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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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[–] debeluhar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I never use it. But I only listen to songs when I'm driving.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve been using bluetooth earbuds for several years now. You can walk around freely when connected to your PC, the wires don’t get tangled and noise canceling is great. But one upside of wired earbuds is that you’re not exposed to bluetooth zero days such as the one that recently came to light.

[–] pastaPersona@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would be using it pretty much every day, my car doesn't have bluetooth so I need to rely on a casette to aux converter that I stick in the tape slot. Then I end up needing to plug my (jackless) phone into a lightning to aux dongle, plug that into the aux for the cassette converter, and then finally swap to the tape deck. Super annoying and would be slightly less-so with a jack.

[–] Mocheeze@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I got a Bluetooth tape adapter. Had to try a few because some are real ass.

[–] Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried a Bluetooth FM transmitter? I have one plugged into the cigarette lighter that my phone connects to and I just tune my radio into the same frequency to hear it. They're pretty cheap and even has buttons on it to skip tracks.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

At least once a week. Will be a shame when I eventually move onto a phone without a jack.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

When my phone lost the headphone jack, I just stopped listening to music outside of my home.

I honestly prefer walks now.

[–] dynamo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Every day, for msny hours

I use it all the time. And I would argue that the question should be "what's the intelligence distribution of people using cabled data links over those preferring wireless?" :p

[–] ammonium@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I stopped using it because my cables got always damaged after a few weeks/months of usage. With a (big) phone in my pocket it's just not possible for me to put no stress on the jack.

I actually stopped listening music on the road for a few years after that until I started using Bluetooth headphones/in ears. Now I wouldn't go back to cable even if it didn't break down so fast.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 2 points 1 year ago

I use it less and less. I was still using wired headphones quite often when I got my current phone couple years ago but since then I switched to BT in like 95% of cases. The remaining 5% is mostly travelling. Noise cancelling headphones are too big to carry and small BT headphones don't have enough battery for a long trip. In a couple of years when I'll be changing my phone it will still be be really nice to have mini jack in it but if there's no reasonable option I might do without.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Never, Bluetooth adapter in the car, AirPods otherwise. FUCK cords

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I use it every time I drive.

[–] darganon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I had to buy an adapter. I much prefer wired earphones, as somebody else commented, it's much easier to switch wired ones between devices. With wireless you also have the issue of disconnecting them if you want audio through the phone speaker. I hate Bluetooth anyway.

I also prefer the earphones which sit just in the ear, rather than the current style of ones that need to be forced inside. I don't think you can get wireless earphones like that, probably because they would be lost easily. I like proper headphones too (so that's an option for wireless), but they are quite bulky so not always convenient.

[–] kitos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I use it every day so for me is still a big must have. I also use it for 8 hours straight at work

[–] rami4862@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] krow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

ever since I got a new phone with a headphone jack, been wanting to get a usb c to headphone jack adaptor, still dont have any headphones I can use with my phone

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Because sometimes I just want simplicity. If I’m sitting in a room with my laptop, iPad and two phones it’s a freaking crap shoot which one my BT headphones are going to connect to.

But alas, none of my phones have a jack anymore so I use a dongle.

[–] Saltblue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Jonny@kbin.social 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] pandacoder@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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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[–] June@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve never liked or wanted a wire connecting me to my phone. It’s irritating and is a hugely negative stim for me, akin to nails on a chalkboard.

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