THE BRIEF
“ACCESS TO BROADBAND IS NECESSARY TO EXERCISE OTHER FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS ”
Ben Bawtree-Jobson CEO , SiFI Networks
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Hit the Road , ( headphone ) Jack
Well , it ’ s finally happening .
What ’ s happening ?
The death of the headphone jack . * dramatic music *
Didn ’ t Apple kill the headphone jack , like , five years ago ?
Ok , yes . But , everyone agreed it was a bad idea , a vain cash grab with no motive other than to sell more AirPods and Lightning Adaptors . I didn ’ t think anyone else would be greedy enough to try it . Least of all Samsung .
Samsung ’ s killing the headphone jack ?
Looks that way . But the whole thing ’ s throwing me off . They ’ re not doing it on a super premium phone , and it ’ s not being paired with an expensive set of earbuds ( not that they don ’ t already sell those ). They ’ re putting it on an A-series .
Their budget phones ?
Yeah , which sell best in places like India , where customers don ’ t take too kindly to being told they also need to splash out on a pair of wireless headphones .
Weird . Any deeper insights ?
Not really . It ’ s just weird . What do we pay you for again ?
Hitting a character coun-
12 January 2022