Screw you, Apple.

Four years before the release of the first iPhone. Impressive.

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MimicJar@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 1y

I didn't realize the SP didn't have a microphone jack. Luckily Nintendo learned from their mistake since they had a headphone jack on the,

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Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Funny enough, if you decide to mod your SP, a headphone jack is a pretty easy addition.

pewpew@feddit.it · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You don't have to mod it, there is a dongle for the charging port

Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

Oh I know it exists, but it uses up the charging port at the same time. A mod would allow for the charging port to always be available.

fan0m@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y (6 replies)
plunged_ewe@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Sylvartas@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (4 replies)

I think it was included with the console too

Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I recall having to buy it separately. I was pretty annoyed about that as a day one adopter. Here's what the packaging looked like:

Sylvartas@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

I got mine at least 1 year after release, so maybe they started including them later ? Or maybe my parents bought me that dongle because they were tired of telling me to lower the sound. I just know I have one and don't recall ever buying a GBA accessory

refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Crazy that the packaging was in Japanese regardless of region.

Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

That I don't recall. It's just the only photo I could find online. I cropped an eBay photo

wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y

A standard headphone jack, at least. But it did come with (or maybe they were just available at the time) a set of headphones that plugged into one of the jacks there.