I was reading through a press release about the Nokia 5800 ‘Tube’ handset. Over a million of them shipped. Good news.
My issue?
Have a read of this sentence. I’ve bolded the problem line.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers a complete music experience and features a number of music and entertainment essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks, support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. Built-in surround sound stereo speakers offer the industry’s most powerful sound.
AND a 3.5mm jack?
Now, I understand why the PR feel this needs to be included — because often many handsets ship with some dickhead adapter. For multiple reasons. This isn’t some historical quirk. The ‘open’ T-Mobile HTC G1, launched last quarter, doesn’t actually come with a 3.5mm jack. You need a USB extension.
The fact that Nokia’s PR felt they needed to stick in the ‘and a 3.5mm jack’ fact is indicative of just how rubbish this mobile industry really is.
Whyever would you make a handset that DOESN’T have a 3.5mm jack for your favourite headphones?
Well.
Multiple dickhead reasons are provided, all of them 100% invalid.
3.5mm is the standard, yes? Let’s move on. Nothing smaller, nothing bigger, no USB bollocks please.
Do you think we’ll EVER get to the point whereby we actually have to report that a phone has a 3.5mm jack? Will this finally become commonplace this year?
Or have I had far too much caffeine?
