> There's got to be a word for the attitude you are running here.. I can't think of it.
"Fatalism"? It's the same attitude that leads some people to roll over and agree that "privacy is dead -- get used to it." The replacement of the headphone jack by a port that is worse in every way, by wireless 'phones that are unreliable and need to be charged every few hours, or by an expensive dongle makes life worse for everyone except headphone and dongle salesmen. The rest of us should not simply roll over and take it.
I agree. The issue is, as a longtime iPhone user, I'm being forced into a no-headphone-jack phone. I need to get a new phone in the next month or so, and my major options are:
1. iphone SE - seems great, but given its internals are 6S, it will be updated into slow performance sooner than my other options.
2. iphone SE 2 - rumored to come out in the next 4-6 months, but who's to say it will have a headphone jack?
3. iphone 7/8/X - dongle land
4. Switch to android - apart from standard friction of using a new OS (probably not a very big deal), I may need to re-buy a number of apps. And the one android phone I was counting on, the Pixel 2, now also doesn't have a headphone jack. Thanks google.
I'm actually tempted to just buy an android phone by Blu or something; this overpriced hardware seemed almost worth it when it was at least not taking away features that I use everyday.
Is that the best version of not rolling over and taking it? Ugh. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate them.
I'd buy a few iPhone SEs as spares. In a similar vein, I currently use an iPod Shuffle on runs and hikes, because it's cheap, light, and durable. They retailed for $50 from Apple, and now that they're discontinued, they seem to be selling for $80+ on Amazon. I wish I had invested in a stockpile, so I could sell most at a profit, and keep a few for personal use.
I don't know how you use your phone, but I don't forsee my 6s becoming unusable in the next year or two for my use cases (WhatsApp, maps, taking photos, checking email). Granted iOS 11 (and High Sierra) have been notoriously buggy. :\
It'll probably be outdated sooner, but I love the SE. I actually just got a new one to replace the one I lost and it was, compared to the new ones, cheap. It just has the right form factor and as of yet I haven't noticed any slowness.
"Fatalism"? It's the same attitude that leads some people to roll over and agree that "privacy is dead -- get used to it." The replacement of the headphone jack by a port that is worse in every way, by wireless 'phones that are unreliable and need to be charged every few hours, or by an expensive dongle makes life worse for everyone except headphone and dongle salesmen. The rest of us should not simply roll over and take it.