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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* (last edited 11 months ago)

I use it to collect sand and little stones in my device.
But also to have a backup if my bluetooth in-ears get low on battery or i need to plug the phone to my old school amplifier.

[–] [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

When I get a call at home while already wearing my wired headset I like to just plug it into the phone.

Since my current phone was bought used I had to compromise on some things, so I don't have a headphone jack anymore. I use a USB-C Adapter now. I use it for most phone calls, especially the longer ones with family. So probably for a few hours per month.

For quite a long time, until about 2021, I was still using wired headphones when on the go, but nowadays I'm addicted to noise cancelling, so that use case has moved to Bluetooth now. My protective headsets from work (both the over-ear and the in-ear set) also use Bluetooth.

[–] [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

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

I use Bluetooth headphones every day, for most of the day. Despite that, there are times where i forget to charge them the night before, or something else goes wrong, and I use wired headphones.

If I got a phone without a headphone jack, I don't think it'd be much of a problem, until it is. I'd need it, and suddenly realized I don't have it.

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

I've been using my wire headphones for over 10 years until recently. I've moved to Shockz, it's more convenient but the sound lacks bass.

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

I never use it. But I only listen to songs when I'm driving.

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

Every day, for msny hours

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

it's the olny way i can use headphones right now since I don't have wireless headphones

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't.

I'm a bit clumsy (ADHD) and having a cable attached to my body attached to a €1000 device is asking for trouble. I hate the cable getting tangled up, caught on things etc.

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

I've used a headphone jack on my phone probably three times in the past two years. It is extremely uncommon for me to use it, and I would actually just prefer it not be there.

[–] [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

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 (3 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.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I used to, but recent budget wireless (Earfun, Soundcore, et al.) are getting good enough to compete with wired for me. Having things like multipoint pairing which is obviously not possible with wired is hard to go back from once you get used to it.

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

Me, at least once a week

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

I use IEMs and wired headphones. Having a headphone jack would be game changer since I can charge and play music at the same time (I don't want to buy a 2 in 1 dongle).

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

What's a headphone jack?

JK, I used to use mine a lot, when I had one. I was sad to see it go, but I've moved on. I can use the USB-C port just as easily, if I want to.

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

The only thing I miss it for is plugging into the car. I've got Bluetooth adapters now though that work pretty well. In theory I might run into a situation where it would be nice to be able to plug into a speaker or someone else's car or something, but BT is so common it doesn't really come up.

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

I used it every day, when I had it. I would still use it every day if I had it. Sadly I don't have it anymore.

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

The one time I missed it was when I was trying to sell a subwoofer which only has RCA inputs and I had to use my laptop top prove it worked to potential buyers. Other than that, I use Bluetooth exclusively.

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