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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Lately I've been using my Bluetooth headphones more, because of the noise cancelling. However, I still use my phone's headphone jack about once a week.

On my iPad I almost never use Bluetooth headphones because I mostly only use it for note taking with the Apple Pencil so I take it where I go often and hate having it auto connect/disconnect to my Bluetooth headphones when I'm not even using my iPad. And because Apple the quick toggle to turn off Bluetooth only works until the next day. So I almost exclusively use the jack on my iPad and I'm mad they got away with removing it on the tablets and all the Android OEMs followed through (except Samsung).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's also the ariel for my radio so..

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use bluetooth when I'm out and wired when I'm home

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I probably would if I had one. I used it all the time on the last phone I had that did have it.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The one time I missed it was when I was trying to sell a subwoofer which only has RCA inputs and I had to use my laptop top prove it worked to potential buyers. Other than that, I use Bluetooth exclusively.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I bought a dongle for $7 and use it at work, maybe twice a week?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use it every time I drive.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I use it every single day. My phone just died, I have a temporary phone with Jack,, but I know my next one won't have one and I'm afraid of that change.

I've tried using an adapter and the quality sucks.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years 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.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I go wired. I use a pair of Sennheiser HD497 headphones I've had for 20 years. They still sound decent with a USB-C adapter at one end. It gets used daily on the train to work, and at work for zoom calls.

Everything about wireless annoys me. The price. The futzing around to pair it. The constant recharging. Having to "prepare" them before going out. The awful encoding artifacts. Radio interference. Walking around looking like an autistic kid with noise-cancelling earmuffs...

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I don't use it anymore because my current phone doesn't have it, and I've had to buy bluetooth headphones. As soon as I get another phone with a jack I'll be straight back to wired.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I never use my headphone jack. I don't care if my next phone has one. Having wires attached to my phone is enormously inconvenient to me. Plus I have a thing where I need to be able to hear what's going on around me, so I bought some Bose sunglasses and put prescription lenses in them. I love them. They definitely sacrifice on the bass, but I can wear them at work and still hear if someone knocks on my door or starts talking to me. They last about 5 or 6 hours and charge pretty quickly. I hardly ever have to charge them more than once per night.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

yes, I use the headphone jack on my phone.

I can't abide the idea of paying extra money for a separate device to plug in headphones to use a phone. That's like forcing people to buy a straw to drink their coffee because they're not allowed to drink it from a cup anymore.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I have a lightning-analog dongle on my phone headphones, that works fine. I have another analog headphones on my iPod classic for walks. The terrible catastrophe of taking out the headphone jack is nothing. There's no situation where I'd be listening to my phone and want to charge it, if it's on the charger I have a computer with speakers.

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

So, I haven’t had a jack input in a long time, and have missed it exactly zero times so far. But can really well understand the need for it if phone’s often with you on the go and you don’t often sit down in a specific listening spot at home. And probably any other reasons are equally understandable. I think I am the weird one here.

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