U-Apple wayengenguye owokuqala ukususa i-headphone jack kwi-smartphone, kodwa yayiyeyona nto yabangela impikiswano enkulu ngokuyisusa kwi-iPhone yayo, i-smartphone ethengisa ngezigidi kwaye ihambisa abantu. Esi sigqibo sigculelwe zezinye iimveliso, ezinje ngeGoogle ngePixel yayo okanye ngeSamsung ngeNqaku 7 layo: «Ngaba uyazi ukuba nayo inayo? I-headphone jack ”utshilo usekela-mongameli wenkampani wentengiso eqongeni ngexesha lokunikezelwa kweGlass Qaphela 7. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa kamva ayithathwa njengenye into yokuba i-Galaxy S8 elandelayo ayinakuba nayo i-headphone jack, kodwa ikwabonakala ngathi Isamsung ifuna ukuba nee-AirPod zayo.
Kwiminyaka embalwa i-headphone jack iya kulityalwa ngokupheleleyo kwizixhobo eziphathwayo, ezinje ngee-smartphones okanye iipilisi. Ukuqhubela phambili kwetekhnoloji yeBluetooth, ngokunyuka komgangatho weaudio kunye noluhlu olongezelelekileyo, kunye nokuphuculwa kokuzimela kwee-headphone zeBluetooth ngenxa yokusetyenziswa kwazo okuncinci kunye nezimbozo zetshaja kuthetha ukuba kwakamsinya nje ukuba umntu angene ekusebenziseni iihedifowuni zeBluetooth, lula Ngaphandle kweentambo ezixineneyo, kunye namava amahle anikezelwa zii-headphones ezingenazingcingo kuthetha ukuba sikulibala kungekudala ngeentambo. Kwaye iSamsung, phantse yonke imihla, iya kulandela iApple kwisigqibo sayo "esinesibindi", kwaye ngenxa yoku ifuna ukubonelela ngee-headphones, ezinjengee-AirPods, ezinokunika abasebenzisi bazo into eyahlukileyo kwii-headphone eziqhelekileyo.
Kuyinyani ukuba i-Samsung ikwikhathalogu yayo kwii-headphone ze-Bluetooth ezingenazingcingo kwisitayile se-AirPods, ngaphandle kwalo naluphi na uhlobo lwentambo phakathi kwee-headphone, ezinje ngeGear Icon X eyintloko yeli nqaku. Kodwa uluvo lwentengiso yaseKorea iya kuba kukubonelela ngokusebenza ngokufana ne-AirPods kwindalo yayo, oko kukuthi, ukuba ikhonkco phakathi kweemveliso zebrendi lalicace gca kumsebenzisi kwaye ukutshintshela kwesinye isixhobo ukuya kwesinye kwakulula kakhulu. Isamsung iya kuthathela ingqalelo umbono wokubandakanya ezi ntloko zibhokisi kwibhokisi yayo elandelayo ye-S8, into engacacanga ukuba iyakwenzeka. Into engacacanga kwaphela kukuba uya kuba nesibindi sokukopa ii-AirPods ngokungathandabuzekiyo, njengoko wayesele esenza ngee-EarBuds zakhe ngaphandle kwalo naluphi na uhlobo lokudana..