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.
Me. Sorry not much to add. I just like it.
Very very rarely. I have a cheap Bluetooth adapter in my car, and I don’t regularly use headphones because everyone around me is immediately annoyed when they see headphones over/in my ears.
I can just leave a spare pair of wired earphones in the car, desk, bedside, or wherever and they’re ready to use without having to constantly carry an earbuds case around. Now I have to buy an adapter for each one I might use. Keeping several spare BT earbuds charged would be impractical.
And the adaptor then blocks the charging port, which has sometimes been a problem.
I have not owned a phone with a headphone jack in a long time.
I do, I like that I don’t have to worry about charging
When I used to have a phone with a headphone jack and my car only had a radio/cd player, I always used it to get my phone’s audio into the car for navigation and music.
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.
A lot
I don't use earbuds much with it but whenever I do its with the headphone jack. Do you use earbuds any other way or is it just you don't use them often?
I never use my headphone jack. I don’t care if my next phone has one. Having wires attached to my phone is enormously inconvenient to me. Plus I have a thing where I need to be able to hear what’s going on around me, so I bought some Bose sunglasses and put prescription lenses in them. I love them. They definitely sacrifice on the bass, but I can wear them at work and still hear if someone knocks on my door or starts talking to me. They last about 5 or 6 hours and charge pretty quickly. I hardly ever have to charge them more than once per night.
Wish I still had one. I use wired headphones on my iPhone daily.
I have my headphones in literally right now. I use my phone as my primary media system, so video sources like YouTube and Nebula and audio like music and podcasts. I listen with wired headphones for any time I am not physically very involved as they are higher quality and provide a much more enjoyable listening experience, but I will switch to Bluetooth headphones when being more physically active.
That said, I am a very high consumer of audio. I currently have 129 podcasts I am subscribed to (some no longer run, but most are weekly to monthly), along with a whole lot of audiobooks. I am currently at well over 2200 hours played in my podcast app this year and that excludes all the audiobooks and videos.
Never ever. It wasn’t the reason why I got my current phone, but I thought I would use it at least sometimes. I don’t.
My current phone (Pixel 8) and my previous phone (Pixel 3) don’t have one. My previous phone before those had one but even then I never used it, because I’ve been using Bluetooth headphones for forever.
I use mine everyday.
I use mine, both on my phone and tablet.
I have a bluetooth headphone, but the hassle of dealing with battery dying out, then having to reach for my pocket in a crowded bus to put it back on the pod/charger isn’t worth it. I nearly lost one of the pieces because it fell off my ear. Also, the only other situation where it’d be good, which is having it in my ears while I do house chores without the phone in my pocket, suffers from “wall interference”.
When I was looking for a new phone I gave up and bought a usb c dac/amp from Fiio. Ended up buying a phone from Sony which does have a 3.5 port (and sd card too) but continue to use the dongle anyway as it sounds better. Use it 2-3 times a week
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/fiio-x-jade-audio-ka1-dac-amp.25817/reviews
I do, but rarely. Maybe every other month or so. The situations I do use it, I've been thankful that I avoided phones without a jack. I like having appropriate tools at my disposal, and bluetooth will never be universally applicable.
I do.
I don’t use it every day because I’m at my PC a lot on a normal day, and I use wired headphones plugged in to that instead. I do use it often when traveling, both for IEM-style earbuds that block most external noise, and to plug into rental cars, family members’ cars, etc… with an aux cable. Yes, Bluetooth is an option on most newer cars, but it’s slower to set up than a cable, and not all the cars I end up driving are newer.
Agree with this, a headphone jack is occasionally very useful, especially when traveling. I had a Google Pixel without a headphone jack and I was surprised how much I missed it, I got an adapter just to restore that functionality.
I haven’t used a headphone jack for eleventy million years, I’m surprised so many people remember that they existed.
All the time
I use it daily, to connect my phone to my car AUX input and my various (very expensive) headphones.
Not at all. Bluetooth earbuds are too convenient for me. I could just leave my phone anywhere in the house playing podcasts while playing with my baby.
everyday at work. I have Bose bluetooth earbuds, but there is sometimes a slight pause once in a while. Technology isn’t perfect. But I like my hardwired classic earbuds.
It’s easy for me to unplug my headphones from my mic and plug it into my phone when switching devices for discord or listening to music. I also like wired headphones since they are harder to lose at least in my opinion.
At least a few times a week, or when a new album releases when I’m not at home.
Often enough to want it. I use it all the time in waiting rooms.
Someone needs to invent a headphone cord that directly connects to the USB C port. Is that a thing?
It is a thing. You can get a usb-c to audio jack adapter.
Everyone always recommends this one. I got this one. It seems to keep the capable volume a bit lower than usual. Clear audio though. Just a heads up to would be buyers.
Absolutely use it at least weekly. My partner has Bluetooth wireless earbuds and they are always a problem - dropping connection, short and inconsistent battery life, dying at inopportune times, etc. They don’t seem to even notice these issues because they’ve used wireless for so long, but it always drove me nuts everytime I tried switching.
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.
Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I use it daily for connecting it to my car stereo, and about once a month when I mow my lawn or have to fly on a plane. I’ll never buy a phone without one.
I prefer wired headphones. I don’t want to worry about keeping them charged, and the few pairs of wireless headphones I have tried died or had the buttons stop working after a few uses from getting waterlogged with sweat, while I’ve been using the same pair of $6 wired headphones for 10 years without issues.
I don’t care for Bluetooth or USB audio connections as they don’t always work intuitively, they might take multiple button presses to set up, and every manufacturer seems to think they need to be set up in a slightly different way, while the auxiliary audio cable just works with no setup.