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.
Don’t have one and personally I do not care anymore. I probably will never go back to wired on phone.
PC is a different story, I use wired headset there exclusively unless it is work PC and I need mic, then I also use wireless.
My phone doesn’t have a headphone jack, but I use wired headphones every day. I’ve had the same ones for about 10 years now, so I see no reason to replace them.
How do you get headphones to last 10 years? I usually have to replace mine every year or so, because of the padding wilting, or normal wears, or just something happening.
Both the ear piece padding and the cord are easily replaceable. I have replaced the cord… maybe once? The padding I’ve replaced a few times and is around $30 to do so.
I definitely used it when I had it on my previous phone. These days though… bluetooth headphones are good enough for me for calls, podcasts and YouTube. So I just use those.
I bought nice fancy wireless earbuds once, and lost one of them like 2 weeks in when I fell to river with bicycle. Maybe it’s a 1 in a million case, but showed a good reason to not have wireless buds
TBF most likely both would’ve been gone by then
I had both on me when I fell, but only lost one.
Anyways, accidents are a common when doing sports so it’s always a good chance to lose those small things. Clear win for wires there
When I use IEMs I use an Apple USB-C to 3.5.mm dongle for my Pixel. Weirdly good value ngl. I do have a pair of Galaxy Buds 2 as well nowadays. A headphone jack would still be nice, but eh, to me it’s not that necessary anymore.
I use wired headphones in bed, listening to podcast and whatnot. Easier to just yank out and throw away when falling asleep. I use lightning headphones right now…
Well I do almost daily
I refused to get a phone without one for quite a long while and finally caved. I haven’t used wired headphones in years but I hate that there isn’t the option anymore as a default.
I use it every day so for me is still a big must have. I also use it for 8 hours straight at work
Most of the time I use Bluetooth headphones, but when I’m in the mood to listen to some good quality music, I switch to wired headphones… Probably a few times per month and only at home.
Everyday
If I still had one I would use it every day. I now use Bluetooth bone conducting headphones so I can hear other things while I listen to The Majority Report while I work.
Routinely with IEMs or over ear headphones as my Sony has a good DAC. If I am having a serious music listening session, I’ll use a USB C dongle DAC amp.
I use it daily. On the bus, in the library, I can silence my phone by just plugging it in instead of using the volume buttons, I can use it on my PC which doesn’t have Bluetooth. I don’t have to deal with battery anxiety or weird sensors pausing the song cuz I was vibing my head with the music.
I admit, wireless seems very…user-friendly right now but it’s something that has little use for me. I would pick wired over wire anyday
I used it every day, when I had it. I would still use it every day if I had it. Sadly I don’t have it anymore.
The only thing I miss it for is plugging into the car. I’ve got Bluetooth adapters now though that work pretty well. In theory I might run into a situation where it would be nice to be able to plug into a speaker or someone else’s car or something, but BT is so common it doesn’t really come up.
What’s a headphone jack?
JK, I used to use mine a lot, when I had one. I was sad to see it go, but I’ve moved on. I can use the USB-C port just as easily, if I want to.
Is there a way to migrate yet?
I do
I have some Fiio FH3 IEMs that I use with a Lightning to 3.5mm dongle fairly often. I also have some Airpods that are much more convenient to carry around and use but I do like my wired IEMs for when I want a more focused music listening and am not going to be moving around as much.
Have to be honest. I do a bit of music producing, so I am a little bit of a snob about quality.
But on a phone, on the go, the convenience of Bluetooth and not having to be tethered to anything beats the obvious downsides for me.
I use proper equipment when I want to listen in high quality and properly.
I use lightning cord headphones because using my hearing aids as Bluetooth all the time drains them and there are connectivity issues over random shit.
That said, yeah, it’s a minor annoyance that I don’t have an aux jack, and the waterproofing is more valuable to me
Only when my wireless earbuds batterie dies
ever since I got a new phone with a headphone jack, been wanting to get a usb c to headphone jack adaptor, still dont have any headphones I can use with my phone
Because sometimes I just want simplicity. If I’m sitting in a room with my laptop, iPad and two phones it’s a freaking crap shoot which one my BT headphones are going to connect to.
But alas, none of my phones have a jack anymore so I use a dongle.
Fwiw there are some pretty solid portable Bluetooth dacs so you don’t have to have your phone port plugged all the time.
Daily until I had to get a new phone that didn’t have one.
After that I got an adapter so I could continue using the various 3.5mm headphones thar I already own
So I typically have two sets of headphones, really nice ones that I use for long travel & low key ones I use daily.
At the time my really nice ones didn’t have Bluetooth, but I knew future versions did, so I assumed that problem would solve itself.
For the daily I tried a set a Bluetooth and found them to be mostly ok, but had frequent disconnects and eventually I just got tired of remembering to charge them.
A few years later I figured the technology would have improved, but my problems remained the same. I then accidentally ran one of my buds through the wash and that made things worse. It wasn’t the first time I’d run headphones through the wash, but what was previously a $10s of dollars mistake, was now a $100s of dollars mistake.
I now use wired headphones daily and exclusively.
For my really nice ones I don’t have to remember to charge them. I just plug them in.
Also, when traveling on buses and airplanes, they sometimes provide onride entertainment. It’s not clear to me how wireless only folks utilize that. Sure I downloaded things before I leave, but it’s nice sometimes to just plug in.
I dont have a headphone jack but I have a dongle to use some sound isolating earbuds while I ride my motorcycle my last trip was about 6ish hours and I dont think there are many wireless earbuds that would last that long
9715698@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t anymore. I have a pair of Pixel Buds which I love for most situations. When I want low latency or high quality, I can plug my over ear BT headphones into my phone via USB-C. Sound is phenomenal.