Today, Samsung posted its Q2 2023 financial results. The report says Samsung's profits have dropped considerably compared to last year.

Samsung sees 95% drop in profits for a second consecutive quarter::Today, Samsung posted its Q2 2023 financial results. The report says Samsung’s profits have dropped considerably compared to last year.

    • Thteven@lemmy.worldEnglish
      261·
      11 months ago

      This is why I’m still using my LG v60, it had the best headphone jack and dac at the time and probably still does looking at everything else currently on the market.

        • Nommer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          11 months ago

          Next they’ll removing the charging cable and send us just a fucking phone.

          Oh you mean like google did? I was pretty surprised and disgusted they didn’t include a charging cable with my pixel 7. All I got was a 6 inch data transfer cable.

      • krayj@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        I’m still rocking the v60 also. LG started packing a world class DAC into their smartphones back with the LG v35 and kept it going all the way to their pinnacle (the v60). The v35, the v60, and everything in between had audio superiority that still hasn’t been beaten by other modern flagships.

        I’m going to be inconsolable when my v60 finally needs replacing.

        • pipler@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          V50 user here (didn’t get V60 cause of the larger size) I broke my phone a few months ago, filtered GSMarena for a replacement that’d fullfil my criteria, and Sony Xperias were the the best of the few options that it spat out. Ended up just fixing the V50 for $100, I too will probably hold onto this until it actually breaks.

    • Thadrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Some people don’t own cars with all that Bluetooth bullshit, or just prefer to use the jack since it is lossless audio.

      I really hate that cars seem to drop a built in music solution in favor of smartphones. Give me a good radio and a cd player or sdcard slot over any smartphone connectivity and I’m happy.

    • Squizzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      58·
      11 months ago

      Ahh like I get the argument but it is technology progressing, lots of cars didn’t have cd players when the world moved from tapes. The infrastructure responds to demand.

        • cdf12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          11 months ago

          It’s not to spend more money, there’s a real increase in value Bluetooth provides to most people. Yes there are edge cases, but when you can get a a blue tooth headset for $5-20 it’s not really cost prohibitive any more.

          Remember when the singe piece Bluetooth mics were like $100 when Bluetooth first started hitting mainstream phones? Many people didn’t think it was worth $100 to use an unwired headset for phone calls.

          Well now, that phone is also your entire music collection, your cable box and much more. Being untethered makes a lot more sense.

          In addition, easily Bluetooth destroyed device batteries, now it’s more power and you can just leave it running all the time in your phone.

            • cdf12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              11 months ago

              I think also, the removal of the port allowed for better engineering around the screen and better waterproofing and thinner devices.

              I think with the EU mandating phones use USB-C, it might push apple into to drop port charging all together. You may see MagSafe only charging iPhones in the EU or everywhere soon.

      • wreckage@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        Just because it’s more modern doesn’t mean it’s a 1:1 replacement.

        Wired is cheaper, and it has better quality, but it can also be annoying if you’re doing sports.

        It’s the same for HD and SSD. I still prefer HD to store multimedia and backups, despite being slower and older than SSD.

        There is no reason for them not to coexist.