Sony explained why they removed the 3.5 mm audio connector in Xperia XZ2
On exhibition Mobile World Congress 2018 Sony its new flagship - It was done! Sony introduced the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact in a new design on MWC 2018 . They became the first devices of the company without traditional 3, 5-millimeter headphone connectors.
Why removed
AT Recently manufacturers refuse connectors in use compactness of smartphones, moisture protection or increased battery capacity. But this is not all about Xperia XZ2: there are batteries with very " ordinary " 3180 mAh and 2870 mAh (in basic and Compact version, respectively). Yes and " Slender " new models are not you name it: rather, it's " pyshki " with dimensions of 153 × 72 × 11.1 mm (Xperia XZ2) and 135 × 65 × 12.1 mm (Xperia XZ2 Compact).
A that's what they say in Sony: " This is part of the transition to our new design is Ambient Flow. To create a beautiful seamless body, our specialists needed to get rid of headphone jack. In addition, we realize the general trend of the market in wireless headphones by compared to wire. "
It sounds pretty unconvincing, because the latest innovations Xperia XZ2, though have acquired some roundness and reduced frames are still allocated to background of modern frameless. Most likely, the manufacturer just decided to go on about the latest trends.
But we all We hope that in companies really decided to change their corporate angular design of smartphones, especially - they themselves consider it obsolete.
Xperia XZ2 owners are advised to use wireless headphones or a special adapter with USB Type-C on 3, 5-mm audio output.
Source: GSMArena