Xiaomi: Why Mi 6 does not include headphone jack

What made others ditch audio port

Almost every smartphone company who ditched this technology on their phones have the same reason to say. According to Apple, 3.5mm headphone jack is an old technology which withstands the company from making some innovation to their upcoming phones, so they had to ditch this.

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What Xiaomi says about this

Xiaomi also says the same. Since this port was acting as a hindrance to integrate large battery on their flagship phone, Mi 6, they decided to remove it permanently.

The Xiaomi Mi 6 comes with a battery of 3350mAh capacity whereas, its predecessor MI 5 has just 3000mAh battery.

Regarding this Xiaomi says, "Smartphones are highly-integrated products and internal space is precious. By removing the headphone jack, we can save room for other components such as a bigger battery. Audio through USB Type-C is becoming more common, and will continue to provide excellent sound quality."

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Makes the device water resistant

Other than giving some extra space for battery, the removal of audio jack also helps in making the device water resistant.

Though this being the another biggest feature of currently running smartphones in the market, Xiaomi did not speak about it at the launch event. It just told that the device can survive splashes.

Other reasons

Ditching this audio port even helps in improvising camera technology. That is, both Apple and Xiaomi were able to integrate dual camera setup on their flagship devices.

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