[POLL] Do you use/require a headphone jack on your phone?

LazaroFilm, 9 months ago

I missed it until I got AirPods. Now I got the pro ones and they’re amazing. I also use BT receivers if I want to plug to a stereo system or something like that.

fratermus, 9 months ago

I use BT only.

spauldo, 9 months ago

I’d like one, sure.

It’s not a deal breaker either way. I have a USB dongle with a headphone jack so it’s not a big deal.

I absolutely want wired headphones, though. One less set of batteries to worry about, especially when traveling internationally.

morphballganon, 9 months ago

I do not use mine, because if I want to listen to something in public, I just save it for later, when I’m home. Then I can play it at whatever volume I want.

Back when I went to the gym before covid, I had a dedicated music device I used for music, not my phone.

HappyMeatbag, 9 months ago

I was annoyed when I found out the phone I was considering didn’t have a headphone jack, but after checking the prices of Bluetooth headphones, I wasn’t as concerned. The battery charge for the headphones lasted longer than I was expecting, too. Now I’ve grown to prefer them, and wouldn’t go back even if I had the option.

CrypticFawn, 9 months ago

It’s preferred, but not a requirement. There are plenty of cheap usb-c to 3.5 headphone jack adapters available. My current phone has a headphone jack though.

atlasraven31, 9 months ago

Yes, I would reconsider buying a phone that didn’t have one. That said, I use a bluetooth speaker or bluetooth headphones.

ThatGuy, 9 months ago

Man I can only dream of a new pixel having a headphone jack. And ain’t no way I’m getting off grepheneos.

Kxeo, 9 months ago

I wish my tablet had a headphone jack. I have to use an adapter but I would want one on there by default. I haaaaate bluetooth headphones. Too much delay. And no, I don’t have a phone.

xNekoyaki, 9 months ago

I use bluetooth earbuds for work - I used wired buds up until this job, but I ended up constantly ripping them out of my ear by accident, UUUUGGGGHHHHHH. But I would still be using wired if I could. My husband also uses wireless earbuds at work, but needs a headphone jack to play music through his ancient work truck. He had an adapter while he had a phone w/o a jack, but then he couldn’t charge his phone while listening to music. I know there are splitters out there, but we didn’t end up buying one, and he just replaced his phone with a new one that includes a headphone jack.

Sir_Kevin, 9 months ago

My phone has a headphone jack and dual SIM cards but I would totally trade the jack for an SD Card slot.

CiderApplenTea, 9 months ago

Sometimes the second sim card slot can be used as an SD card slot, maybe yours can too?

Sir_Kevin, 9 months ago

That is usually true in my experience, but not with this particular phone.

CiderApplenTea, 9 months ago

That’s too bad :/

zeekaran, 9 months ago

I guarantee the comments on this thread are hilarious biased to the point of being echos of echos in this chamber.

Migillope, 9 months ago

You ask three different questions here but expect only one response.

jeena, 9 months ago

Mine has one but even though I don’t use it, it’s good to have it for emergency situations when your bluetooth headphones are out of battery.

ODuffer, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

I used to be quite hardline on this, however now I use a portable DAP (Hiby R5 Gen 2) for my music. It has a class A amplifier, balanced output, a Terabyte of storage, and streams Qubuz Hi-Res. So I don’t use my phone now.