I'm still clinging on to my samsung s10e and hope to get another year or so out of it....after that I think I'm just gonna bite the bullet and get a dongle dac.
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My S10e battery started to bloat so ive swapped to the zenphone 9 in the last week and a half, as long as you dont need wireless charging and get over the initial bumps moving away from samsung's android tweaks its a great phone.
I like to fall asleep listening to podcasts, so sadly I need something that can play and charge at the same time.
I did have a Pixel 2 XL back in the day, and perhaps the situation has improved, but bakc then the dongles were incredibly unreliable..
I do the same. After switching to a headphone-jack-free phone, I got a Bluetooth headband with speakers in it that's specially made for sleeping. The sound quality is pretty poor, but I'm only using it for podcasts and it's fairly comfortable (more comfortable than earphones for me).
It may be on the older side, but I've been using my Pixel 4A for three years or so, no complaints. I also use the headphone whenever possible. Also using GrapheneOS.
You may want to check out the Pixel 5A (also has a headphone jack if I'm not mistaken) for a bit of a newer phone, but the one I got used seems to have a band issue in which it would forcefully shut down after some time with my SIM card.
The pixel 5a has some reliability issues it's predassessors did not. It is an extremely fragile device.
I think the fragility is either overstated or there were some lemons in the batch. I've had mine since day one, don't treat it with kid gloves and have never had an issue.
I had one break, then another, then another. Granted I'm rougher with my phone than most, but that sort of pattern hasn't popped up with other phones.
What breaks? The screen?
Yes. And I don't just mean the glass. I had a screen fail without any impact/physical damage.
my pixel 4a is still kicking it
I do need to back it up and factory reboot tho, I think that might help some of the typing issues that have come up recently.
The pixel 5a. Not only does it have a headphone jack, it also has a giant battery and decent specs. Excellent lineageOS support to boot. you can get them brand new OEM unlocked for about 200 bucks. (I might be biased I'm sending this message from one right now!)
What is showing its age on your v60? I still use, and recommend, a Samsung Note 10 Lite. It has a headphone jack and that terrific stylus built in. It's on Android 12 and has no lagginess issues that even new phones have. There is an Android 13 update too, but I have not updated yet.
Have you considered a separate PMP or cheap smartphone to use for falling asleep to podcasts? I too enjoy wired headphones, but I think that limiting myself to that scope for my daily driver smartphone will most likely result in some other compromise that I don't want to make. So I have wired headphones for the use cases where it's required, and have wireless headphones to listen to music from my phone.
I am happy with my refurbushed Samsung A52. If I had to get a new phone right now it would probably be am Asus Zenphone (has a headphone jack).
Nokia XR21. Waterproof, drop proof, 4 years of updates, programmable physical buttons.
I have its predecessor and it is a fabulous device.
My zenfone 8 is solid, but has high treble when listening on max on my headphone and Planar IEM. I would not necesserily recommend builtin jacks. If you can choose a lot cheaper device for lack of a jack, you can get a fucking great bluetooth adapter and a very good IEM from the difference.
Apart from that, I recommend Gigaset/Volla and Fairphone since they are servicable and have removable batteries.
Low end of the price range is Alcatel, mid shelf prob Pixel or Zen, top shelf is Samsung.
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LG v50 is my favourite. I selling one on e bay, EU only. It's totally like new.
Nokia's X series 🔥
They make USB-C to headphone adapters that also have a USB-C for charging in case you need both art the same time. I hated losing my headphone jack, but the adapters work.
https://www.amazon.com/ZOOAUX-Headphone-Charging-Earphones-Compatible/dp/B094Z6149B/
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Can you explain more?
I have an iPhone which has a lightning connector - if I want to hook it up to the computer, I can either connect Bluetooth, or I can plug in a 3.5mm aux connector to the lightning port... which would also allow me to connect my old Sennheiser headphones.
However, for listening to podcasts at bedtime, I generally just use the computer which usually goes to sleep at bedtime - but I could adjust that.