It always surprises me that so many people still want this. I know it’s representative of the anti-choice homogenisation of phones in general, but something like removable batteries or expandable storage seems so much more important than a dedicated old headphone connector.
I personally hate how annoying headphone wires are, but even if you like them then is it so inconvenient to leave an adapter connected to your headphones? And a splitter as well if you’re desperate to charge simultaneously?
Wired does not mean “old”, it means faster, more reliable, better for the environment and cheaper too!
In the time that some very affordable studio headphones last me, I’d have to buy about 5 or so similarly priced BT headphones or 10 pairs of true wireless ear buds. Turns out adding complexity to a device and powering it with a non replaceable battery makes it way less reliable and worse for the environment.
On top of that, wireless almost always implies audio compression. (but in fairness that won’t be noticeable for everyone)
Imho a headphone jack should still be a “must have” for smartphones.
At this time, the 3.5mm jack is top with 27%
It always surprises me that so many people still want this. I know it’s representative of the anti-choice homogenisation of phones in general, but something like removable batteries or expandable storage seems so much more important than a dedicated old headphone connector.
I personally hate how annoying headphone wires are, but even if you like them then is it so inconvenient to leave an adapter connected to your headphones? And a splitter as well if you’re desperate to charge simultaneously?
Wired does not mean “old”, it means faster, more reliable, better for the environment and cheaper too! In the time that some very affordable studio headphones last me, I’d have to buy about 5 or so similarly priced BT headphones or 10 pairs of true wireless ear buds. Turns out adding complexity to a device and powering it with a non replaceable battery makes it way less reliable and worse for the environment. On top of that, wireless almost always implies audio compression. (but in fairness that won’t be noticeable for everyone) Imho a headphone jack should still be a “must have” for smartphones.
That and there was no reason to kill it other than to sell BT headphones (constantly).
Somehow we had enough space and all back when phones were 4" at most. But now that theyre 6"+ somehow we just don’t have room…
USB-C ports get damaged over time by excessive unplug/replug in that use case
There’s a reason it’s still the top requested feature in the poll.
More so than they would from charging?
I charge my phone once a day.
I use my jack 3-4 times a day on average.
Fair enough, though would you be happy if there were significant improvements made to usb-c port build quality?
Audio jack is still better, as someone else said in another comment: https://feddit.uk/post/33629763/19026566