According to Android Authority report, US mobile virtual operator Ting surveyed more than 3,600 American smartphone buyers. According to the survey, only 1% of respondents believe that the headphone jack is an essential feature when selecting a new phone.
In the survey, respondents can select three necessary functions for smartphones. They choose those factors from the price, screen, camera, battery, storage space, configuration (RAM, processor speed), operating system and headphone jack options.
Of these options, only 1% of respondents use the headphone jack as one of the three necessary features.
Not surprisingly, the top factor is the price. 35% of the respondents think the price of a smartphone is the most important factor when buying a new model. On the second place, we can see the operating system. It accounts for 30%. The hardware configuration is ranked third with a proportion of 14%.
Only 5% of respondents think the screen size and other parameters matter, and only 4% prioritized the battery. 2% of them cares about the look. In fact, it was named the ‘cool factor’. Thus, this means the average smartphone buyer in the US cares more about having a cool-looking phone than they do a phone with a 3.5mm audio jack.
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Well, as we are focusing on the headphone jack, it’s quite interesting how customers will refer to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10, which has been released recently and doesn’t offer a headphone jack. As the source points out ‘this survey might simply be another indicator that the time of the headphone jack is slowly fading away.’
P.S. Ting’s report provides other interesting data as well. Say, most people plan to keep their smartphones for three-to-five years. This is way longer than the usual 2-year cycle. Moreover, it turns out people prefer to pay outright for their device rather than on installment.
I don’t think that’s true people willing to pay out right for a phone not every one is gonna do that unless
You are a person that has money to burn installment payments is the best way to go in my opinion from $1200 to
$ 1400 up $ 2,000 that’s a lot of money. High prices for hi end smart none heavy users are willing to keep there phone from 3yr to 4yr until there’s is no more updates on smart phones.. only people with money can afford.
Though I do agree that most people don’t want to pay for a phone outright, I can’t agree with financing as the best way to buy one. The longer you wait to buy an Android device, the cheaper it gets. You can get an unlocked galaxy s10 for less than $600, just months after it released for hundreds more. Carriers will still charge you basically the same price as when it was released. Just saying.
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I disagree 100%. Headphone jacks are VERY important.
FOR ME, ONE THING THAT IS SURE IS AN IR BLASTER, UNTIL EVERY GADGET IS INSTALLED WITH AI VOICE CONTROL LIKE AMAZONS ECHO, FROM ACS TO TVS TO REFRIGERATORS….AN IR BLASTER GOES IN FOR ME 65%
FOR ME, ONE THING THAT IS SURE IS AN IR BLASTER, UNTIL EVERY GADGET IS INSTALLED WITH AI VOICE CONTROL LIKE AMAZONS ECHO, FROM ACS TO TVS TO REFRIGERATORS….AN IR BLASTER GOES IN FOR ME 65%
i´m using my headphone every day, and no i don´t like to worry if my BT headphones are charged or not. I have never used the IR blaster on my phone. I think this is designers getting to mush to say in the process, functionality rules for me.