3.5mm jack not universal?

[Guest seekr]

Did anybody else noticed how, for example, if you plugin a pair of iPod headphones (w/ mic) the audio is very low and sounds like it's coming out of a jar? I compared the jack contact lengths between the SF headphones and iPod ones and noticed there's a minute but noticeable different in the lengths.

I wonder if this will break the universality of this 3.5mm jack. I was use to carry my iPod touch and my LG GT540 (which I traded in for the SF after using it for 1.5 month) and only the LG headphones because they were compatible (I could use the mic+button on both devices) but not with SF's headphones.

[Guest piercy]

Did anybody else noticed how, for example, if you plugin a pair of iPod headphones (w/ mic) the audio is very low and sounds like it's coming out of a jar? I compared the jack contact lengths between the SF headphones and iPod ones and noticed there's a minute but noticeable different in the lengths.

I wonder if this will break the universality of this 3.5mm jack. I was use to carry my iPod touch and my LG GT540 (which I traded in for the SF after using it for 1.5 month) and only the LG headphones because they were compatible (I could use the mic+button on both devices) but not with SF's headphones.

i noticed this when i plugged my SF headphones into my pc.. wtf is up with that :/

[Guest Gibbo501]

I plugged in a pair of old Sony walkman ear buds and some Sennheisers - perfect sound quality and volume from both.

[Guest Azurren]

i noticed this when i plugged my SF headphones into my pc.. wtf is up with that :/

Well, most mobile 3.5 jacks have mic support as well. So the Jack on the default headsets will look different than ones on standard 3.5 headphones :lol:

Shouldn't make much difference.. Just may have some incompatibility with oddly shaped 3.5 jacks (I can think of several)

[Guest neologan]

one thing I've noticed is that the volume is pretty limited on my Klipsch headphones, and that's a bit disappointing. I remember that with a Sansa Clip+, if you choose your destination as Euro, EU laws mean the max volume level is limited down, but if you choose USA as your area, the volume limit increases massively.

I wonder if that's why the volume level is kinda weak on this phone... and i wonder if there is a way around it?