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Alternatively, if your current phone doesn't have a headphone jack, do you wish it did?

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[-] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Normally i use bluetooth earphones, but sometimes i use normal headphones so yes.

[-] root@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago

You can also get 90 degree angled headphone plugs which don't stick out much at all. Mskes me less worried when i have my phone in my pocket and I'm walking around.

As for 90 degree usb-c headphone adapters... nowhere to be found.

[-] littlecolt@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

My car doesn't have Bluetooth but does have an aux jack. I use my headphone jack on my phone every day I drive

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[-] BenedettoLeone@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I simply cannot imagine buying a phone without a headphone jack. I want as few things as possible that I need to keep the battery life of into account in my day to day life. Phones and laptops at least have display symbols for the battery life by default, I have never seen anyone in my country using cordless headphones that had some sort of indicator for how much battery charge remains in them. If some are sold in the first world then they would be out of my expense, and if there are apps available that would solve my gripe I have not encountered them. I do own a pair of my own, but I only use it in very niche circumstances for which I will have known to have charged it right beforehand, and I am lending them to family/friends more often than I am using them.

Even supposing that the battery thing wasn't an issue, the other hassles involved with going cordless (I've had to help people find them one they fall out of their ears way too many times for one lifetime) forbid me from ever even thinking about buying a phone without a headphone jack.

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[-] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

I want technology that's as uncomplicated as possible for accomplishing the task, so yes. Wired is better than wireless for anything meant to only work in proximity to something else.

[-] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Until reading this question, I completely forgot head phone jacks used to be a thing in phones. In love my first gen AirPods and JBL over the ear wireless headphones. The battery lasts forever, and they easily switch between my devices.

I love not having cords!

In my car I just connect with wireless CarPlay and charge wirelessly as well.

[-] Talaraine@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I mean, why in the world with someone at all concerned about security want a way to listen to their phone without the chance of someone listening in because of bluetooth?

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[-] whome@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

I want it and use it and therefore got a S10+ just bc it's Samsung last flagship that featured it. What's even more annoying, that my 10" tablet hasn't got one there is absolutely no shortage in space on that device why you had to drop it.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I require a headphone jack because I require FM radio. I will die on this hill.

[-] IjonTichy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Nice try, Samsung

[-] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago
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[-] spauldo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I'd like one, sure.

It's not a deal breaker either way. I have a USB dongle with a headphone jack so it's not a big deal.

I absolutely want wired headphones, though. One less set of batteries to worry about, especially when traveling internationally.

[-] weew@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I greatly prefer it. Basically all high quality headphones are wired only... and even an equivalent wireless headphone is more expensive and more stuff to carry (gotta carry those charging cases with them). Just give me my damn port.

[-] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 4 points 2 years ago

I need to have the audio in sync with the video so I need to have a headphone jack on all my devices

[-] Loui@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago
[-] GenBlob@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I can't stand Bluetooth headphones, the delay is unbearable. It's gotta be wired or 2.4ghz for me.

[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

No, and I don't miss it at all.
I've used BT headphones even when my last two devices had jacks and wouldn't want to go back.
Prior to that, I can't count the number of times I would snag the wires on something or get them tangled in some way.

Now I use my BT bone conduction headphones everywhere.

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[-] perezoso@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I have too many pairs of headphones and have been buying more wired ones rather than Bluetooth as they just don't last as long (they are convenient, I'll admit).

The 3.5mm Jack is just so handy to have ratger than a dongle (SD card for storing all the music helps too).

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[-] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I am once again telling you to use an adapter or external dac.

Not as someone who only uses bt headphones, but as someone who owns more sets of wired headphones than almost everyone itt.

Stop relying on a dac included as an afterthought. Stop relying on a port that was never designed for pocket use and routinely tears the end off your $300 senhausers.

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[-] Varyag@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I just got a new phone that doesn't have it, and I very strongly miss it. I hate having to charge wireless devices. Everything that I can, I get wired.

Doesn't help much that lately it's been getting harder and harder to find good compact wired earphones, most companies pivoted to wireless... And of those that I find, most are the in-ear type with that rubber tip you squeeze deep into your ear... I also don't like that. Guess I'll have to move to over-ears for everything.

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[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

As someone who currently uses headphones throughout pretty much all his free time, yes I use wired whenever possible and my current phone was one I got because of the headphone jack. Last thing I want is to have to stop listening to whatever I'm listening to all because my bluetooth headphones need a charge.

Currently I'm stuck with a pair of shitty dollar store headphones, but they are so much better than the wireless ones I have because of just how long I can enjoy music, videos, etcetera, without needing to worry when my headphone battery needs charged. A headphone jack is extremely important to me.

[-] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

I use headphones every night to listen to audiobooks or YouTube videos until I fall asleep.

[-] nawordar@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I much prefer wireless headphones, because I keep breaking every plug. I even tried soldering them, but that ended in a catastrophe lol. That being said, I recently lost my wireless pair and had to pick my old K450. Now I'm grateful that I picked a phone with a headphone jack. I wasn't even checking if it has one while buying.

[-] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

I use BT only.

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, I would reconsider buying a phone that didn't have one. That said, I use a bluetooth speaker or bluetooth headphones.

[-] foreverandaday@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I won't buy a phone without it. Currently on a Pixel 5a 5g

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Have one, use it all the time.

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