618
How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone? (feddit.de)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
635 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile 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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

If you're gunna use an adapter anyway then it makes it irrelevant whether or not there's a headphone jack in the phone. People in this thread talk about how you can't use expensive wired headphones with your mobile devices anymore as if adapters don't exist.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    We're not talking about the same thing here. First off a large jack to small jack adapter would be needed in rare circumstances, if you happen to use a pair of headphones that only uses a large jack with a small device like a phone, which obviously only has a small one.
    That whole large jack discussion was started because of the quote from Wikipedia I posted, where they mention just how old the jack is. I'm guessing you haven't read the rest of the comments since you brought it up?

    2nd of all a jack adapter is just "wire", it's passive ( doesn't have any circuitry), and doesn't require any support.
    For a dongle type of adapter that's quite different. Software and hardware and compatibility come into play.
    Lots of dongles have a DAC built into them which is separate from the phone DAC. It's duplicating something you already have, and if your phone has a good one buit into it (which it should), the flimsy dongle most probably has a very cheap one.
    I have a dongle and it only works if I plug it in before taking calls. If I already answer and then use the dongle the sound won't work out of the headphones so it's useless...

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent