Technology

I use mine religiously. I live in Brazil. This is a poem.

The kitchen disco requires really good headphones. You don't get ear covering sound without a jack.

My phone doesn't have a headphone jack, but I plug in wired earphones a few times a week into it using a dongle. I wear them pretty much anytime I commute or go for a walk. I've been using the same pair of wired earphones since 2017 and have no intention to switch earphones. I love my earphones.

Don't have headphone jack but need to use the USB C converter to use audio in my car.

Daily

I used it often. Since I got a phone without one, as an upgrade, I use a USB-C to 3.5mm adaptor nearly every time I go out. The adaptor is always plugged into my headphones.

I will never give up my aux.

I prefer having a dedicated headphone jack, I dislike wireless devices, heck, my mouse is wired. But my new Android removed it sadly.

The main reason why I'm okay with not having it is because there's no decent wired headphones, all are either for children or incredibly cheaply-made.

I made the switch to full Bluetooth a few years back.

Honestly don’t ever miss the headphone jack nowadays, but I’ll admit that making the initial jump was a bit of a hassle.

I don't use wired headphones with my phone anymore since it doesn't have a 3.5mm jack, but I miss that i cannot plug my headphone quickly in a laptop's 3.5mm jack quickly.

I like that binary nature of cables. When physically connected they work. No fiddling with Bluetooth menus.

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.

I do.

I got a Bluetooth headphones with a backup jack. If the headphones run out while I'm using them, I use the wire that came with the headphones.

At home I have much larger headphones that I use for my PC, my Steam Deck, and yeah, my phone too. It's 100% wired. I specifically went out of my way to buy wired logitech headphones because I got sick of Bluetooth headsets after many years of using one.

Definitely wired for more serious listening and important calls.

I see a lot of people talking about latency - I am generally very sensitive to this, but I think Apple gets the delay down pretty low with AirPods.

I have another complaint, though: the Bluetooth spec doesn't allow for enough bandwidth to simultaneously send and receive audio at proper bitrates, so any time you are doing both, it dramatically reduces the quality of both. This means if you are using Bluetooth for anything better than PSTN calls, you sound like shit.

Also, the microphones in AirPods make this so much worse by emphasizing sounds of anything you are doing - if you wash dishes or crumple a bag or basically anything, even if it seems relatively quiet for you, there is a good chance it will be loud as fuck for the other person.

I prefer wired for almost all cases. The reasons are threefold:

1. It seems like the only Bluetooth headphones being sold lately are either tiny individual ear buds that are easy to lose or big bulky over-the-ear headphones. Right now, my preferred wireless ear buds are connected by wires to an around-the-neck device, and I'm worried I won't be able to replace them easily when they finish falling apart.

2. Wireless ear buds are one more thing I have to charge. I already have to charge my phone, watch, game accessories, and vape. I don't need one more battery to manage.

3. Latency makes it obnoxious to watch video with wireless audio.

Right now, the only use case for my wireless ear buds is when I'm walking the dog and don't want to worry about the wire bouncing around and getting caught on my clothes when I've already got the leash in one hand. The only reason I use Bluetooth in my car is because my old car had annoying feedback when I listened on the aux cable while the phone was charging. I'm considering trying aux again in the new car because the latency on the car's Bluetooth is even worse and I've found myself watching videos in my parked car while on break from work.

I have been using the headphone jack on every single smartphone I've owned. When I was in school I'd listen to music whenever I was in the bus, when I was going from class to class, when lunchtime came around, whenever I could. When I got home, I would listen to music and watch videos. Hell, I still use my phone way too much for videos and music when I don't have anything to do.

I listen to so much audio that I couldn't imagine a world with a limited battery for my headphones.

I use it multiple times a week.

even if I didnt, I still want to have it for when I would have chance/need to use it.

Every day. Aux in on my car, wired headphones, aux in on old stereo. I could replace it all with bluetooth but it isn't broken and I can still use bluetooth on other devices. I like choice and I hate waste and conspicuous consumption. Rechargeable wireless devices with limited battery life that can't be serviced or repaired is peak consumption/pollution bullshit. The headphone jack may wear out before my phone's usb, battery or something else but that hasn't been my experience historically.

I use mine everyday. I listen to music, podcasts, and sometimes watch videos at work, basically the entire time I'm working. I usually have my phone connected and charging at the same time through the charge port. Wireless charging doesn't work because of my Pop Socket.

They also break or I lose them in occasion and it takes a quick trip to any gas station, grocery store, or basically any nearby store during my lunch break, and I'm able to pick up replacements for $10-$20.

Fair to say, I refuse to buy my next phone without headphone jacks. I do use wireless headphones for when I'm working out, but otherwise, at work or on walks, I use wired ones connected to my headphone jack.

I much prefer wired headphones, for lots of reasons. My last phone had a 3.5mm jack and I used it daily. My current phone doesn't have one, so I use a USB-C/3.5mm jack converter dongle daily instead. I'll probably buy USB-C headphones next time I'm in the market for them, I guess.

I do. Nice feature I always appreciate having it.

About once every other week on my phone, multiple times a week on my ipad (pro 10.5). It's more that I have a Bluetooth dac for some 30ohm headphones I regularly use, as my phone had more difficulty driving it at usable volume without going all the way up and getting the "you're hurting your ears!" warning.

I use wired anytime I'm listening for more than an hour or so.

I don't like having to use headphones I have to keep charged.

Every day. Removing them is ridiculous and pointless.

I use mine quite often with my senhizer 206

Definitely at least once a week, though usually more than that.

I did until it was taken away from me. I would still use them regularly. I still out my phone in my pocket upside down on habit.

I fucking hate wireless headphones. I miss my wired headphones.

Well I used to all the time, that's for sure. Plus I actually have nice headphones now, that I can't use with my phone because for some reason on every single phone I've ever owned the USB port eventually stops working for audio adapters, and I don't know why.

I used to use it a lot. I still have some nice headphones that I like using, but they have become 2nd choice. I have bone conducting headphones that I use daily.

I prefer them, because I can still communicate, ride the bike, and never have to pause the music. But if I have to do anything loud, the wired buds are coming out to plug the ear holes.

I do but it's certain circumstances where it make sense (on aircraft or when I've got a good pair of wired earbuds/headphones on me). Sometimes I use Bluetooth, sometimes wired but I appreciate having a CHOICE!

Yup, I use it regularly.

Last phone I had a jack for was iPhone 5, would use it all the time for music and podcasts, would much prefer having a jack now instead of Bluetooth

I always use mine, the audio delay that bluetooth headphones have make them almost useless for me. I'm also not a fan of the fact that they either make loud noises or have some form of a voice to tell you when it's either connected to a device or got a low battery.

I use it. I also use bluetooth headphones but wired headphones are more reliable. No connection problems. And I haven't tried bluetooth headphones with microphone so I don't know if they're any good. I need the microphone for phone calls.

A couple times a week. Tried going without, but missed it too much. Now a headphone jack is a key requirement. Bluetooth headphone mics in particular are rubbish compared to a basic wired option.

Every day at work when I listen to music.