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nicetomeetyouIMVEGAN ,

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.

Contend6248 ,

Bluetooth to AUX adapters are very real and affordable, if one day you might get a problem finding the right phone

helenslunch ,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

Bluetooth is shite.

It can be convenient but also it constantly cuts out, disconnects, or the batteries die.

I’m not a big fan of headphones in general but when traveling I absolutely prefer wired.

When listening to podcasts while I work at home, I prefer Bluetooth because I can use only 1 ear without the other one flopping around.

themurphy ,

You must have shitty Bluetooth for some reason.

The only one I can relate to is you need to charge it. And that sucks.

TK420 ,

Yes, buy cheap shit, get cheap shit. BT headphones less than $100, be careful, probably gonna be bad. All of the sub $100 pairs I’ve bought have been junk, and quality greatly increases with price in my experience.

BearOfaTime ,

I have a 10 year old pair of noise canceling that were way less than $100. Battery is probably shit today though.

But you make a good point about quality. Gotta know what you’re buying.

Though my other sets were fairly inexpensive - $30-$50, and work well.

A LOT depends on the phone - using the same headsets across different phones has made that pretty clear.

TK420 ,

I didn’t think about phone BT quality too, that’s a good point.

helenslunch ,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

I don’t have shitty Bluetooth. I’ve used a wide variety of high and low end devices for a dozen years and every one of them is a shitty experience.

I’m sure if you use shitty AirPods on a shitty iPhone it works great but I’m not about to do that.

themurphy ,

I use Bluetooth for 3 different speakers in my home, Bluetooth in the car, Bluetooth for headset and I don’t own AirPods nor an iPhone.

And I don’t experience your problems. But I’m also not mad at Bluetooth to begin with.

helenslunch ,
@helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

No one is mad at Bluetooth. We’re mad that we don’t have a 3.5mm jack for wired headphones, and were given nothing in exchange.

WaterWaiver ,

I do a good 50% of my phonecalls on wired earbuds or wired headset. It’s much more convenient than holding the phone, especially for long calls.

Halcyon ,
@Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I bought BT headphones to get rid of the cable when I’m outside. So now it’s rare for me to use the headphone jack. Only when I use the cable headset for work or when I connect my phone to the stereo amp. So maybe once every other week.

Cralder ,

I see a lot of people saying the use it every day, probably since this type of post attracts those types of people. So I will break the mold and say that I never use it.

I haven’t had a headphone jack in my last 2 phones and I haven’t missed it at all. Maybe once or twice in the last few years when I have gotten into my mom’s car which doesn’t have Bluetooth. All my headphones are Bluetooth. All my speakers are Bluetooth. If I really need a headphone jack I can still use a dongle but that almost never happens.

GoodEye8 ,

Same. I can sympathize with people who use the jack but me personally, I couldn’t give a shit that companies started removing it. I was an early adopter of bluetooth earbuds. My biggest issue when using headphones with a phone was actually the coord. I’m the kind of person who would get it stuck everywhere and and have it tangled up while in my pocket. I would go through at least one pair of buds per year because the coord would get damaged. I also remember damaging the socket itself on my phone and it became the deciding factor for buying a new phone. So it was a no-brainer to switch to bluetooth because I’m getting rid of my biggest issue, which is the coord.

I’m still using the 1st generation of airpods. That’s 7? years of not buying new headphones. I don’t know what would have to happen for me to use coorded headphones with my phone again.

Chadteeka ,

Yeah still have one on my phone, still use it daily. I won’t buy a phone without one. Still rocking the apple wired headphones 10 years later. Still have a headphone jack in my car.

afraid_of_zombies ,

Daily.

Driving to and from work it plugs into my car and at work it plugs into my headset.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Literally every day. Stop making phones without them, god damn it.

DoucheBagMcSwag ,

Stop being pOoR and buy or bUdDs - Manufacturers

DanglingFury ,

If you own a pre bluetooth-audio vehicle and you commute, then you need an aux port. Even early BT vehicles had iffy connection issues that are immediately solved by just plugging in.

Roadtripping and someone else wants to play a quick song? You can go into the touchscreen settings and go through linking the phone to the vehicles bluetooth and selecting that device, or you can just pass the cord.

datelmd5sum ,

Bluetooth is still fucking ass for almost everything. I have a new car, but still plug the phone in with a wire. With USB-C you can both receive and transmit audio with decent quality and it also charges your phone!

DanglingFury ,

O that is nice. I did not know you could charge during the data connection

bruhduh ,
@bruhduh@lemmy.world avatar

I use mine everyday, and i was one of the first to adapt to wireless headphones when they was just Chinese exotic headphones (before apple and Samsung wireless headphones even existed) and i spotted few cons of using them before they even got popular, main problem of using them is battery and secondary is latency when you pause resume video alot, there are also alot more like signal interference in places with lot of WiFi hotspots so i returned to using wired headphones around time when first apple tws was presented, i use modular wired headphones so i can change wires if they break and always have some spare, also modular headphones can be connected to Bluetooth modules making them effectively tws and when their battery goes bad then you’ll just change Bluetooth module and that’s it

Muffi ,

I only bought wireless headphones because the Galaxy Note 10 didn’t have an aux, and required their own overpriced adapter to connect through USB-C. I bike a lot while listening to music and hate when the headphones run out of battery halfway through my ride.

Toadvark , (edited )
@Toadvark@mander.xyz avatar

I use mine consistently, and the presence of one will be a dealbreaker when I choose my next phone. I use it with an AUX cable in my car, wired headphones I already own, and (most importantly) with a Square point of sale thingamajig at shows. Bluetooth options exist for the last thing of course, but they have their own disadvantages- and I’d rather be able to use both options than just one!

TheRealCharlesEames ,

Is there a way to migrate yet?

AlecSadler ,

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.

bluetardis ,

I do. Every day. Decent headphones that block a lot of outside noise but don’t need a battery.

Constantly thankful that I don’t have to find a Bluetooth setup.

Contentious part is that I listen to high quality (generally lossless) ripped music. Bluetooth and some adapters do weird things with compression and you can really hear it.

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