The movement to eliminate the 3.5mm headphone port The iPhone 7 is and will continue to be controversial until time proves the Cupertino people right, as has already happened with other eliminations such as the 3.5 ″ floppy disk from their computers. Apparently, other manufacturers, such as Samsung who criticized this move even before it was official, will do the same and the Galaxy S8 you could also lose the port that is being so famous these days.
The move would be exactly the same as Apple's, that is, Samsung would eliminate the 3.5mm headphone port and users who bought the Galaxy S8 they couldn't use a standard because the port that would include said terminal would be owned by the South Korean company. In this way, Samsung would be the owner of a new technology and any company that wanted to launch compatible headphones would have to pay for the license.
And if the Galaxy S8 has its own port, what?
As a user, I don't like the idea that each manufacturer includes its own port. This would take us back several years to a time when each mobile had its own headphones and we could not use any other. Personally, I think it would be best to use the USB-C, but the recent cases of explosions of the Galaxy Note 7 may be a sign that something is wrong with that technology. In any case, and if this were the case, it would be best to update said connector to ensure its proper functioning and to make it a standard that we could use on any computer to listen to music, among many other things.
What seems clear is that tech jack's days are numbered. In fact, it has been a long time since equipment such as pedalboards for guitars, etc., can be connected via USB, something that I did not understand years ago but that I am very clear now. It remains to be seen if in the future we all use a standard, Apple and Samsung included, or each manufacturer goes its own way, which would be worse for users.
