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On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile devices.

How many actually use the headphone jack?

I ask, because I have one on my phone, since I really wanted one, but I rarely use it. Like Tops 1/Month.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If I still had one I would use it every day. I now use Bluetooth bone conducting headphones so I can hear other things while I listen to The Majority Report while I work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Most of the time I use Bluetooth headphones, but when I'm in the mood to listen to some good quality music, I switch to wired headphones... Probably a few times per month and only at home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use it every day so for me is still a big must have. I also use it for 8 hours straight at work

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My wife does daily to plug into our car. When she recently got a phone without a jack, I bought her a dongle for charging and audio.

Does she use wired audio daily? Yes. Does her phone have a headphone jack? Well, no.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I refused to get a phone without one for quite a long while and finally caved. I haven't used wired headphones in years but I hate that there isn't the option anymore as a default.

[–] scottyjoe9 1 points 1 year ago

The one time I missed it was when I was trying to sell a subwoofer which only has RCA inputs and I had to use my laptop top prove it worked to potential buyers. Other than that, I use Bluetooth exclusively.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well I do almost daily

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have some Fiio FH3 IEMs that I use with a Lightning to 3.5mm dongle fairly often. I also have some Airpods that are much more convenient to carry around and use but I do like my wired IEMs for when I want a more focused music listening and am not going to be moving around as much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have never once used the audio jack on a phone, Bluetooth is just much more convenient for me and has never caused me any issues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have a pair of hybrid headphones that are both bluetooth and support 3.5mm wired.

I use them wired on my PC and bluetooth everywhere else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bought nice fancy wireless earbuds once, and lost one of them like 2 weeks in when I fell to river with bicycle. Maybe it's a 1 in a million case, but showed a good reason to not have wireless buds

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TBF most likely both would've been gone by then

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use lightning cord headphones because using my hearing aids as Bluetooth all the time drains them and there are connectivity issues over random shit.

That said, yeah, it’s a minor annoyance that I don’t have an aux jack, and the waterproofing is more valuable to me

Incidentally using my hearing aids as headphones has started causing me problems because they autoconnect to Bluetooth and my upstairs neighbors have just gotten Bluetooth speakers. I need to find a way to make them stop connecting to those devices for my sanity

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A few years ago I would have said every day, but I got a really good pair of Bluetooth Bose headphones that have wireless charging so I don't have to worry about anything anymore. After work they get put on a charging pad then in the morning I grab them and they're ready to go.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I definitely used it when I had it on my previous phone. These days though… bluetooth headphones are good enough for me for calls, podcasts and YouTube. So I just use those.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

All my headphones are wired so daily. I have a dongle for an iPad I use frequently and it works fine but charging it is a drain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Every day, I have an app that connects the audio of my pc to my phone through wifi and using bluetooth would just make the whole setup unusable for calls + wifi has better range and audio quality than bluetooth. The whole setup is PC->Ethernet->Router->wifi->Phone for ~30 ms of latency and the app is soundwire.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Only when my wireless earbuds batterie dies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ever since I got a new phone with a headphone jack, been wanting to get a usb c to headphone jack adaptor, still dont have any headphones I can use with my phone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't have a headphone jack.

Even if I had one, I haven't been able to buy wired headphones that aren't crap quality that don't hurt my ears. Last time I bought wired headphones (more accurately earbuds) they were tinny knock off garbage being sold on Amazon as a legitimate product, and that was years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve never liked or wanted a wire connecting me to my phone. It’s irritating and is a hugely negative stim for me, akin to nails on a chalkboard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Never. Bluetooth AirPods 100% of the time.

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