For the crazy people like me who won't let it go
this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2024
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nah, it's crazy that phone designers let it go
I mean, I can count how many times I've thought "damn I wish I still had wired headphones" on zero hands.
My complaint has always been that the stupid things need to endlessly be recharged.
I've got some AirPod Pros and they're great... for about 4 hours.
Then you're stopping what you're doing, recharging for half an hour, and then you're good for uh, another 3 hours because that wasn't a full charge.
And after the 2nd or 3rd time you've done that, your case is dead and you get to throw everything on a charger for a couple of hours.
Ooooooooor I can put in my wired headphones, and not give a shit about any of that, because that's not how those work at all.
I suppose most people don't spend most of their day listening to podcasts and audiobooks and thus 4 hours is fine, but good lord is it annoying as crap.
I had a similar problem. If thats your only limiation, check out the audiotechnica ATH-CKS50TW. Really excellent sound quality, the headphones themselves have 12hrs continuous use and the headphone case holds 24hrs of charge. Has full noise cancelling, and the headphones can be used independently of one another like airpods.
I can wear them on the bus to work, all day at work, and then on the ride home and still have an hour or two of charge left over before I have to put them back in their case.
Do airpods really suck that much? I've used the Anker ones for years, for about an hour 3-5 times a week, and I need to charge them... maybe once every six weeks? It's infrequently enough that I hardly notice.
They really do.
The sound great, and the ANC is great, but the "official" battery life for a brand new one (which these are not) is "up to 4.5 hours" with ANC on, and 5 without it.
It ends up being 2-3 charge cycles basically every day, plus a full recharge of the charging case.
They do, however, work amazingly well if you're in the Apple ecosystem; for example they'll swap between my iPad and Mac Mini if audio starts on one or the other.
But for actually sitting down with something and listening to a thing, I'd rather just plug in some headphones (via the lovely USB-C dongle) and not have to think about if the stupid things are going to die before I'm ready to stop listening.
(Disclaimer: I'm also a weirdo who doesn't carry a smartphone, and still uses an iPod for listening to stuff outside of the house, so feel free to roll your eyes and disregard my obviously bad opinions :P )
You have airpod pros but spending $5 USB-Aux adapter is where you draw the line?
But then you always need that adapter with you and you can't charge at the same time
Damn, I'd need like 100 hands to count those times myself. To each their own?
FYI "to each their own" was a phrase used on the entrance of a nazi concentration camp, same as "work sets you free". Might wanna avoid that phrase in the future
Makes no sense. Using a commonly used phrase has nothing to do with Nazis in almost any context despite the origin. No need to start making a list of things to change because of an old connection to something bad.
You're a daft one :)
It's not crazy to want to keep using your excellent wired headphones and not rely on battery powered bullshit
I have a pair of Etymotics that i have had for 20 years, ficks no 3.5mm jack. Have a Nokia phone I use that has uSD and earphone jack.
It is when you act like adapters don't exist
This is written by someone who's using IEMs on a pixel, this weird obsession with jacks on the phones should have died years ago
I'm using IEMs on a pixel too, with a jack as intended not some bullshit dongle.
God you children rage so hard on these connectors, whine harder it's fucking funny
And in 2 months when your USB port has stopped working properly, you can keep your mouth shut.
They turn a robust connector into a fragile piece of shit, 1/2 ass'd compromise is the best description.
Your not crazy, just underserved by capture capitalism
Problem is finding one and an unlocked bootloader so you can get rid of all the Google crap.
I'm in the US so no Sony option but I had to stay away from Asus with their terrible update support/longevity and bootloader unlocking support. Samsung is similar on the latter portion, Motorola is bad on the former but may have to revisit their stance on bootloader unlocking for ROM support.
Yeah.. a headphone jack is nice for charging and listening at the same time, but I'll say it, the 10$ usb-c apple dongle does the job just fine and covers 99% of use cases. Plus it can also be used on devices with shitty DACs because the dongle is essentially one and it's pretty good as well
I'm fine with only usb-c (I have never required charging while listening music). What I lack is a nice HiFi pair of wired headphones that go directly, without any adapter.. And Bluetooth is not reliable, apparently, for HiFi audio..
I have a Samsung xcover 6 pro. It has the jack + 2 sims + 1 microsd + removable battery
Plenty of easy solutions. I'm not here to tell anyone their preferences are invalid but I personally don't consider the lack of a headphone jack to be a deal breaker when there are easy solutions.
Some people like IP68 rated phones, and some dont.
That has practically nothing to do with having an aux port.
Mf you dont get IP68 rating unless you cover the AUX port LOL
The phones in this list literally have that in the specs
There were 30 phones released this year with aux and a ipx8 rating. It's not a consideration worth arguing about. If the phone manufacturers wanted to have an aux port, they'd have an aux port.
Now do one for phones that still have a microsd slot
Sony has both! I'm rocking a 1tb SD card at the moment that I swap into my drone and laptop for quick file transfer and it's amazing.
Dual SIM plus MicroSD? Or either/or?
Either or. Sony phones still cost and arm, a leg and your left kidney though.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: for phones a headphone jack has been fucking stupid for almost a decade now
Blame the headphone manufacturers that refuse to release products with a connector that fits the vast majority of devices now, forcing adapter use, not the devices bailing on an outdated connector
Every whiny person on this topic is fucking hilarious, you're all fucking stupid as fuck
Every single phone I've had with no headphone jack, the USB C port has lost the ability to transmit music. It just stops working. I clean the port, so it's not lint buildup. I've used a wireless charging pad since day 1 with this phone, and the port is still fucked.