Here's why the Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ don't have a headphone jack

07 August 2019
The company anticipated the backlash, and thus had a few reasons at the ready.

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Very inconvenient for me. I always end up having to use both the charging port and the headphone jack at the same when both my phone and wireless earbuds are out of battery. I have fives pairs of mid to high range wireless headphones/earphones which are always out of battery when I need them while my old faithful wired earphones are always ready to go. Sound quality of wired earphones are much better than wireless ones in the same price range. You would wish you had both the ports over that minuscule 100mAh battery because that is only a few minutes of extra juice when you are playing demanding games like PUBG or watching videos at 1080 on YT. But, you will have 'unlimited battery' when you can both charge and use wired headphone at the same time. To me wireless headphones only make sense when you are using it on your desktop PC because you cannot slip your PC in your pocket and walk around like you can do with your phone.

    extrabigmehdi, 08 Aug 2019Anyways Bluetooth headphones are not so convenient. I use o... morefirst of all 3.5 is an analog port. Doesn't output lossless music anyway unless used a external device.

    So since these devices have a Type -C output, that can be used to play lossless music, again provided you have a good pair of ear/headphones.

    And if you are not aware, wireless music also are lossless thanks to the recent upgrades in the ear/headphones industry. Bose/Sony have one of the meanest pair if your pockets allows you, you can grab them in one of the amazon sale. :-) Peace Bro

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      • Big Chill
      • 3J{
      • 08 Aug 2019

      I think these companies are doing this to make the market for Hi Fi audio players viable once again, because face it, if you can sell 4 products (phones, Bluetooth earphones, Hi-Fi Earphones and Hi-Fi Players) why would you settle for selling just one (phone with 3.5 mm jack, and free earphones)

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        • mazrim
        • M31
        • 08 Aug 2019

        Yep Samsung are talking bollocks here, if its for the battery why not remove the S Pen and get another 100 in, and I've never in my life heard some one say thank god for that haptic improvement, this is just Samsung trying to hide the fact their to cowardly to commit to their fans and not follow the apple trends, I for one wont but a phone with out the headphone jack and their is still lost of available phones that include it

          No jack, no sd, no IR, no VR, no FM, No Heart rate sensor, this is pretty much death release of note series that was do it all and was once my favorite.

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            • S Yu
            • s$k
            • 08 Aug 2019

            Anonymous, 08 Aug 2019there are good quality of wireless headphones guess you jus... moreAmuse me with a pair of properly driven CIEMs performing at UE Reference levels with at least one of LDAC or aptX-HD supported lasting at least 6 hrs on a charge.

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              • AnonD-731363
              • SH3
              • 08 Aug 2019

              Operation Blitz, 08 Aug 2019SD Card is useless??? Really? Name me one cloud based stora... moreMan as they hacked cloud storage they can do same with your phone.
              A good hacker can hack anything even ministry of defence in Pentagon USA.

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                • S Yu
                • s$k
                • 08 Aug 2019

                Silver, 08 Aug 2019And then I ask them, was that even practically necessary? A... moreLet's support LG and Asus, they still release largely proper flagships.
                Seriously a millimeter or two of bezels, a friggin' ToF sensor for fake bokeh those are total gimmicks compared to the actual features they're deleting from their flagships.

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                  • Popy
                  • D06
                  • 08 Aug 2019

                  That is some very series blunt ethics from samsung

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                    • Anonymous
                    • xfI
                    • 08 Aug 2019

                    Poor Samsung, still drinking Steve Jobs' Koolaid, sad!

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                      • S Yu
                      • s$k
                      • 08 Aug 2019

                      Dometalican, 08 Aug 2019I LITERALLY had this same idea when they revealed they were... moreWell technically impossible, the battery for a decent BT adapter that lasts ~3hrs on LDAC is 6 times the size the integrated battery of the S-Pen, it just won't fit not to mention a wireless adapter doesn't sound the same as a straight connection.
                      The S-Pen would at best pass through the signal when in its socket.
                      OR they could've just kept the jack, kept the haptic feedback, and added 500mAh more to the battery by adding 1mm or slightly less to the thickness of the body.

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                        • kww
                        • kDy
                        • 08 Aug 2019

                        jeez, quit complaining, it comes with a USB C port, and wired headphones plug right in. They are making headphones with USB C connection now.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • KAG
                          • 08 Aug 2019

                          they have fitted long S-pen and giving excuse for 3.5mm jack.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • JLu
                            • 08 Aug 2019

                            AverageUser, 08 Aug 2019Losing headphone jack has been disappointing. But we honest... morePeople like you caused that b.shit.
                            There is no reason to remove headphone jack.
                            Its a sucking marketing trick to sell Type-c sh.ts.
                            So, speak for yourself smarty.

                              Losing headphone jack has been disappointing. But we honestly all knew it was going to happen sooner or later.

                              Same like with removable batteries.
                              SD slot will go next...

                              But main feature of Note series has always been the S-pen. Not headphone jack... so keep that in mind aswell...

                                Pixel is the new HTC, 08 Aug 2019You get type-C earphones out fo the box Note10 which you ca... moreSome people like to buy their own headphones.

                                Some people watch videos or listen to music while they charge their phone...

                                  FreedaBees, 08 Aug 2019No headphone jack - no buy.Your comment is like if she don't have big Kass no marriage. Grow up dude...

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • y{4
                                    • 08 Aug 2019

                                    extrabigmehdi, 08 Aug 2019Anyways Bluetooth headphones are not so convenient. I use o... moreoff from topic, where did u downloaded all those flac collection? is it free?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • gLN
                                      • 08 Aug 2019

                                      there is only one way to make Samsung really listen..

                                      you need to pre-order/ buy the phone day 1.. wait a couple of days and return it and state the reason of 'no headphone jack', and get all your money back.

                                      those reports do go to Samsung.


                                      so Samsung will see many sales, be happy at the thought of all the bonuses, then see all the returns and loss of bonuses and the reason why.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • Dkt
                                        • 08 Aug 2019

                                        Anonymous, 08 Aug 2019Maybe we can't be bothered having to charge headphones as w... moreThen Don't Buy It