No.
I stopped using wired headsets loooong before they started taking them off...my HP iPaq had Bluetooth and my iPod didn't--that's when I bought my first Bluetooth headset.
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Nope. I was already switching away from wired headphones anyway because they're annoying to keep around.
Admittedly I tend to always see as a bad thing whenever I see phone models without headphone jacks, that said for the last five years I've been using phones without headphone jacks and using the wired headphones they came with is enough for the few times I need to use them.
I don't require it as I have used a phone without one. However when I have one there's always times where I'm thankful it's there.
I haven’t missed having a headphone Jack on my phone for at least 10 years. I’m perfectly happy with the performance of my AirPods and other Bluetooth headphones when I’m on the go.
Fidelity on the go isn’t a concern for me as long as it’s ‘good enough’. All the ambient issues makes high fidelity pointless imo when I’m anywhere but home, where I’ve got my real audio setup.
I haven’t used wired since around 2013, and would have switched to jack-less if available at that time. I don’t understand the “anti-consumer” theories around their removal. Most people who end up buying phones without jacks end up buying BT headphones from a manufacturer other than the phone one. Unless you think there’s a conspiracy where Sony and Bose are giving kickbacks to Samsung and Apple…
With the jack-to-lighning adapter that came with my iPhone I can easily use my wired headphones those 2 times of the year. The rest of the time, my phone is a tiny bit smaller that it otherwise would be.
I on the other hand don't want to mess around with an adapter I will break or loose once a year for the 1-2 times a day I plug a 3.5mm headphone jack into my phone. As for size... am I really the only one who thinks phones are too skinny now? My current phone is "thick" compared to what most manufacturers are shooting for now and I don't like holding it without the extra thickness from my cheap phone case. Like... it's an unpleasantly un-ergonmic experience holding something too rigid and thin. It seems like everyone else thinks we're nowhere near that point yet. Maybe I just have delicate sensitive hands...
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AirPods >5y now.
Nope.. Haven't used one for years.. I use Android Auto in my car, and Aftershokz headphones (which are bone induction).
For me, its significantly more important for my phone to be waterproof, because I do lots of hiking and alpine.