Alternatively, if your current phone doesn’t have a headphone jack, do you wish it did?
I keep my bluetooth and location off so it easier and faster to just plug in headphones. For now I’m trying to get a phone with a jack. Hope they will keep making some.
Asus ZenFones seem to consistently come with a 3.5mm jack fwiw.
I hate that I now have to use wireless earbuds that I now have to worry about charging, or that go flat at the most inopertune times…
Having something plugged into the usb-c port all day sounds like a recipe for a broken port.
“Having something plugged into the usb-c port all day sounds like a recipe for a broken port.”
And having something plugged into a 1/8th inch jack all day isn’t?
Not as big a deal, the headphone jack is simple built better.
The longer jack makes it less likely to break. It also spins freely so doesn’t suffer from rotation stress.
If my aux port breaks, that’s annoying, if my usb port breaks it’s e-waste.
Yes and removable battery aswell.
Choosing a new phone has been rather easy, since about once every 5 years someone makes one model that loosely fits the criteria.
What phone in the last 5 years had both those? I’ve been looking to upgrade my V20 and haven’t seen one that fits the bill.
Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro is pretty much your only option. I too switched from a V20.
It’s not an upgrade in every way. No Hi-Fi DAC, no optical image stabilizer and no IR blaster but all in all I’ve been quite satisfied with this one. By far the best feeling phone in hand without a case too. You also gain back the good old notification led.
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll take a look.
Mine doesn’t have a headphone jack but Xiaomi did provide a Type C to Headphone jack adapter in the box. It would have been better to have it embedded in the phone itself. But now, what happens is I don’t use the phone while it’s charging. So good enough for me.
I usually use wireless headphones nowadays, but there are still plenty of instances where I’m happy to have the headphone jack. Random parties where someone needs to play music via the aux cable, going somewhere with only some small wired headphones in my pocket because I dont have space, etc. For me it’s still quite important that my next phone has one.
On the one hand, you make a compelling point for a headphone jack. On the other hand, you can just create a collaborative queue on Spotify or whatever music app you are using.
The headphone jack would be less painful of a loss if phone manufacturers started adding a second USB-C port on top of the device. That way you wouldn’t have to choose between charging your phone, listening to your game without lag and in privacy, or carry a dongle to try doing both things at the same time.
I have corded USB type headphones. It’s not a good replacement. The dac is in the connector which makes the portion that sticks out much larger; the port isn’t designed for even mild leverage to be applied to it regularly. Go cycling with your phone in your pocket or even just sit down multiple times with your phone in your pocket while the usbc headphones are plugged in. They will either work their way loose or they will start to break the phone’s port. I’m not even covering how the USB type c spec leaves a lot of room to be interpreted differently by companies, significantly increasing the probability of headphones working for only some phones.
I’m all for the second USB-C, I feel like this is more likely to possibly happen compared to getting the headphone jack back, plus it would just be useful to have in general
It would be a very strange design approach to add an “backup” port. I think there are alreay gaming phones that have it? But for the normal person this seems to be odd.
I would like that we can exchange those ports without removing the display… i had two phones that had broken usb c ports. A good thing we have wireless charging.
Fuck ya. All kinds of uses more then headphones to boot. Extra display, Keyboard, alternate charge port…
Plus, the second usb port can serve as a backup if the main one breaks, and you can also connect more things like keyboards, mice, controllers
The poll/voting process is flawed & I don’t like that.
That said, idk, I’m a blue collar working adult & the aux/wired connection isn’t a necessity in my daily life. I can often, if not always, blast my music on an Ion loudspeaker. Car has Bluetooth. Home, I’ve got Bluetooth.
But that’s just not the point for me; my phone has an aux port & I rarely use it. Used it to connect headphones on a walk last week. It’s nice & I like having the option. Getting rid of it was purely an anti-consumer move, so needless, and obviously they can build it into the phones without detracting from battery or taking away from water resistance. Everything I’ve heard justifying removing aux is either a lie or an excuse.
My current phone does not have a jack and my previous one did. I would prefer to have it since there are times I don’t need/want noise cancelling and bluetooth, but I have no choice but to run down my headphone batteries more.
I thought I would miss the jack, but I haven’t actually used it in like 5 years and now my new phone doesn’t have one.
Yes, I would reconsider buying a phone that didn’t have one. That said, I use a bluetooth speaker or bluetooth headphones.
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.
