Alternatively, if your current phone doesn’t have a headphone jack, do you wish it did?

  • gregorum@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Just another thing I don’t use that takes up space and can go wrong. Same reason i don’t need it to have a cassette deck or 8-track player.

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      1 year ago

      Oh, cassettes were just designed to go wrong altogether 😆

      But while wired headphones are indeed “analog devices” they do not have any mechanical parts moving, so really if you take good care of them they can last a lifetime. (Unlike BT headphones with batteries with approximate estimations of life). 🤒🤕

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        1 year ago

        I never said anything about the headphones. I was referring to the port, which can get gunked up, damaged by water, or all sorts of other stuff. in my many many years of using Bluetooth headphones of all types, I’ve never had a single thing go wrong— and because I am a responsible adult, I’m capable of recharging my batteries.

        The era of annoying snags painfully pulling out wired headphones from my ears is a headache I’m very glad to have left behind long ago.

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          1 year ago

          I think the point is more that in seeking to satisfy people like you, they’ve made everyone who likes the more reliable tech SOL.

          Personally I love my bt headphones, but I also liked having a wired set for backup in case my battery ran out. If I had a choice between a jack and no jack on an otherwise feature-identical phone I’d choose the jack

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            1 year ago

            I’m capable of keeping my batteries charged and haven’t really run into that problem. I also appreciate having my phone be water resistant and having one last thing to go wrong like getting the port get gunked up from stuff in my pocket. 

            As far as reliability goes, I suggest you try some better headphones, because I’ve never had a reliability problem either.