On the venerable TRS plug.....
On the venerable TRS plug.....
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66
Re: On the venerable TRS plug.....
I've seen some pretty thin, and cheap, 1/8 inch (oh, pardon me, 3.5mm) jacks in equipment. The phones aren't so thin that they couldn't have kept one inside it, unless their eventual goal is to get something as thin as a credit card. I think the real reason they removed it is so they could sell their own brand of wireless ear buds, because no one uses that jack for anything else, according to their wonderful "know-it-all" marketing department.
Bob M.
Bob M.
Re: On the venerable TRS plug.....
Does the 5S still have one? I may be getting one of those soon. My 5 is about wore out (might not be as bad if I didn't drop it in the toilet (pause for spittake). It was starting to annoy me more than usual even before that rescue.
Since they STILL don't do FM radio, I may have to get a droid so I can keep tabs on the NextRadio stuff.
Since they STILL don't do FM radio, I may have to get a droid so I can keep tabs on the NextRadio stuff.
Mike Shane, CBRE
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Re: On the venerable TRS plug.....
Who's your carrier?
The FM hardware may be in a Droid but if you're on Verizon it isn't active & you can't activate it. (it could be "rooting" the phone would allow activation -- I haven't tried that. Where I live, Verizon is the only carrier with reliable service.)
The FM hardware may be in a Droid but if you're on Verizon it isn't active & you can't activate it. (it could be "rooting" the phone would allow activation -- I haven't tried that. Where I live, Verizon is the only carrier with reliable service.)
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66
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Re: On the venerable TRS plug.....
This is why I don't "buy" subsidized phones.w9wi wrote:if you're on Verizon it isn't active & you can't activate it
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Re: On the venerable TRS plug.....
This. Never again...unlocked secondhand devices for me, please.Deep Thought wrote:This is why I don't "buy" subsidized phones.w9wi wrote:if you're on Verizon it isn't active & you can't activate it
This sounds like just another example of Apple's "too hip for the room" attitude and penchant for forcing the user to buy expensive proprietary adapters.