Submitted 11 months ago by moonleay@feddit.de to technology@lemmy.world
On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer 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.
If I’m in the mood for better sound quality I do. Bluetooth has noticably poorer quality on anything but the worst equipment.
A couple times a week. Tried going without, but missed it too much. Now a headphone jack is a key requirement.
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.
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’ve been using the same pair of wired earphones since 2017 and have no intention to switch earphones. I love my earphones.
Using a Samsung Galaxy A10e over here, currently listening to music over wired earphones typing this
A couple times a week. Not dilligent about charging my headset makes the wired option really nice
My current phone doesn’t have a headphone jack; I bought adapters since I use only wired headphones.
Daily!
I stopped buying devices that are aux only because the headphone jack was taken away from me. At first I was kinda upset. Down the road I realized if I was given the choice to go back, I wouldn’t use wired ever again. I lost too many earbuds and headphones because the wire got caught on a door or something similar. I don’t lose them as often anymore either. Once I get home I put them in the charger and pick them up in the morning, it’s a habit at this point. Overall net positive.
I’ve used the self-retracting neck-band type for years. Those are brilliant.
Available when needed, forget about them otherwise. Big enough for a decent battery.
I’ve had great luck with the LG ones, and they’re as low as $50
I used to use it a lot. I still have some nice headphones that I like using, but they have become 2nd choice. I have bone conducting headphones that I use daily.
I prefer them, because I can still communicate, ride the bike, and never have to pause the music. But if I have to do anything loud, the wired buds are coming out to plug the ear holes.
I would but I don’t really have any headphones, but I have some I definitely would, it’s a cheaper version of airpods
I do on a regular basis using the mobile from work. I use wired headset for 90% of the cals I make on this phone.
daily when I drive to connect to AUX in car. Not connecting via bluetooth, read up on vehicle data collection.
there are usb-c to aux adaptors available for cheap
Your car is collecting so much more info about than just your contacts from bluetooth pairing and music taste.
Those would be the least of my concerns.
Not my 99 Honda. I’ll never let her die!!!
I won’t buy a phone that doesn’t have it. I hate to charge my wireless earbuds, also they break after a few years for no reason because the battery got old. So I have a physical aux headset, will last me 10 years easy and never needs charging.
I’ve had the exact opposite experience. I have a literal pile of dead wired headsets (most were mid quality but two of them were >100$) but not a single one of the 4 wireless headsets ive had since then have died (the first one i bought have admittedly had its battery degraded to where it can only live for an hour or two, but its nearing on 10 years old now).
Not saying you can’t have the opposite experience, but from my point of view last noticably longer at a similar priceclass (and i run them pretty hard both physically and time wise, easily 6-10h/day, with workouts most day). I’ve been running my jabra elite 65t for over 5 years now as my only headset which is the longest i’ve ever had a single headset. Though admittedly i lost my case 1.5 years ago while biking but i managed to find a secondhand case.
I almost exclusively use wired headphones. Only time I use the Bluetooth is when going the gym.
I don't feel like the cable is inconvenient at all. But there are advantages in the two things I care. Better audio quality and no battery to worry about. So I prefer the wired one and use my headphone jack almost daily.
I bought a $100 2023 phone and I use the headphone jack
My current phone doesn’t have a headphone jack, but if it did I would every day. Still use wired every day on laptop and pc.
I had wired headphones, went to a good wireless one (Sony WH-1000XM3), and I will never go back.
Most people I know that want the headphones jack back want it to be able to use good quality wired headphones they already own, mainly because they can’t afford (or just don’t want to buy) a good quality wireless one.
Seriously. If you can buy a new mid-range smartphone, you have enough to buy premium wireless headphones. If you can’t, most cheap smartphones have audio jacks.
Yup, I use it regularly.
Every time i use headphones
Current phone doesn’t have one, but I loved the LG V30. It had a high end DSP.
I use it in my car
I’m djing and I care about good audio, but the comfort of wireless headphones is just too big of an advantage for me when I’m not specifically planning the next set. The limiting factor regarding freedom of movement with wired headphones always bummed me out. I was never regretting the switch.
At home and for gaming I use the arctis 7 (wifi headset) and a wireless mouse, never had latency issues with fps shooters or anything. And I love the comfort of being able to just walk to kitchen or the bathroom without loosing audio, e.g. when I chat with my friends. On my phone I could use an adapter and I thought about buying it, but didn’t ever really feel the need to do so. On my laptop however I wouldn’t wanna miss it, cause I don’t always have an external soundcard with me :)
I use it all the time. And I would argue that the question should be “what’s the intelligence distribution of people using cabled data links over those preferring wireless?” :p
I do. While I don’t end up using headphones terribly often, I still prefer wired ones when I do. I would lose bluetooth earbuds in a heartbeat, and it wouldn’t be worth the expense to replace them.
This is the issue I have. I don’t think I ever lost a set of wired headphones in my life, and I swear I lose a set of wireless buds once a year. Sometimes they turn up in a weird place months later. But that’s why I usually opt for cheaper ones, it doesn’t hurt as much when they disappear. However I recently got a free set of Google buds with a new phone. The quality and features are amazing, but it’s really only so long before I lose them. This is something I have come to accept.
As replied under another comment :
I’ll be honest… I bought a Poco F4 because the value for money it offered was amazing. Plus, I could unlock the bootloader and shift to a custom ROM whenever I wanted (literally as soon as I could lol. Hate MiUI).
This phone doesn’t have a headphone jack, but I was willing to make the jump since my general use of headphones is not as much as earphones. My ears get sweaty or scratchy after more than an hour straight of earphones, and around the same for headphones.
As a result, my overall usage is limited. So, when I got my TWS (paid ₹2000 for an okay pair, no dual device pairing, okayish build quality for the case and an okayish connection. Sound was good tho.)
My situation meant I didn’t really use them as much, although they go for almost 4hrs straight. And if I put them in the case, they go for weeks without needing a charge (case has a built-in battery of 1200mAh). So, whenever I think I need the case to charge I just set it up overnight.
I know it’s not everybody’s case, but this is my case. And while I miss the jack, I don’t notice the lack of it. Audio quality is good enough for me. The wires were honestly the worst part of my wired experience anyway.
I haven’t used wired headphones in about 8 years. Bluetooth all the way.
At this point wired headphones feel like ancient technology to me. Bluetooth never dies 💙🦷
I use it quite frequently for both making calls and listening to music or videos.
AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
When my phone had one, I used it probably every day.
I still miss it. All Bluetooth buds I’ve used have this stupid quirk in Teams, for example, where a call will interrupt the meeting and even if I immediately hang up, it takes like 2-5 seconds for Teams to switch back to Bluetooth. I never had this issue with an aux jack.
I also had a problem the other day where my Bluetooth buds just would. not. connect. for some stupid reason despite having worked OK for a week prior. On my phone with an aux jack that was never a problem.
For music, I used to use a really nice set of Sennheiser’s with my phone, and while I’m no audiophile, I swear using an adapter just isn’t the same (even though I know technically it should support the same bandwidth).
Another thing I really miss are phones that came with IR Blasters.