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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.

amio ,

I do. I recently bought a new phone and this was non-negotiable. My headphones are good and my desire to bring Bluetooth and batteries into the equation is a cool zero at most.

roofuskit ,

I completely understand this sentiment. Bluetooth is not what is promised on the surface. There are too many conflicting versions. Even worse are the proprietary codecs that must be licensed by both your phone and your headphones in order to work optimally. If one or the other doesn’t have a license it falls back to whatever the basic license free options are.

Only recently have cheap and easy to manage devices like the pixel-a buds that allow one click device switching come into existence. And even those are $100 compared to the cost of a similar audio quality set of wired headphones, that’s a lot.

Generally, keeping things charged isn’t an issue for me but I don’t use my earbuds out and about a lot. If I was commuting to the office daily it would be something I’d have to plan for.

neige ,

I hate charging things all the time. Wired headphones it is

Sens , (edited )
@Sens@lemmy.ca avatar

Throwing the case on a wireless charger every few days is better than dealing with the tangled mess imo.

Recent convert, I was 3.5 4L

Fridgeratr ,

I would use it, IF I HAD ONE

SendMePhotos ,

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GeneralVincent ,

I also use it daily. I bought a cheap aux to bt adapter for my car so I could wirelessly play music but it’s not as good as just plugging it in directly. And it’s an extra dongle thing to worry about.

I really just wanted to do Bluetooth because it’s slightly more convenient, and when I’m charging my phone while it’s plugged into aux there’s a bit of a whine over my music. But having the option to do aux when I want is important to me personally

BearOfaTime ,

To fix the whine buy a ground loop isolator for less than $10 (they’re all the same). It will sit in-line on the input cord.

Basically your phone is getting two paths to ground - the power connection and the headphone jack. This causes interference (the whine). It’s also not good for the power control systems in the phone, though I think it would take years of being connected to actually damage it.

GeneralVincent ,

Ah, this is great information. Thank you, I’ll look into that

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.

BananaTrifleViolin ,

I use wired headphones every day. I always used my headphone jack.

My latest phone doesn’t have one, so I have to use a dongle to convert USB C to jack. I’ve looked at USB wired headphones but they just integrate the dongle and the choices are limited.

I much prefer wired in-ear headphones when I’m out of the house, versus larger over ear Bluetooth headphones at home.

Wired headphones are super convenient as they don’t need charging, are cheap and easily replaced, give good quality audio because the technology is simple and analogue (converting now loses that benefit), and are convenient as I can pop them in and out, hang them round my ears and don’t worry too much about losing them as they’re on wires.

It pisses me off 3.5mm audio jacks are disappearing - just to save phone manufacturers money or to make devices pointlessly thinner. Phones need a minimum heft and thickness to be comfortable to hold; I feel like they’re chasing pointless design goals now at the cost of what the customer actually wants/needs.

And wireless audio can be annoying when you have interference with Bluetooth, or the device runs out of battery, or are just more expensive so you worry about losing or breaking them.

It’s enshitification in the phone space.

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I do every time I use earphones. For me, it is a must.

mechoman444 ,

What headphones jack! There’s no headphone jacks anymore! They got rid of it because apple wanted to sell air pods!

God damnit!

No replaceable batteries, he SD card slots no headphone jack! Nothing!

(I am aware that there are still phones out there with headphones jacks but they’re either really low end or from a smaller manufacturer like Asus that don’t really sell at T-Mobile which is my service provider)

lemmyvore ,

Sony still puts them in all their phones.

scottywh ,

Motorola

Akshay ,

Move to mint mobile with the same number and you can basically use it on any phone. Then get a high end Sony phone. Thank me later. Its working really well for me.

Colorcodedresistor ,

I pay $180 for the year with Mint…I used to have the snap dragon 800 series phones only. Nexus 6P, Razer 2…But i’m currently on the Motorola Edge 2021 snapdragon 600 series and a Sony Backbone for the Gaming.

Unlimited talk/Tex 5G of full speed data and 2G after. It’s enough to stream my music for the month in my car. Otherwise i pull like 45-60Gb over wifi, because the modern day smart phone is just one step away from being the wrist computer from Final Fantasy Spirits Within.

nickiam2 ,

I went that route with an unlocked ASUS zenfone and it turns out that phone is impossible to replace the screen on because replacement parts are not available where I live. I had to buy a new phone without a headphone jack. Check for parts availability before buying something from a smaller brand.

FelixMortane ,

Use to, until my new phone no longer had one. I miss my corded headphones.

Toribor ,
@Toribor@corndog.social avatar

Yeah, I was using mine right up until they took it away from me. Now I use bluetooth or my chromecast, both which have their own problems.

gwheel ,

I like being to leave a pair of headphones in my bag without having to worry about charging or pairing when I switch devices.

Engywuck ,

So Much This

ThePowerOfGeek ,
@ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world avatar

I still prefer and regularly use wired headphones. More specifically, 100% of the time on my phone, and about 25% of the time on my tablet. I probably listen to audio on my phone a couple of hours a week. So not a ton, but equally also a fair amount.

wiccan2 ,

I have never once missed it. I’ve already switched to Bluetooth for my headphones and car. At home I cast to the hifi or Bluetooth speaker.

I got an adaptor to let me use cabled headphones when I need to and I’ve used it twice, once was to test it even worked.

The use case just doesn’t exist for me anymore.

lolcatnip ,

Same. Did me, the advantages of wired headphones don’t outweigh the obnoxiousness of fucking wires getting tangled up.

bamboo ,

This is it for me. Yeah Bluetooth is meh, some codec make it less meh, but really I just don’t want to have a wire, and am willing to put up with all the tradeoffs to make that happen.

NaoPb ,

I use it all the time. I have lots of equipent that doesn’t use bluetooth that I connect my phone with.

Snapz ,

The point of the headphone jack is that it IS THERE when you need it.

How many of you use your fire extinguisher regularly?

wildcardology ,

It’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Knusper ,

I came into this comment section wanting to make the same argument, but I guess, you could also be carrying around a USB-C-to-audio-jack adapter in addition to your wired headphones…

Snapz ,

Yes, and then the same power management issue comes up because you used to have two discrete poets for their own tasks and you don’t. You also have things to lose and to stress the usbc jack so that it fails earlier. 3.5mm Jack is also an especially sturdy jack compared to things like micro USB of the past.

I guess to continue the fire extinguisher analogy, your extinguisher is also your respirator now… So if you want to use it during a fire, you can’t do both. Burn in a fire with your mask on safely OR inhale in all those chemicals and smoke while fighting the fire - PROGRESS!!!

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