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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yup use it with multiple devices, car and headphones. Bring it bloody back. No intention of buying another overpriced accessory plain and simple

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I use it sometimes, but used it regularly for music until I busted out an old iPod.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Rarely, but I like knowing it's there if my headphones run out of battery and I need to join a meeting or make a call.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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

I honestly prefer walks now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Currently never, but that's because i dont go out much. If I went out more, even just for jogging. I would be extremely frustrated that my current phone doesn't have a jack. Currently I have to have to so everyone around me can hear my phone as I don't have a converted or a wireless headphone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Every day, for msny hours

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Never. Bluetooth headphones and connectivity in the car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It's the only way I listen to music when I'm not in my car or in my house

I had to buy a converter to stick my headphones into to connect to my phone because it didn't have the jack. Which is really annoying because I have really nice headphones and I don't want to sacrifice my sound quality for shitty Bluetooth ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Daily, I drive an 01 cherokee sport base model. This means I have a tape deck and fuck all else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months 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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Never. Bluetooth AirPods 100% of the time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Is there a way to migrate yet?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I was forced to buy wireless headphones because phones stopped using the 3.5mm jack. I still have a pair of wired earbuds but they're useless now as I only have 3.5mm on my work laptop.

The positive is my new wireless headphones are awesome and work very well, but they're over the ear so I can't use them for snowboarding like I could with my wired earbuds. They charge ultra fast and last up to 30 hours and they come with a 3.5mm jack if the battery dies. You don't get noise cancelling when using the 3.5mm jack but at least it works.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Daily until I had to get a new phone that didn't have one.

After that I got an adapter so I could continue using the various 3.5mm headphones thar I already own

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I have some Fiio FH3 IEMs that I use with a Lightning to 3.5mm dongle fairly often. I also have some Airpods that are much more convenient to carry around and use but I do like my wired IEMs for when I want a more focused music listening and am not going to be moving around as much.

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