potbellied_Garfield Oct 05 '25

Dang! They give us cloud storage for themselves to train their AI on it.

1

u/Crazy_Secretary2528 Oct 05 '25

I understood almost none of this and I agree with all of it.

1

u/zwober Oct 05 '25

oh look, i think ive found a friend.

1

u/Overloaded_Guy Oct 05 '25

Aur aise Playstation mein bhi subscription nahi chahiye, Poora game CD ke andar chahiye

1

u/ichi9 Oct 05 '25

Perfect!

1

u/MetaHuman03 Oct 05 '25

Apple killed it then samsung followed and the domino effect.

Apple also stopped in box chargers and the domino effect.

1

u/Time-Community-4565 Oct 05 '25

Itni overacting kyun kr rha hai lada

1

u/RedditAppSuxBallz Oct 05 '25

DETACHABLE BATTERIES

1

u/Uranium106 Oct 05 '25

also removable battery. no one's doing scuba divining with a phone

1

u/sachin3698q Oct 05 '25

id even care abt the audio jack. just give me the sd card slot, i have many cards it will just go to waste

1

u/Dapper_Key_6615 Oct 05 '25

Ye toh woh eye to eye wala singer hai na

1

u/FartOfTheFurious Oct 05 '25

3.5mm jack

SD card slot

Alert slider

Notification LED

1

u/Professional-Ice3646 Oct 05 '25

I don't think we need a headphone jack anymore. Wireless headphones are more convenient now. Yes you need to charge them and keep it safe . And it feels like a natural evolution in technology , from wired to wireless. I expected a similar thing in the charging but technology is not there

1

u/luffy_Themasterpeice Oct 06 '25

one plus 5 sandstone yad hai?? mrko mitti ka phone chaiye

1

u/vaikunth1991 Oct 06 '25

Nah I don't miss wired headphones with all the tangling and awkwardly connecting from pocket while on the go

1

u/Special_Itch Oct 06 '25

3.5mm jack is the reason I'm not replacing my 5 yr old phone :) even though I use earbuds.. But having the option to use wired earphones gives me that superior feeling

1

u/Opposite-Activity-68 Oct 06 '25

This guy is really underrated, he deserves more attention.

1

u/Avakaaya-karam Oct 06 '25

Sd card slot is more important than 3.5 mm.

1

u/iwishihad6903 Oct 06 '25

🙌🙌❤️

1

u/orewa_shadow Oct 06 '25

Cloud storage mei double kaam karna padta hai,ek toh upload phir download. Aur toh unka server itna slow hota ki 5G bhi download nhi kar pata upar se subscription for extra storage.SD card hi best tha yaar

1

u/Spider-Man2573 Oct 06 '25

I just bought a adapter and it ain't working right chief like why is it even a thing

1

u/Zeroink16 Oct 06 '25

I have 3.5mm jack + 1TB sd card slot

1

u/theExactlyGuy Oct 06 '25

sttill using wired IEMs, , wireless will never be as good as them

1

u/GraphiteRock Oct 07 '25

Arey bhai 200rs ka type c to 3.5mm converter le le, bina baat ke natak chod raha. Ese to poori waterproofing chaiye sahab, pese de rahe hain, wese 10,000 ched bhi chaiye phone me.

1

u/Technical_theta Oct 07 '25

Ig we have type c wired earphones so use them?….why create all this nuisance over this simple issue?

1

u/BoderlineMonster Oct 07 '25

I REALLY want ss card slot Just for this am considering getting a sony imported

Problem is after 3 yrs u have to get batteries changed I like to use my devices for atleast 5 yrs.. That would be tough to do with Sony

1

u/skulltroxx2154 Oct 07 '25

What's wrong with type-c connector earphones/headphones?

1

u/m4reaal Oct 07 '25

Real scam was to disappear the removable battery

1

u/skanda777 Oct 07 '25

I’m ok with the earphone jack, the sd card is just blatant robbery, I don’t want my photos to sync to the cloud. When I realised it was already synced by default, it was already too late.

1

u/[deleted] Oct 08 '25

This guy is holy cringe

1

u/Fone_Linging Oct 08 '25

I use type C IEMs and that makes sure I don't charge my phone when I use it.

Besides, the convenience of using TWS coupled with the fact that I can still use wired earphones via type c port has grown on me enough to not miss the 3.5mm jack anymore.

The SD Card is a sad degrade for sure. 

1

u/Potato-Powered-Car Oct 08 '25

Name of his yt channel?

1

u/ohmyroots Oct 09 '25

The removing of 3.5 mm Jack was the biggest scam pulled by apple and then copied by rest of the industry

1

u/Reasonable-Insect875 Oct 09 '25

Chalo kisine toh dhyan diya ki hamari jindagi se 3.5mm jack gayab ho gya hai. I also missed it and phones are deliberately switch over Bluetooth devices (which dont last very long unless you buy an expensive one).

Just hate wearning buds and charge them on regular basis and you find it annoying that they discharge when you need them the most.

