Tech Advisor - UK (2020-04)

110 TECH ADVISOR • APRIL 2020

COMPARISON

Sound

After Apple famously dumped the headphone jack

with the iPhone 7, the rest of the industry has slowly

followed suit. First Google took it away from the Pixel 2,

then OnePlus removed it with last year’s 6T. And once

it’s gone, it’s not coming back.

The Galaxy S10+ is the sole phone in the bunch

that retains a 3.5mm headphone jack. You even get a

very decent pair of AKG-tuned earbuds in the box. But

Samsung axed the headphone jack from the Note 10

and Galaxy Fold, so you can see the writing on the wall.

You’ll get a pair of Lightning EarPods with the iPhone

11, but neither the OnePlus 7T nor the Google Pixel

4 XL includes a pair of buds, nor a USB-C-to-3.5mm

dongle. The phones’ own speakers also deliver solid

The headphone jack

is going away, but the

Galaxy S10+ still has one