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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

I bought a dongle for $7 and use it at work, maybe twice a week?

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

If I had one, I would use it for somewhere between 2:00 to 8 hours per week. Considering getting the next ZenFone largely because it has one.

[–] eclectic_electron 1 points 1 year ago

The only thing I miss it for is plugging into the car. I've got Bluetooth adapters now though that work pretty well. In theory I might run into a situation where it would be nice to be able to plug into a speaker or someone else's car or something, but BT is so common it doesn't really come up.

[–] [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

What's a headphone jack?

JK, I used to use mine a lot, when I had one. I was sad to see it go, but I've moved on. I can use the USB-C port just as easily, if I want to.

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

I use IEMs and wired headphones. Having a headphone jack would be game changer since I can charge and play music at the same time (I don't want to buy a 2 in 1 dongle).

[–] [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

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

I had both on me when I fell, but only lost one.

Anyways, accidents are a common when doing sports so it's always a good chance to lose those small things. Clear win for wires there

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

A very simple I used it all the time until I got wireless earphones. It's bizarre to think people just forget that headphones can be expensive so people still have wired ones

[–] [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

Is there a way to migrate yet?

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

Me, at least once a week

[–] [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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[–] 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

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* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My phone doesn't have a headphone jack, but I use wired headphones every day, so I use an adapter. I've had the same ones for about 10 years now, so I see no reason to replace them.

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

How do you get headphones to last 10 years? I usually have to replace mine every year or so, because of the padding wilting, or normal wears, or just something happening.

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

Don't have one and personally I do not care anymore. I probably will never go back to wired on phone.

PC is a different story, I use wired headset there exclusively unless it is work PC and I need mic, then I also use wireless.

[–] [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

Only when my wireless earbuds batterie dies

[–] [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.

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