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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by moonleay@feddit.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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[-] thespezfucker@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

I would but I don't really have any headphones, but I have some I definitely would, it's a cheaper version of airpods

[-] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I won't buy a phone that doesn't have it. I hate to charge my wireless earbuds, also they break after a few years for no reason because the battery got old. So I have a physical aux headset, will last me 10 years easy and never needs charging.

BUT the other day someone suggested to just get an usb-c to aux adapter and I'll probably do that in future if the aux connector isn't present on the next phone.

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[-] eneff@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

I use mine everyday.

[-] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I use it a few times a year at most. I only use Bluetooth headphones, and have android auto in the car. Every now and then I need to plug my phone into a stero or something.

One of my old phones is my dedicated stereo phone at home, it's permanently plugged into the aux of my receiver.

[-] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Every day at work when I listen to music.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

I use mine, both on my phone and tablet.

I have a bluetooth headphone, but the hassle of dealing with battery dying out, then having to reach for my pocket in a crowded bus to put it back on the pod/charger isn't worth it. I nearly lost one of the pieces because it fell off my ear. Also, the only other situation where it'd be good, which is having it in my ears while I do house chores without the phone in my pocket, suffers from "wall interference".

[-] kux@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

When I was looking for a new phone I gave up and bought a usb c dac/amp from Fiio. Ended up buying a phone from Sony which does have a 3.5 port (and sd card too) but continue to use the dongle anyway as it sounds better. Use it 2-3 times a week

https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/fiio-x-jade-audio-ka1-dac-amp.25817/reviews

[-] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I use it quite frequently for both making calls and listening to music or videos.

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

When I used to have a phone with a headphone jack and my car only had a radio/cd player, I always used it to get my phone’s audio into the car for navigation and music.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Every Monday when I game with a buddy online.

[-] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

I keep losing my usb c to headphone jack, but I usually use it a couple times a week when its not lost. I have airpods, but I'm on android so I lost the charger for it, and nearly lost the airpods many times.

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[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 4 points 11 months ago

I use mine for listening to audiobooks on an external speaker. Bluetooth speakers often cut off the beginnings of sentences due to the brief silence between them.

[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It is not my primary method of audio use, I use bluetooth earbuds/headphones in a workshop environment for that so I don't get the cables caught on machinery or materials but I use it when traveling or listening to music at home because the sound quality is better and there is only one device to keep track of or charged. Its not an everyday thing but still a requirement for me.

[-] Grangle1@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

I'm one of those who miss the headphone jack on mine. Half the time I can't get my wireless earbuds to work right (and I didn't completely cheap out on them), and I had to buy an expensive Bluetooth radio thing to connect it to my car radio because my car is too old to have that built in. An aux cord through the jack on my old phone worked just fine, even better, than that stupid thing.

[-] Hillock@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

I almost exclusively use wired headphones. Only time I use the Bluetooth is when going the gym.

I don't feel like the cable is inconvenient at all. But there are advantages in the two things I care. Better audio quality and no battery to worry about. So I prefer the wired one and use my headphone jack almost daily.

[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Occasionally. If I'm at my desk and I get a call, I'll move my wired headset over from my PC to my phone.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I would use it, if my phone had one.

[-] Jomn@jlai.lu 4 points 11 months ago

I don't use it much, but I do appreciate the one I have on my phone, since I don't always have my BT earbuds with me. Whereas I usually always have some cheap wired earbuds somewhere with me.

[-] jaxxed@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[-] haganbmj@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Before I updated my car I used the headphone jack regularly for playing music there. Otherwise it was relegated to a couple situations a year like air travel.

Now that I've got a newer vehicle I just have all my music on USB there.

[-] xlash123@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I regularly use wireless earbuds, which are extremely convenient, but I am not looking forward to the day when the battery is insufficient for me and I can't replace it due to "innovation". I also miss out on having splitters so that 2 people can listen to the same audio. I know Bluetooth LE is supposed to fix that, but I don't even know what devices support that. Like others said, having the choice is important, but Apple's "bravery" and market domination removed that from us...

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[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Daily.

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

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

I don't use earbuds much with it but whenever I do its with the headphone jack. Do you use earbuds any other way or is it just you don't use them often?

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I do on a regular basis using the mobile from work. I use wired headset for 90% of the cals I make on this phone.

[-] spare_muppets@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

I use wired headphones daily thru a USB c adapter

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

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@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago

You have a phone with a headphone jack? Who are you, 2012?

[-] austinfloyd@ttrpg.network 4 points 11 months ago

I do, several hours per day. Wireless headphones might are okay in short stints, but I really like my wired ones (Sony MDRs, which will probably outlast me)

[-] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

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[-] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I love rhythm games so when I play the mobile ones, maybe 2 times a week? Bluetooth is too slow and prone to disconnection to be reliable, I missed everything when I tried, and muse dash even alerts you on boot to not use bluetooth.

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

Every single day, maybe a few times a year I don't use it. Though because I have an iphone, my headphone jack is on an adapter. But still, I know for certain it's not something I can ever give up at this point, have tried the Bluetooth thing.

[-] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Anyone else find it annoying to have to constantly charge your earbuds. I've been so used to just plugging my headphones in and forgetting them. I'm tired of constant "low battery" because I forgot to charge them last night.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

One every month or two, when I play audio in the old vehicle. It's nice to be able to charge at the same time.

[-] lorty@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

I bought a new phone and took about a month to realize it doesn't have a headphone jack, so yeah.

[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I do. While I don't end up using headphones terribly often, I still prefer wired ones when I do. I would lose bluetooth earbuds in a heartbeat, and it wouldn't be worth the expense to replace them.

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[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I don't have one anymore but even if I did I wouldn't use it. Much prefer wireless.

[-] MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub 3 points 11 months ago

I thought I'd use it when I got my phone but I've since found Bluetooth headphones that are actually convenient so I don't. Now this headphone form factor is dying so I might go back to wired once they stop working. I hope the jack still exists by then.

[-] ajrwill@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Used to back when I was in high school and it was more common, but bluetooth earbuds have gotten really good sound-wise that the hassle of wires/dac/adapter isn't worth it nowadays for me and basically everyone I know.

Wired headphones sound better usually but I think anyone claiming they're superior to bluetooth in every way is being disingenuous and hasn't tried modern buds.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Never.

You’ll never hear from the people who don’t miss it because it’s nothing for us to talk about, so it seems like everyone only wants them back when in reality the vast majority don’t care.

[-] notapantsday@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

Never ever. It wasn't the reason why I got my current phone, but I thought I would use it at least sometimes. I don't.

[-] Robboman93@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I use it everyday, I still like wired earphones a lot.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I use wired headphones easily 80% of the time I use any electronic device capable of sound, and >99% of the time I'm actually listening to that sound. I would sooner take a phone without speakers than without a dedicated 3.5mm jack. (I could be convinced with two USB-C ports though)

I don't need more weight on my ears, another thing that can die, either buds that can be lost or an all-in-one that can't survive my pocket, and I definitely don't need another drain on my phone's battery. I'm not against Bluetooth headphones in general (I do use an over-ear set occasionally), but they will never be my go-to.

A proper poll on use time/duty cycle would be interesting.

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[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

My only wired headphones are for gaming (not on my phone), and I'm planning to replace those soon with something wireless as I'm tired of getting tangled up getting in and out of my desk.

Wireless headphones are great. Not perfect, but neither are wired.

[-] Shurimal@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Comes in handy at work all the time when I need to test a piece of equipment.

And the best-bang-for-buck IEM-s still are wired only. Have my sights set on Moondrop Lans for xmas.

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