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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] 9 points 1 year ago

I use it by default to listen to podcasts when running or at the gym. I only buy phones with a headphone jack because I feel like wired headphones are a better feature than any flagship phone stuff. Wired headphones are much cheaper, interchangeable, harder to lose, no connection hassles, and best of all I don't need to remember to charge them. The only downside is tangles.

I have a pair of wireless earbuds I got ages ago for about 5x what my wired earbuds cost, when I mistakenly bought a non-jack phone. I don't use them since going back to a jacked phone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

My new phone doesn't have a headphone jack. Anyways I currently use my old phone daily because I hate how blue tooth audio is always slightly delayed. Watching videos is such a pain in the ass. Also it's next to impossible to find non earbud Bluetooth headphones making my corded headset a must for listening to anything for extended periods of time. Especially when traveling iny home state where earbuds hold air pressure.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bluetooth has never improved the user experience of connecting. It's always been super annoying to keep track of connections. Bluetooth is limited to mp3 quality, aka 1/4 the quality of a CD, and that limit will never increase. We can do a little better with fancy codecs, but you'll always be able to tell with good headphones. A headphone jack is still higher quality than any non-headphone jack alternative, and it will always be that way.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use mine. Quite often. Especially for using my nice headphones.

I've started using Bluetooth buds for when I'm at the hospital for dialysis because it's easier without a cable. But the best audio experience I still get with wired.

Also the car has an aux input to play my music on the phone through the car stereo and it needs a jack.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

My phone doesn't have one and I miss it daily. I ended up getting Bluetooth earpieces because being unable to plug anything else in my phone while listening to music was driving me mad, but then those little shits' batteries only last for a few hours and I still have to be switching things up during the day while they recharge.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Current model doesn't have one, but I find myself missing it frequently. 3.5mm jack will be a must on my next phone.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

If there was one I think I'd prefer it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have always hated wired earbuds, the cable would tangle up, it would break, it was a mess, I love being wireless.

When I do miss a jack is when you want to connect to a sound system beacause you are somewhere and it could use some atmosphere and they have a 3.5 jack, but you can't use it, it's rare, but in those instance it's annoying to not have it.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I am using it now as I'm commenting.

Been using it daily for years at this point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I actually don't have a headphone jack, which i only realised when i got my new phone. So i had to buy one of those usb-c to jack dongles and i use it daily. (I like to go to sleep listening to some English historian talking in my head, but i also like having my phone strictly in airplane mode in the bedroom, so bluetooth is out of the pot.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Very often. My wired headset connects to sounds better for calls than my wireless earbuds.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Every time I need headphones.

Wireless is more hassle than convenience. Bluetooth, especially for audio, is rather shit and having to charge batteries is annoying.

And speaking of batteries, earbuds are yet another bit of trash you are just supposed to throw away when they stop working, because there's nothing you'll be able to do about it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

If you play rhythm games you just have to

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Every night ! I listen to a sleep podcast. I recently changed to a phone without a 3.5mm jack and was kinda scrambling to figure out an alternative. I had a splitter for power and headphones, but it didn't work the way I thought it should: I was used to unplugging the headphones from the phone and that would automatically pause the audio, and plugging in would resume. For some reason (perhaps cheapness) the splitter reported the headphones as present whether or not headphones were actually connected. I ended up getting a BT dongle which has a pause button and I can just take it with when I step away from the phone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

if my phone had one i would use it everyday, 8 hours a day

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I use it every time I listen to music.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I used it a lot.

I had to buy two pair of Bluetooth earbuds for just lasting through my day.

We used to have a box of headsets for users that could grab and use. Now it headache.

As many say it is one thing if it was replaced by something useful but now world so complicated just to sell more things.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I bought a USB-C to 3.5" converter so that I can use my headphones. If I had an actual jack, I'd be using it every day.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used to use it every day until I realized my new phone doesn't have one. Now I still use wired headphones for music when I'm near my computer. I have bluetooth earbuds that work...okay, but I have to deal with one earbud not connecting, or making sure I haven't lost one, or I take one out for a second to hear something and the music just stops, or it just doesn't connect to begin with, or I want to switch between two devices and it would be sooo much easier to just unplug something and plug it back in than to go through settings, unpair/re-pair between two devices, and hope that it actually worked the first time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

If you live with other family members and watch pornhub on your cellphone even once, trust me, you ARE gonna use the headphone jack.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Use it every single day on my Zenfone. Have bunch of headphones to use with it too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I will no longer buy a phone without a headphone jack

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I use mine to connect to my sound system. Also I don’t use the audio jack most of the time but it feels like an essential backup for when Bluetooth wants to be dumb and glitchy… which is actually not that uncommon now that I think about it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

every day pretty much. the only reason why I own Bluetooth is so I can get away with listening to music at work.

I also play a rhythm game on my phone a lot, and theres noticeable delay in audio with Bluetooth compared to wire. calibration fixes it sure, but a good chunk of me is just discontent knowing it simply knowing it exists.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I used it daily when i had one

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I only use wired headphones. I don't like earbuds, and Bluetooth headphones are too bulky and need charging.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I'm using my headphones jack right now! I use it mainly when I am commuting on the train. I don't want to worry about battery life and charging my headphones.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I use mine.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I haven't used wired earphones or headphones in maybe 4 years now. No way I would go back to being tethered to my PC and/or dealing with tangled wires, especially with how well the newer versions of Bluetooth work.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I do.

I got a Bluetooth headphones with a backup jack. If the headphones run out while I'm using them, I use the wire that came with the headphones.

At home I have much larger headphones that I use for my PC, my Steam Deck, and yeah, my phone too. It's 100% wired. I specifically went out of my way to buy wired logitech headphones because I got sick of Bluetooth headsets after many years of using one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My phone doesn't have a headphone jack, but I plug in wired earphones a few times a week into it using a dongle. I wear them pretty much anytime I commute or go for a walk. I've been using the same pair of wired earphones since 2017 and have no intention to switch earphones. I love my earphones.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I use mine quite often with my senhizer 206

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I made the switch to full Bluetooth a few years back.

Honestly don’t ever miss the headphone jack nowadays, but I’ll admit that making the initial jump was a bit of a hassle.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Regularly. I refuse to buy a phone without a headphone jack.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every day. Aux in on my car, wired headphones, aux in on old stereo. I could replace it all with bluetooth but it isn't broken and I can still use bluetooth on other devices. I like choice and I hate waste and conspicuous consumption. Rechargeable wireless devices with limited battery life that can't be serviced or repaired is peak consumption/pollution bullshit. The headphone jack may wear out before my phone's usb, battery or something else but that hasn't been my experience historically.

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