Although Samsung proudly boasts the 3.5mm headphone jack on its current flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7 and the S7 edge, recent rumors suggest that Samsung may follow in Apples footsteps and remove the headphone jack, placing its own proprietary port on their next flagship Galaxy, the Galaxy S8
The reports state that the phones , internally named "Dream" (Galaxy S8) and "Dream2" (Galaxy S8 edge), may not have the industry standard 3.5mm headphone port. The South Korean conglomerate is said to be "actively" and "aggressively" exploring the possibility of releasing a proprietary headphone jack to see how viable it would be.
According to the report Samsung's proprietary port will be designed considering all Android manufacturers , with easy and cost free (or extremely low cost) licensing to encourage adoption. Strategically , Samsung's move is being considered as a death strike against Apple, as they were the one who completely removed the headphone jack and did not replace it with one of their own ports.
using the numbers game, Samsung and many of its Android manufacturing allies hope that headphone makers will prioritize the proprietary port first, leaving Apple deprived of newer, more interesting models.
More importantly, Samsung is aiming to severely marginalize Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, which were recently acquired by Apple. Other headphone makers are standing behind beats but could rally behind the competing Samsung jack to effectively marginalize beats.
if this rumor turns out to be true then people who have both iPhones and Galaxies would have to carry around two adapters with them as Samsung's proprietary solution most certainly would not be compatible with Apple's Lightning technology. Samsung is also pushing to boost the overall sound quality of the new jack however very few believe that a fidelity boost would be realized or noticed.
As you all know , Apple has solved wireless audio quality , reliability and power consumption with its in-house W1 chip.
Samsung should be unveiling its new series of Flagship smartphones at MWC in Barcelona in February 2017 or maybe hold a separate event in March 2017 for the release.
Apple's justification of the removal of the headphone jack is both philosophical (the future is wireless) and pragmatical reasons (more space inside the phone for things like a bigger battery and better camera)
However im now very eager to hear about Samung's excuse for replicating Apple's move.
