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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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[–] rami4862@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

I refused to get a phone without one for quite a long while and finally caved. I haven't used wired headphones in years but I hate that there isn't the option anymore as a default.

[–] headmetwall@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Every day, I have an app that connects the audio of my pc to my phone through wifi and using bluetooth would just make the whole setup unusable for calls + wifi has better range and audio quality than bluetooth. The whole setup is PC->Ethernet->Router->wifi->Phone for ~30 ms of latency and the app is soundwire.

[–] Friend032@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Well I do almost daily

[–] Fake4000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I use my earbuds most of the time for music and podcasts, but the wires ones are mainly for gaming because of latency.

[–] WhyYesZoidberg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I use wired headphones in bed, listening to podcast and whatnot. Easier to just yank out and throw away when falling asleep. I use lightning headphones right now..

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I bought nice fancy wireless earbuds once, and lost one of them like 2 weeks in when I fell to river with bicycle. Maybe it's a 1 in a million case, but showed a good reason to not have wireless buds

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TBF most likely both would've been gone by then

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

I had both on me when I fell, but only lost one.

Anyways, accidents are a common when doing sports so it's always a good chance to lose those small things. Clear win for wires there

[–] B21@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I buy Xperia phones solely for the headphone jack and I use mine daily.

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I use it every day on my way to work and most nights before bed.

[–] Alchemy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Never. Bluetooth AirPods 100% of the time.

[–] shadow@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I basically stopped using wired headphones when Work From Home became a thing. I kept getting up from my desk and wanting to keep my audio going while wandering around and having wireless is perfect for my small house. I would definitely want to go back to wired if I was commuting or out in public daily though.

[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I definitely used it when I had it on my previous phone. These days though… bluetooth headphones are good enough for me for calls, podcasts and YouTube. So I just use those.

[–] pandacoder@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't have a headphone jack.

Even if I had one, I haven't been able to buy wired headphones that aren't crap quality that don't hurt my ears. Last time I bought wired headphones (more accurately earbuds) they were tinny knock off garbage being sold on Amazon as a legitimate product, and that was years ago.

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[–] Jonny@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Until I got a phone without one, I used it all the time. But now I have fully switched to Bluetooth. The price pot me off a lot, but my tozo A3s are are both cheap enough and good enough that I am happy to have made the switch.

[–] refreeze@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to, but recent budget wireless (Earfun, Soundcore, et al.) are getting good enough to compete with wired for me. Having things like multipoint pairing which is obviously not possible with wired is hard to go back from once you get used to it.

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[–] BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago
[–] Jestzer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My phone doesn't have a headphone jack, but I use wired headphones every day, so I use an adapter. I've had the same ones for about 10 years now, so I see no reason to replace them.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do you get headphones to last 10 years? I usually have to replace mine every year or so, because of the padding wilting, or normal wears, or just something happening.

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[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Don't have one and personally I do not care anymore. I probably will never go back to wired on phone.

PC is a different story, I use wired headset there exclusively unless it is work PC and I need mic, then I also use wireless.

[–] spudwart@spudwart.com 1 points 2 years ago

I have a pair of hybrid headphones that are both bluetooth and support 3.5mm wired.

I use them wired on my PC and bluetooth everywhere else.

[–] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Sorry to derail but what do people think of air gap or air tube wired headphones? Do you think they are necessary?

[–] Zellith@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

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

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