3.5mm TRS jacks might cost 10 cents to include and then hundreds of dollars to service when they break. The issue is not the BOM cost.

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jackdoe an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> then hundreds of dollars to service when they break

Can you explain what do you mean by that? It is quite rare to see broken trrs jack on a laptop, at least I have never experienced one, nor on walkman or anything getting heavy plug/unplug use.

I thought it is an issue in reducing the cost to manufacture the case or something.

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scarlehoff 21 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The jack actually broke on my old xps. Changing it with an aliexpress replacement took about 15 minutes and something like 3€

So yeah, they break, but they are (or used to be?) quite cheap to fix (and this was one of the super thin 13" xps)

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Marsymars 15 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’ve never had one break due to heavy use, but broke one on my work desktop due to forgetting I was wearing headphones and yanking on it when I got up.

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3eb7988a1663 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Does anyone even do repairs anymore? Swap a motherboard and that's it.

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j16sdiz 30 minutes ago | parent [-]

So... swapping $100 component for a $0.3 break?

Doesn't this make including the jack even less justifiable?

	▲	guelo 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Or don't swap it and live without the jack. But I have never seen a broken 3.5mm port but I've seen many, many broken or flaky USB-C ports.

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Groxx an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

We've got laptops with modular USB-C ports that solve this effectively perfectly. An audio one would be even simpler. The only reason you don't see it everywhere is because they're being outrageously hostile to repairs, and choosing to charge you hundreds of dollars for repairs on a part that they know is easily broken.