A bit of excessive, I know, but I would love a 6.35mm jack, too.
Personally I only use smartphones with dual XLR output and optical SPDIF.
Hahaha!! I wish! Actually, I have old equipment that only takes the 6.35mm TS (and a couple TRS) connectors, and I donβt like adaptors, as they almost always noticeably reduce audio quality.
I donβt like adaptors, as they almost always noticeably reduce audio quality.
Huh? 3.5mm to 6.35mm adapters, the small bits of metal and plastic, or are you talking about something else?
2 headphone jacks is definitely a choice. I wonder if thereβs at least one use case for it in 2024 though
Second sentence:
It has a 4.4mm headphone jack to go with the more conventional 3.5mm type.
4.4mm is for balanced audio output. This audience for this device is audiophiles.
Well idk anything about audiophile stuff. I know I canβt afford to even look at such tech lol
Youβd be surprised. Plenty of great in ear monitors that are sub $100 and use balanced 4.4mm jacks.
Itβs aimed strictly at audiophiles. The extra jack is a 4.4mm jack thatβs more common in things like DACs.
An example:
https://nobleaudio.com/products/dac-amp-with-4-4mm-pentaconn-output
Pair a phone like this with a pair of Sennheiserβs and a bunch of FLAC files and you might have a really good time.
Oh so the jacks are different? Ok then. I thought the other sizes are dead or only used in niche $100k+ equipment
Hereβs specs: https://liliputing.com/moondrop-miad-01-smartphone-with-hifi-audio-features-launches-globally-for-399/
Seems nice. I just wish it had removable battery, like phones used to, so I could carry a spare around, like I used to with Sony Ericsson W200i.
Also dedicated dual SIM + MicroSD instead of hybrid.
Just got an idea, the Galaxy Flip has 2 batteries. Small one, and large one. What if there was a small one built-in, and a larger swappable one. You could then hot-swap the batteries like with some ThinkPads (those with internal + external battery).
Unfortunately making the battery removable will make the phone considerably thicker and probably easier to break which is not what most of the users want
Iirc, removeable batteries make phones harder to break. If you drop them, the back cover and battery come off, reducing the shock on the display.
Breaking a modern screen by dropping the phone on a flat surface is not that easy. What can break more often is the electrical circuit between the battery and the phone (causing it to force shutdown that can lead to potential software instabilities), the back cover and sometimes the display flat cable thing
The Galaxy S5 was the last of the mainline series to have a removable battery, and was thinner than the S9 which came out four years later. It also had a pretty good water resistance rating.
Any βdownsidesβ to a replaceable battery are a myth.
Well also the internals and the battery itself is more loose so itβs less resistant to high G-forces
Dual usbc when?