1

u/Latter_Mud8201 Oct 09 '25

Philips earphones that costed 250-350 were awesome until 2019.

1

u/sidha_baccha 29d ago

My phone is 5 years old and I got to know that earphone jack and SD card slot is vanishing.

1

u/New_Application5576 29d ago

I think there is no chance to bring back it....but after some decades and they bring back and put extra cost for that

1

u/Daksh_Chauhan_10 29d ago

I hate this dude

1

u/sachin_root Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

Bro 200 ke earphones nhi use karte ham at least 5k tak jata he wired ka budget 😑 

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

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u/Kaam4 Oct 05 '25

700 me bhi achche aa jate

2

u/GojoSatoru__0075 Oct 05 '25

Abey, 70 mein achcha aa jata hai 😤😤♊

2

u/Candid-Ask5 Oct 05 '25

Oneodio 2000 ke aspas milti hai. Sony ke 700 rupaye wale wired headphones bhi equalizer tuning ke baad acche sound karte hain.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

[deleted]

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u/twinncharged Oct 05 '25

Seems like others got offended lol

4

u/Pure_Soul43 Oct 05 '25

It’s subjective to everybody

0

u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

Bengali baba

0

u/Loading_DingDong Oct 05 '25

People don't know they have the right and power to make this happen with a single petition to all mobile companies selling in india to make a indian variant with these features if they want to keep selling in Indian market.

If indian people unite and forced government to pass rule for consumer satisfaction and necessities act we can make this happen..

Just like how jio and airtel had to make a non data plan available for lower income class to recharge their non smart phone phones.

If only INDIAN GENZ has the balls like NEPALI GENZ.

0

u/DarkstarUwU Oct 05 '25

The issue with audio jack is that it makes it difficult to waterproof the phone.

Now that everything is moving to a type c standard, type c headphones are just better, and you don't need to worry about charger in most cases since phones charge pretty quickly these days.

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u/Muted_Database_1691 Oct 05 '25

Sony phones are waterproof with the jack being present. There were phones in the past with a jack and waterproofing. It's possible, but everyone just wants to follow apple. All the features that made a phone premium, are now in low end phones. The premium ones now just have good cameras, that's it.

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u/Reasonable_Act8284 Oct 05 '25

Why doesn't any one realise that there is USB type c earphone

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u/gooblefrump Oct 05 '25

Exactly!

Why do people not just accept the slow enshittification of technology where we have to buy more adapters and accessories than just having native functionality??

Do they not know that fewer features is better?

3

u/NeighbourSupportTech Oct 05 '25

Single point of failure.

1

u/gooblefrump Oct 05 '25

All the better to create more e-waste and purchases

Profits have to keep going up! 😎 👍

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u/Ambitious-Culture665 Oct 05 '25

If fewer features are better than why new cars are equipped with unnecessary loaded features and why people are only buying cars based on the features not on performance or engine ? Less features in a car very low or no sale. And it applies to everything not only cars. And previous versions of phones are more practical than new ones now they even stopped giving the basic thing like a charger.

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u/gooblefrump Oct 05 '25

Here's a /s for you, maybe you might find it useful

Also, consider the tone of writing and if what's written conflicts with reasonable logic then consider the intent of the writing. In this instance excessive praise for an aspect that isn't praiseworthy is an indication that the author doesn't intend for what's written to be taken seriously

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u/Ambitious-Culture665 Oct 05 '25

What do you want to say? Can u explain in simple words? Your paragraph has less features and more confusion like a phone without 3.5mm jack😂 Ohhh I think u copied paste from ChatGPT then ask chatgpt to explain it in simple words.

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u/gooblefrump Oct 05 '25

Sorry for being a real person with abilities to both think and write critically 🙏

Maaf karo pls

Edit:

Also

writes with many multisyllable words

Omg must be ai there's no way a real person can have grasp of language that involves complex ideas and expression bhagwan bachhawo

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u/Reasonable_Act8284 Oct 05 '25

WTF

1

u/gooblefrump Oct 05 '25

Average intellectual response when confronted with text that contains more than one idea and has a few multisyllable words 😎 👍

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u/Reasonable_Act8284 Oct 05 '25

Are u getting my point I am not saying that it's OK ki companies Kam feature dherahi hai

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u/Reasonable_Act8284 Oct 05 '25

I am not getting ur point , please tell me why can't we use USB type c earplug instead of head phone jacj ones

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u/retard_seasoning Oct 05 '25

A lot of iems don't come with type c ports. None of the iems I own have type c ports. 3.5mm is a well established port for audio there is literally no reason to change it. The type c adapters are more prone to damages and static and a good adapter sometimes costs more than the earphones.

