14 DAY TRIAL // Well, it was good while it lasted. Samsung seems more and more willing to kill off the headphone jack on all of its models, and the company’s latest flagship ships without such a connector as well.
The Galaxy S21, which was announced earlier today and is due to go on sale on January 29, comes without a headphone jack because you know, its predecessor didn’t have one either and Samsung has absolutely no intention to go back and bring this connector to its smartphones.
Instead, you get the USB-C port, which you can use for pretty much everything, though when it comes to music, it’s pretty clear Samsung’s recommended option is a pair of wireless earbuds.
Apple started the trend, everybody embraced it
Apple was one of the first companies to kill off the headphone jack back when it rolled out the iPhone 7. At that point, everybody was skeptical the popular connector would go dark completely, and some companies, including Samsung itself, tried to resist the change, only that most of us knew it was just a matter of time until the South Koreans embraced this switch as well.
And it did, with the company’s flagships now coming without a headphone jack, something which at some level makes sense, especially because Samsung is now betting big on its wireless earbuds too.
Needless to say, the only problem is that you need to spend extra for them, so if you have a good pair of headphones using a 3.5mm connector, there’s no way to use it without investing in an adaptor that would allow you to connect them via USB-C.
The Galaxy S21 is already available for preorder and so are the new Galaxy Earbuds Pro released by Samsung at the Unpacked event today.