hey what's up it's Jerad with state of tech and I wanted to talk today about
something that I think we need to stop bothering with and that's complaining
about the notch and the headphone jack on smartphones now I know that there
isn't a whole lot to talk about with smartphones because there's just been
intermittent changes and so of course the number one thing that tech reviewers
complain about is the notch and the lack of a headphone jack and I'm really tired
of it because I just think that a lot of these tech reviewers don't have anything
intelligent to say about these new devices so they complain about the
obvious things that most people watching are going to probably agree with and
that's the fact that they would prefer not to have a notch and they would
prefer to have a headphone jack so force change happens to push progression I
mean we know that people don't normally like change so they complain about it
sometimes changes for the good and for the benefit of us the people and other
times we kind of wonder why that change needed to happen I mean if it was not
for laws like it becoming a law we wouldn't wear seatbelts I mean they put
seat belts in cars for our safety but nobody was wearing them so they had to
make a law enforcing them and because there's a law now most of us believe
that it's safer to wear a seat belt in our car than it is to go without it I
mean if you get in a car accident and the seat belt isn't there to hold you in
a lot of times you'll get damaged and so it took a law going into place it took
us being forced into that in order to actually like start to take advantage of
the seat belt that's there to save us now smartphones have had bluetooth for a
long time but that didn't necessarily mean that there were good Bluetooth
headphones out there I mean there were very few good bluetooth headphones that
were Wireless out there until Apple and other manufacturers started taking away
the headphone jack now sometimes it takes forcing the hand of the market in
order for good things to start happening I mean the air pods that Apple came out
with are fantastic and they're a great example of what
other manufacturers need to do in creating a device that's not only good
quality audio for your listening experience but also adds value to the
experience of the device I mean wired headphones can only do one thing and
that is allow you to listen to music and maybe start and stop and you know have a
phone conversation or something like that they're very limited that when you
go Bluetooth there's additional things that are added there and it improves the
experience and now I never plug wired headphones into my phone even with the
dongle because there's more a better experience out of the wireless
headphones that I have now I have no choice in my truck because my truck
doesn't have Bluetooth audio I have to use an adapter for that I either have to
use a dongle and plug in with a wire which means not being able to charge my
phone or I have to use an aftermarket Bluetooth device which actually isn't
really that bad I'll put a link down in the description below to a video that I
did on one and that allows you to be able to charge your phone in the car and
use Bluetooth audio even if you have a car that might be a little bit older or
doesn't have that feature when the iPhone 10 came out I was just blown away
at the fact that I had the same size screen as much larger phones that I had
had previous I liked having that smaller phone because it fit better in my pocket
it was more comfortable to hold in my hand for a longer period of time and it
was just overall a better experience took a little bit of getting used to for
the knotch but I would rather have more screen real estate and a smaller phone
the alternative is to have a big phone and of course a big screen but the phone
in the body of the phone ends up being pretty large as well and so there is a
little bit of a sacrifice there but it's not really as annoying as everybody else
makes it out to be so the alternative is wasted space on the front of the phone
in order to have a large screen that means the body of the phone has to be
larger so I would rather have the knotch have a large screen on a small phone
than the other way around so why don't manufacturers include headphone jacks I
mean there's definitely room we see other manufacturers including them still
but in my opinion I think it is to make sure that there's additional room for
things that do actually matter I would rather have longer battery life because
they could fit just that much larger of a battery inside the phone the inclusion
of wireless charging and of course just the power consumption is much lower over
Bluetooth than it is having to power headphones and speakers by making the
Bluetooth headphones have their own power and only having to transmit over
Bluetooth low-energy signal that means that the battery life is extended
especially if you like to listen to music for long periods of time a lot of
people say it's a major inconvenience but all the manufacturers include
headphones that work with their devices and of course with the longer battery
life those larger batteries inside the devices that means we can go all day
without charging our phone we don't have to worry about that anymore so having to
dual purpose charge and want to listen to music at the same time it's not that
big of a deal not nearly as big of a deal as it used to be so the bottom line
is if you don't like it of course you can choose a device from a manufacturer
that still includes these things or doesn't include the notch Samsung is
holding on as long as possible because they know that there are people out
there that are gonna do whatever it takes and buy whatever they have to to
have the headphone jack and to not have that notch on their phone but that's not
going to last forever these manufacturers all follow the trends
eventually whether the leader of the trend or the follower of the trend it's
just the way it goes so think about this there's something that has a knotch
that you have never complained about that's on something that you use every
single day and it's your vehicle when you look out the front windshield of
your vehicle there is a notch there where your rear-view mirror goes and
whatever other sensors are on the front of your windshield that is something
that has to take place because we want the most screen space as possible we
want to be able to see as much out of the front of our car without any
distractions as possible but there needs to be a place for the rearview mirror so
do we complain about our vehicles having a notch no because we want as much
visible space as possible so that we can see as much of the world around us while
we're driving and then they put that rearview mirror there which in some
vehicles really does get in the way but the rear view
Mira's also a necessity as we do need to see behind us think of that as your
front-facing cameras so let's stop complaining about the knotch technology
is always gonna advance whether we like it or not and things are gonna change
you know who was upset when blu ray was chosen over hd-dvd me I had some HD DVDs
and an HD DVD player I felt that it was the better platform as did most people
with half a brain but blu ray is the one that took off and of course nobody even
remembers HD DVD today it's technology and it advances and we either jump on
board or we get left behind so it's time we get over this notch and headphone
jack and start talking about the actual technology that matters that's in these
devices this is a movement that's happening we are getting rid of
headphone jacks and eventually they will be no more even in some of the more
obscure brands the notch is probably here to stay for a while until
technology advancements improve to the point where all of this stuff can take
place underneath the screen so until then we just have to deal we have to
live with the technology that we have or stay in the past with the technology of
the past of course there are people that held onto their landline phones forever
and did not want to go the way of the wireless because people could listen in
or whatever but technology advances and you either jump on board or you get left
in the past so it's time that you stop complaining and I'm not speaking you
directly I'm probably mostly speaking to the other tech reviewers out there who
keep this argument going the knotch and the headphone jack are a thing of
the past it's time we get over it and embrace the future and start focusing on
better things so if you have some thoughts on that share that down in the
comment section below I'd love to hear your thoughts on that I know that this
is a very touchy subject for a lot of people because they just absolutely
don't like the knotch or maybe they have lots of headphones that are wired and I
totally understand I have lots of wired headphones still that I can no longer
use but that is just the state of technology how many other pieces of
technology have you had to put away because they just no longer interface
with the world these days probably a lot that's just the world we live in
so until neck time I hope that I didn't offend you or
upset you but actually just encourage you to focus on the positives the good
things that are taking place in technology and not worry about the
things that may or may not make sense all the time
we know that the notch is annoying it's time we get past that and start focusing
on better things so until next time my name is Jared with Datatech I hope all
is well with you and we'll see you in the next one