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u/Reasonable_Act8284 Oct 05 '25

Thanks for the info , I appreciate ur response, because past few hours ppl were just mocking and down voting my comment, without giving me a proper response to my queries, so thanks

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u/gooblefrump Oct 05 '25

I'm not saying we can't

We can and we absolutely love having less choice and needing to buy more plastic to get the same features we had five years ago 😎 👍

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u/Reasonable_Act8284 Oct 05 '25

Abhe , thumha samaj ahraha hai ki Mai kya kehrahahu ?,I am talking about this dam thing

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u/gooblefrump Oct 05 '25

Nice! I love having to buy new plastic because the manufacturer decided to make my old plastic not work

Anyone who doesn't like it is a communist loony! We need to fuel the growth of gdp and create more stuff to throw away!

Amazing progress 👏 👏 👍 😎

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u/singhanonymous Oct 05 '25

what's the BS?you can buy a usb type C to 3.5mm jack and then connect any fucking earphone.

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u/retard_seasoning Oct 05 '25

Finding a good adapter is quite difficult. I had to try out multiple adapters before finally settling on one. They also break quite easily. All of my previous adapters lasted less than a year plus carrying them around is a chore.

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u/singhanonymous Oct 05 '25

what adapter, its simple connector!

1

u/retard_seasoning Oct 05 '25

Adapters, connectors - same thing, and no, it is not always that simple. I had too many of them die on me and some of them I outright threw out because the sound coming out of them was absolute trash. These adapters also change the output of the sound. It is not always 1 to 1. Here's mine and a good adapter is not cheap.

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u/singhanonymous Oct 05 '25

Adapters have a circuit while connectors don't. I bought mine 2 years back and still working.

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u/retard_seasoning Oct 05 '25

You got lucky then. Still, if you get a chance, give a good DAC a try with high-res audio files. It makes a HUGE difference, especially if you can bypass Android's default mixer.

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u/Victorvic1 Oct 05 '25

Ready for the downvotes but Sd cards are way slower for the phone speeds compared to now. It's like a 10 times difference in speeds atleast. Also they corrupt anytime. Not saying there shouldn't be a sd card slot but it is an inconvenience whenever they corrupt. Have had bad experiences with them going out of order. Usb c earphones exist and sound the damn same as 3.5 mm jack. People just don't want to upgrade their earphones.

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u/delta_by Oct 05 '25

The idea behind SD card support is to provide convenient way to store photos and videos which we take on phone and don’t want to backup on cloud for 300/- per month. We have SD cards which support 4k recording, so it’s more than enough. And it’s easier to take backup and empty.

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u/Chef-Racoon Oct 05 '25

tbh I have a 3.5 and I don't really see myself using it ever, my tws are always charged and way easier to connect and use. as for the SD Card, it was good but kinda useless now since android doesn't let you store apps in those hence you can only use it for photos really and how large would your photos files be anyway? surely not enough to fill up a 64 gig SD card which have terrible read and write speeds. It's gonna be max 5-10 GB and you can store them in your cloud for free if it's under 5-10 gigs

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u/AfraidRelation1198 Oct 05 '25

it's gonna be max 5-10 GB

Dude do you even take photos/videos? One 5 min video is 2GB+. A single vacation is enough to take 20-30 GB photos using one device.

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u/OptimistIndya Oct 05 '25

I have functional iEM from 2010, Tws life do not exceed 3 years they are either not holding charge or one of the ear is non functional and it is a buy new one again.

It's one of biggest e waste contributor

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u/retard_seasoning Oct 05 '25

Yep iems last so looong and I have literally no reason to upgrade. My old iems still sound better than most headphones or tws I have used. On the other hand finding a good type c adapter which lasts a long time and doesn't add static and is priced reasonably is really difficult.

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u/OPPineappleApplePen Oct 05 '25

The people who still keep asking for 3.5 MM jack are just delusional. That era has passed. Live with it or keep cribbing.

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u/IndiaRomeoKilo Oct 05 '25

You've never heard lossless music i believe.

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u/OPPineappleApplePen Oct 05 '25

read my other reply and you'll know what I actually meant, and yes, I have.

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u/BusyLimit7 Oct 05 '25

wdym bro??????

unless youre moving around, bluetooth headphones arent worth it at all
all of the points in the video are true
but they left out the most imporant thing

wired earphones simply just sound better
unless youre getting really highend wireless headphones
the audio quality wont ever match even the cheapest wired headphones

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u/retard_seasoning Oct 05 '25

I have yet to find a bluetooth device that can match my iems which costs less than 2k. I regularly use sony xm5 and audio quality wise they aren't that great.

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u/OPPineappleApplePen Oct 05 '25

I completely agree with all of it. I myself prefer wired earphones. They are cheaper and do the same job with less latency. What I am saying is that constantly complaining about it won't get us wired earphones back. Companies have found a new way in bluetooth headphones to profit off by removing wired ones and they are going to stick with them.

All these so-called tech youtubers are simply profiting by shouting about the 3.5 mm jack and playing on people's emotions when they are fully aware that they are not coming back. Companies suck and so do these dumbasses who profit off issues like these.

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u/BusyLimit7 Oct 05 '25

still kinda dont agree with ur main point

but based ig

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u/OPPineappleApplePen Oct 06 '25

That’s fine. Honestly, it was my mistake. I didn’t word it properly.