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.
I use mine almost daily. I just like not having to worry about battery life. Quality on a $50 pair of IEMs is ahead of a $150 pair of BT Bose I got as a gift once, so that’s another plus.
For all those complaining about the wire snagging, I run it under my clothes. Barely feel it and it doesn’t snag anywhere now :)
…How else am I going to plug my earphones in?
I used mine all the time and do miss it. Now I mostly use wired headphones plugged into the laptop, and use Bluetooth or casting to speakers from phone. If you don’t use yours you won’t miss it.
Every. Single. Day.
My cars bluetooth is broken, so I connect my phone via headphone jack. This way I can still use my cars speakers and mic to receive phone calls and listen to music or audiobooks on my one hour drive to work.
I also despise bluetooth headphones. My phones batteries last longer since I don’t use bluetooth anymore and I can’t be bothered to not lose them and always have them charged when I want to use them.
With my good wired Bose headphones I pay a third of what the wireless crap would cost, have better sound and they are always ready, easily to take care of and at worst slightly tangled from being crammed into a jeans pocket.
I always used it when I had one.
Now, I use an adapter for headphone jack to USB-C. Every day.
I would but I had a terrible habit of getting snagged on things when walking around. I’ll take the worse quality of Bluetooth over destroying my port, my headphones, or my ears.
This is exactly why I ditched wired headphones, they are snaggers and no, I’m not routing a cable down my shirt.
damn, we do give a shit about this! 500 comments in a day about something so simple
maybe we should strike for this
Bring BACK the JACK!!
All the time, always and forever.
I will buy adaptors, and seek out wired headphones with a jack that fits my phone.
Friends and families have bought me wireless headphones, but I am a walking Bluetooth black zone (I’m constantly having to reset Bluetooth connections on my all my devices, no one else in my household has the same problem), and I’m notorious for loosing things.
I superglued my wireless ear buds to a chunky necklace so even if one fell out it wouldn’t get lost, it would just dangle around my neck. Lost the whole thing somewhere between the garage and the front door one night. Got my housemates out crawling in the grass looking for it with torches and playing the “lost ear bud” tone from the app, but we never found it. Not even when mowing the lawn did we ever hear it getting chewed up.
I’m not an audiophile, I have reverse slope hearing loss and I’m currently using a $10 pair of 3.5mm earphones with a $7 usbc adaptor and its exactly what I need because it’s cheap, replaceable, and I wouldn’t even notice better audio quality if it stuck it’s tongue in my ear.
I’m really not sure I would, I’ve borrowed my partners $200 headphones and it still kind of sounds the same.
I can tell a really shit pair from an affordable pair. Obviously if it’s crackling, or really tinny I hear that. But I think my hearing loss is the quality cap, not the headphones.
Same with vision, I genuinely can’t see a difference between 1080p and anything higher because even the back of my own hand is blurry, if real life is blurry why would a better TV suddenly be sharp?
If my boyfriend sitting 30cm away from me having a conversation sounds muffled and distant, better headphones won’t make my podcast sound clearer.
All the time, it’s great for riding the train or focusing at work. I have a pair of Bluetooth headphones but they’re slower and harder to connect so I prefer wired over them. Also since wired are cheaper and don’t require batteries I can keep a spare pair in my car or at my desk so I never have to worry about forgetting and not having them
It’s the only way I can listen to music in my car. I could upgrade, but I don’t need to because I have the jack.
Bluetooth to AUX adapters are very real and affordable, if one day you might get a problem finding the right phone
I do, its so much better than this bluetooth nonsense for simple everyday use. No charging, no pairing and FM Radio. Checkmate!
I use wired daily. I also use wireless a few times a week.
It doesn’t matter how often. When you need it, you need it.
I don’t use headphones often, but when I do its’ via wired headphones. I had to buy a USB-C-to-3.5mm adapter, but the max volume is half of what my old phone with a 3.5mm jack could deliver.
Cheap wireless devices like headphones are way too finicky and prone to breakage, not to mention the battery lifespan is just a few years. I’ve had my nice wired headphones for 10 years.
BTW the adapter I use is Apple-branded but still has the same volume issue reported for generic variants - it must be a limitation of the USB-C spec. I will concede that wireless is nice for workouts, though… I use my wife’s when I am in a rare music-while-exercising mood. She’s gone through 4 pairs in the past 5 years, though, and the amount of E-waste is very problematic.
