News Forum Phone database

> New Topic
> Reply
< Esato Forum Index > Sony Ericsson / Sony > General > Why don't. (SE phones have 3.5mm heaphone jack?) Bookmark topic

Why don't SE phones have a 3.5mm headphone jack as well as a fastport?

It would make life a lot easier.

It would make a lot of sense, especially for the walkman branded phones.

[ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2007-11-19 10:06 ]
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 04:18:10
Edit : Quote


They should have done that before. but now since lots of headsets integrates a 3.5mm jack, that's now an impossible dream to be standardized in phones as it may kill the sales for other SE 3.5mm enabled accessories not included in the phone package

[ This Message was edited by: razec on 2007-11-19 03:41 ]
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 04:40:27
Edit : Quote


Why don't. you choose a title that let others know what you wanna talk about?
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 05:55:32
Edit : Quote


@humph:

i understand you very clearly, matey. but i guess this all boils down to economics you know
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 11:06:14
Edit : Quote


I read "it comes down to economics" here ... I read "it comes down to econonics" there ...

phones are not cheap, so why does it come down to economics all the time if a feature is missing?
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 12:42:00
Edit : Quote


Hi guys

Its not about "missing features" I think its more about wanting them to use thier products ONLY. I firmly believe SE (along with lots of other electronic companies i may add) want the consumer to buy into THIER brand.
To further increase revenue after the initial sale of a particular product or item, manufacturers tend to non-standardize thier accessories or in better words make it so thier accessories only work with thier product. Not all manufacturers are as bad as others at this, but unfortunately I think SE are one of the worse. Admittedly SE have been getting better lately (K850i with its two memory card formats).

An example (and remember it is only an example):
I want to upgrade my K600i to a later better model, K800i say.
Great i now have a better phone BUT my now spare SE K600i charger & SE car charger won't fit in my new k800i - solution buy a NEW spare SE k800i charger & a NEW SE car charger. more £ for SE!!!! Times this situation by thousands and you suddenly realise how profitable it is for manufacturers/companies to keep changing charging ports/memory card formats & not standardizing headphone jacks etc.

SE I believe have a VERY strong brand image (Sony in particular) which i think allows them to repeatedly get away with this trick & because people (particularly loyal brand consumers/fanboys etc) keep buying thier products regardless, they'll KEEP doing this.

I remember a few years back hearing people moan as SE utilised ANOTHER memory card format (memory stick pro-duo i believe) so soon after "standardizing" memory stick pro then there's the M2?.....or was that the micro M2?......no sorry M2 Duo........oh anyway you get the idea.

This accessory compatibility argument will run & run and probably only get worse as the integration between phone & pc gets better.
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 21:24:18
Edit : Quote


Personally I would like to see a 3.5mm headphone socket and a mini-usb socket.
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 21:47:50
Edit : Quote


Sooner or later all manufactures will have a mini or micro USB port and a 2.5 or 3.5mm audio jack. Most devices will charge through USB. Give it a year or two. This will happen for protection of the enviroment and companies will have to follow some standards. In China from 2008 there is a law that all cell phones must have a USB port for charging.
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 21:59:03
Edit : Quote




It's not impossible
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 22:40:40
Edit : Quote


they would nevr do it but if they did it be well worth it
--
Posted: 2007-11-19 22:43:29
Edit : Quote

---

New Topic   Reply

Forum Index