>all that talk about apple removing the stereo jack a while

So your argument is because back in the days it was the norm we should accept it now?

>>58872979
So because we didn't have vaccines back in the day, we shouldn't have them now?

>>58872979
So you literally admit that Apple is going backwards?

>>58872979
>not going for the Nokia feature phone + iPod combo

wew

Because we didn't have muslims back in the day we shouldn't have them now?

>>58872979
Because there was no need for a headphone jack.
They had only a few MB of space.

>>58873087
>They had only a few MB of space.
I have a phone from that era that came with a 2 GB M2 memory card, and that doesn't even include internal storage.

>>58872979
Motorola ROKR got it right, headphone jack, SD card, and iTunes to attract the iPod crowd.

>>58873087
I remember having a flip phone that was made for playing music but only having like 10mbs of on board storage lol

>>58873087
>not listening to sweet chiptunes on your flip phone

>>58873002
I N N O V A T I O N

>>58872979
It was uncommon because it was useless. Even phones that allowed MP3 playback sounded like shit compared to a $25 chink player of the time.

people used mp3 players since forever retard

>>58873680
There's still really nice standalone music players.

>>58873348
>not listening to MIDIs on your TI-83
It only has a 2.5 port though.

>>58872979
>K750i
fuck that brings back memories
Also, that's an awful argument because people recognised the lack of a stereo jack as a problem back then as well. One reason Blackberries became so popular among teens back then was that it had a 3.5mm cable so they could use their shitty Skullcandy headphones with it

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>>58873087
>His phone didn't have an FM radio.
LMAOing at your life fäm

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>>58874090
>only FM and not 1seg

kys

>>58872979
Old Nokia's had a 2,5mm port, I still don't know why it didn't become a standard

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>>58872979
No one gave a fuck because you could actually charge the phone and use the headphone jack adapter

>t. K750i user

Man what a dumb design. I like how apple thinks it will make people buy their special ear phones, but the only people whk are dumb enough to pay full price were going to buy them anyways

>>58873002
FP only relevant post

>>58872979
MP3 players were also the preferred way to listen to music.

>>58873109
Sony Ericsson?

we used to enslave black people so I guess it's okay to enslave a nigger today?

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>>58872979
You mean at a time when you only had a few MBs and dedicated MP3 players were used all the time - with a fucking 3.5mm jack.............

Retard

>>58873062
/thread

>>58872979
NO SHIT SHERLOCK

>>58874471
>Nokia
>FM receiver.... AND transmitter.

>non-Nokia
>Maybe FM receiver, most certainly just using your limited 3g/4g data instead of the free radio waves that have full range everywhere even in rural areas where you can't even get 3g/4g reception.

Still Kyocera has been 15 years ahead of the world with their IC tech that still hasn't really been put to use here since Apple want their shit and Google want their shit.

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>>58878291
>mp3 player
RIP Jens.
Best dedicated media player was the 30GB/80GB* iPod 5.5g Video running Rockbox.

*This model was thicc, so not for everyone.

>>58872979
that was back when headsets were only used for phone calls
now we use phones for music and video

>>58873023
not with all the proof against them.

>>58873062
one step back two isteps foward

>>58874474
too flimsy. the iphone port is actually sturdy and does more stuff than simply a mini xlr could ever do

>>58873109
This. I had a Sagem flip phone that supported micro SD cards. Had a 1GB in there even though it only officially supported 512MB.

Good times.

>>58873071
Yes
Now hang yourself

>>58872979
>before the popularization of smartphones

There, you showed us how fucking stupid you are with your own words. Faggot.

>>58872979
Phones playing music was uncommon before the popularization of smartphones. Headset standards were uncommon before the popularization of smartphones.

Don't judge the past from the height of your 12 years of presence on this planet kiddo.

>>58880781
>Phones playing music was uncommon before the popularization of smartphones
I remember it being pretty common though, and people used to share their music over Bluetooth.

>>58881033
There was a brief time before smartphones that phones were used for music, but for the most part portable music went CD player -> MP3 player -> smartphone

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>>58872979
Sony VAIO from 2003. 10" Pentium M, $4000 base model.
Wifi PCMCIA card sold separately, Ethernet + VGA dongle sod separately.
Apple BTFO

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>>58881075
Proprietary dongle for it.

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>>58872979
Yeah, but this was absolute shit i was so fucking glad this trend died back then and now applel and shitsung starting it all over again

>>58881075
Oh, I forgot the main feature. It weighs 740g.

>>58881075
Even if it's thinshit, the design on that is actually rather nice.

>>58881033
>I remember it being pretty common though, and people used to share their music over Bluetooth.
for like a year. And even then phones already had headphone jacks.
The limit was the small phone storage. so you could only have a few songs

>>58872979
YES AND IT SUCKED THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT

>>58874471
why do the japs have all the cool shit?

>>58872979
And everyone fucking loved having to buy a proprietary adapter specific to that manufacturer, right? Btw, do you know what was also uncommon? SD cards that could store a useful amount of music and internet access to use online streaming services like deezer, spotify, etc.

>>58873142
>>58873109
>not understanding the meaning of uncommon
Quite a lot of my older phones don't have an SD card slot.

>>58874090
I too like listening to ads between my music and some fucking cunt telling me the news every hour.

>>58880215
>not with all the proof against them.
Holy shit dude. You might be actually retarded.

It would be awesome if the lack of stereo output on flagship phones made standalone music players popular again.

>>58878291

op's pic is SE k750 that came with memorystick pro duo slot (upto 32gb cap), also had very nice equalizer +megabass but most mericans where into shitty razers back then.

>>58881882
It was a M2 port, Sony didn't switch to SD until 2009.

>>58872979
Funny thing is that Apple popularized the 3.5mm jack for headphones and now everyone is following them to get rid of it.

Now before you say there were 3.5mm jacks for decades, a lot of Windows Mobile and Symbian phones used a 2.5mm jack, mini-usb or plain just used their proprietary port for headphones.

>>58880215
>not with all the proof against them.
such as

>>58872979
Fuck it, I'll bite.
>before we found out this thing was cool, we didn't know it was cool
>therefore, it isn't cool

You absolute fuckwit, we didn't give a fuck about seatbelts in cars before we invented them.

Also,
>>58873062

>>58872979
I miss good phones like this one