If they made nice wireless headphones where the battery lasted longer than 5 years, wasn’t at risk in a hot car or backpack, and was also reasonably priced I’d concede they’re better. Until then theyre not a better solution (unless during workouts) and contributes to e-waste. The adapter is apple-branded too… I guess something about the usb-c spec doesn’t allow loud audio signals to pass through.
My parents aren’t even old enough to be boomers. I’m just practical.
I use it all the time. I’m holding off on upgrading my phone so that I don’t lose it.
All the time, every day
I walk through some neighbourhoods with many high-risk apartments, and there is so much interference from all the Wi-Fi routers, Bluetooth devices, and other wireless devices using 2.4 GHz, that even the best wireless headphones skip & stutter playback.
It also takes so much longer to switch wireless headphones to a different device, especially when they all compete to connect to the headphones.
Let me make the decision when to use wireless, don’t make it for me. A DAC USB-C dongle is dumb.
I use both, but I prefer wired mostly. I use wireless only when I’m walking outside or going for a jog.
Can someone explain to me why phones don’t offer 2 USB-C ports on the top and bottom? It seems to me like that would be the perfect solution. Is this purely about selling bluetooth headphones or is there something else?}
Because less ports equals less cost.
I don’t think the cost is the problem, as a usb-c port can be had for less than 3$ for an Individual. I think its more that manufacturers don’t think this is something most people want and therefore doesn’t make sense for them to offer.
Trend from Apple wanting to get more people on Airpods.
You don’t know what you want. We tell you what you want.
Nearly every day for me. I love having my headphones on while I walk to work or am on the bus. I had to buy a new phone about a month ago and I exclusively shopped phones that came with a headphone jack.
If my last phone had one, I would use it daily. Unfortunately it doesn’t, so I moved to bluetooth headset. This means charging regularly, (very) occasional drop in connection in crowded space. The only alternative is an USB C adapter I could use, but then I’d have to unplug/replug it everytime I want to charge my phone.
I will look for a phone with a jack for my next one, but if the current trend keep going it might not be an option (not an affordable one).
Until I didn’t buy a phone without one, literally dailly.
Don‘t have one and honestly I don’t miss it.
I only use wired headphones at my computer.
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.
That’s no longer true. I appreciate my headphone jack, but Bluetooth continues to iterate and 5.0+ has pretty good sound quality. If your specific hardware only supports 3.x, then it’s true that it will never get better, but the standard has improved. Other improvements include better range and security, low power modes, and higher bandwidth.
Also mp3 is a file and compression format and can vary in quality by quite a bit, depending on bitrate. It’s more useful to express quality in sample rate and bit depth, or bitrate. Bluetooth is capable of transmitting 16bit 44khz audio (CD quality) if both devices support the correct optional codecs.
That said, the wired connection supports whatever the DAC can handle as it’s an analog signal, so theoretically even better than CD quality (though not really in practice since the source audio won’t likely be better than CD quality, plus increasing the sample rate doesn’t really improve anything since it would just add higher frequencies and CD quality is already at the limit of the human ear).
Daily. Bought my sennheiser wired noise cancelling headphones in 2017 and they look quite rough now but still sound great and nc is still on par or better than most new headphobes. My brother and sister bought the bluetooth counterpart and both have replaced them years ago since they broke.
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.
I prefer having a dedicated headphone jack, I dislike wireless devices, heck, my mouse is wired. But my new Android removed it sadly.
The main reason why I’m okay with not having it is because there’s no decent wired headphones, all are either for children or incredibly cheaply-made.
That seems like an odd thing to state. There are lots of wired headphones and ear buds of all prices and styles. Are you only looking in store or also online?
Get one thats wireless, and has aux port.
Didn’t realize this was a thing, I’ll look into that
I do. I can’t use earbuds. I use wired fullsize headphones
Every dang day. I refuse to buy a phone without one
All the time. I wouldn’t want a phone without it
Resol@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s actually the most useful port in my phone. Some of their best headphones out there are wired (those that don’t target professionals at least), so it’s nice that I just plug them in and expect them to work willy nilly. I can even use an external amplifier with it if need be.
Bluetooth is still the worst thing I’ve dealt with in my life.