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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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
TBF most likely both would’ve been gone by then
I only use wired headphones.The annoyance of batteries, the higher prices and the much shorter lifespan makes wireless a no go for me.
You can buy some nice wired headphones and expect them to last 15+ years if taken good care of. Good luck trying to keep wireless ones for more than 5 years with a good battery life.
I know people don’t really value it these days, but to me there is great value in (stupidly) simple technology.
The more complicated a system is, the more prone it is to breakage. We have lots of areas in our life where we already rely on complicated circuits. I don’t need to add headphones to that list.
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.
The point of the headphone jack is that it IS THERE when you need it.
How many of you use your fire extinguisher regularly?
I came into this comment section wanting to make the same argument, but I guess, you could also be carrying around a USB-C-to-audio-jack adapter in addition to your wired headphones…
It’s the only way I can listen to music in my car. I could upgrade, but I don’t need to because I have the jack.
Bluetooth to AUX adapters are very real and affordable, if one day you might get a problem finding the right phone
Me, at least once a week
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.
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.
Every. Single. Day.
My cars bluetooth is broken, so I connect my phone via headphone jack. This way I can still use my cars speakers and mic to receive phone calls and listen to music or audiobooks on my one hour drive to work.
I also despise bluetooth headphones. My phones batteries last longer since I don’t use bluetooth anymore and I can’t be bothered to not lose them and always have them charged when I want to use them.
With my good wired Bose headphones I pay a third of what the wireless crap would cost, have better sound and they are always ready, easily to take care of and at worst slightly tangled from being crammed into a jeans pocket.
I have never once missed it. I’ve already switched to Bluetooth for my headphones and car. At home I cast to the hifi or Bluetooth speaker.
I got an adaptor to let me use cabled headphones when I need to and I’ve used it twice, once was to test it even worked.
The use case just doesn’t exist for me anymore.
Same. Did me, the advantages of wired headphones don’t outweigh the obnoxiousness of fucking wires getting tangled up.
This is it for me. Yeah Bluetooth is meh, some codec make it less meh, but really I just don’t want to have a wire, and am willing to put up with all the tradeoffs to make that happen.
I’m djing and I care about good audio, but the comfort of wireless headphones is just too big of an advantage for me when I’m not specifically planning the next set. The limiting factor regarding freedom of movement with wired headphones always bummed me out. I was never regretting the ‘switch’.
At home and for gaming I use the arctis 7 (wifi headset) and a wireless mouse, never had latency issues with fps shooters or anything. And I love the comfort of being able to just walk to kitchen or the bathroom without loosing audio, e.g. when I chat with my friends. On my phone I could use an aux adapter and I thought about buying it, but didn’t ever really feel the need to do so. On my laptop however I wouldn’t wanna miss aux, cause I don’t always have an external soundcard with me :)
You do realise that making a post like this makes wired users more likely to reply? I use wired daily, wireless too big and stuffy.
Airpods are too big and stuffy?
Haven’t tried them, and given how Apple has made no effort to implement basic featues for Android, I won’t (seriously, you telling me a 50€ pair of wireless earbuds can show battery level on any Android/iPhone, but Apple can’t be bothered?!).
Brand was just an example, 100 more to choose from. But I’m using Airpods on Android and they can show battery level with a 3rd party open source app
Fair enough, but showing battery level isn’t something that should require installing additional apps. TWS buds are generally bulkier because of battery and bluetooth tech that needs to fit in addition to the driver.
If I had to choose wireless I would probably go with something like FiiO UTWS5 since bluetooth and battery sit outside your ear.
I mean they are not made for Android so I’m not mad about it. And it’s still been a really comfortable headphone experience. I sometimes forget I’m even wearing them because the fit is that good.
I’m three years in now and they also still hold up battery wise. You can get apple care+ if you’re a heavy user and are worried about battery.
ANC on the go is a blessing while travelling and transparency mode is super convenient if you wanna talk/listen whithout taking them out.
But I think I would have a similar experience with another brand probably, I just happen to have those ones so I can’t talk about others.
If I had to choose wireless I would probably go with something like FiiO UTWS5 since bluetooth and battery sit outside your ear.
Interesting concept, but would probably be too heavy for my ear.
Good argument. But isn’t that always the case when asking if ppl are / aren’t into a topic? A person, who is invested in the topic is way more likely to reply. I agree with you, but I don’t know how I could’ve avoided said issue.
I used to use mine pretty regularly for some wired IEM’s and sometimes connecting it to my PC.
But a couple months ago, I put my phone in a bag of silica gel balls to absorb some water after it got wet.
Cannot recommend this to anyone else though… because those balls actually have roughly the same diameter as the headphone jack and one got completely stuck inside, making the port unusable. :(
turn the phone off and try fishing it out with a sewing needle. maybe 2 and try and chop stick it. i got one many out like this, happened to me frequently because i used to work in plastics.
Thanks for the tip! Im gonna buy some needles from the store tomorrow to try it out.
Me. I own both wired and wireless earphones and I want to be able to use both.
Fair. Personally I prefer wireless, since my headphone wires break all the time due to heavy use, but I can understand, why you’d like to be able to use both.
Wireless headphones have to be charged so often, it’s just annoying. Good old trusty wired headphones never need to be charged.
