Comment on How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone?

Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I recently switched to wireless over-the-ear headphones and overall happy. However, when it comes to earbuds - they would only be wired. Unlike my large headphones, which can be unscrewed for that, most earbuds would have trouble wen replacing the battery. And - maybe more importantly - easier to lose since they’re separate and so small.

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• moonleay@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fair. Personally I prefer wireless, since my headphone wires break all the time due to heavy use, but I can understand, why you’d like to be able to use both.

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  • Magnetar@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wireless headphones have to be charged so often, it’s just annoying. Good old trusty wired headphones never need to be charged.

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    • Zak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      For larger models, replaceable batteries would improve this situation a lot. Of course that would hurt the manufacturers’ planned obsolescence strategy.

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    • NoStressyJessie@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A decent pair can charge enough for hours in minutes. When they about to die, pop one out and into the case, let it charge until the one in your ear is dead or dying, swap them out, 10 minutes and you’re back to stereo for a few hours.

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      • militant_spider@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I can get 2-3 days of use out of my wireless before they absolutely need to be charged. They’re not the best sound quality out there, but they have the features I need for my situation.

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    • Phlogiston@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not so true. I use a set of “wireless” where the two ears are connected around the back of my neck. (A pair of beatx). These have 12hr battery and I listen a lot. I only kill the batteries on long ski days (the cold probably bring the battery life down a bit).

      All my complaints at this point are lack of options in this mostly perfect form factor.

      (Better fit in my ears, better sound, etc). This isn’t a wired/wireless problem.

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  • Zak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    my headphone wires break all the time due to heavy use

    Some wired headphones have a detachable cable. Large ones use a 3.5mm jack on both ends, but there are standards for small ones.

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    • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hell, every set of wireless headphones I’ve had (not earbuds) had a detectable cable as well. I use both modes frequently my sonys

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  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    my headphone wires break all the time

    Are these detachable wires? Because I used to kill headphones all the time tripping over their wires but since I started getting ones with the 3.5 mm jack on the headphone side that hasn’t happened since.

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• InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This.
  Wireless is nice, but wired earbuds never need to be charged, they just work.

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• kouichi@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the correct answer. It’s about having choices. I very often forget to charge my wireless when I need it and when it’s dead, all I have to do is pull my wired out since my phone has the headphone jack. And when I work, I use my wired to listen to music, because in that situation, wired is simply superior. So I will always buy a phone with a headphone jack because I don’t want a perfectly workable, harmless feature that I need to be taken away from me.

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