(Posting this here rather than !askandroid@lemdro.id as it’s a quite general question)

I had a look at the GSM Arena phone finder, and it the choice is getting smaller and smaller every year (only 43 phones from 2023, reviewed by the site, had a jack)

The remaining ones are mostly

  • Xiaomi Redmi
  • Zenfones
  • Sony
  • Samsung entry range

So, has everyone switched to Bluetooth / USB-C dongles, or are there still a few people holding to the jack until the very end?

  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    8 months ago

    I’ll die alone on this headphone jack hill if I need to, I only buy phones with headphone jacks.

    Currently using a Motorola of some sort, replacement for another Motorola.

  • judooochp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    301·
    8 months ago

    Only With the 3.5 mm audio jack. Bluetooth devices always have some delay, never are immune from connection problems or intermittent readback (especially if you have other devices you switch between), and don’t last as long as they advertise. The delay thing is particularly irksome on the phone and watching videos. Much less important for music, but I’m not the kinda guy who plays music a lot. The battery thing is probably less of an issue these days, and could maybe be discarded, but I also forget to charge important devices, so that’s a me thing and party of the reason.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      My hill is the microsd card slot. I might have to figure out how to make my note 20 ultra last another 40 years, though. :-(

      On another note; if compatible, APTX Bluetooth codec is pretty lag free when watching streaming videos. For local videos, there is a bit of noticeable lag on a lot of players, but I use VLC and it has an audio/video sync setting you can manually adjust so it matches up correctly and it will forever save that setup for you.

      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        61·
        8 months ago

        One of the one plus that tmobile gave when they required 5g capability. It’s partially degoogled, but otherwise pretty standard. Headphone jack + sd slot, and it gets the job done. I can’t recall what the general name is, something like a nord 200 or whatever, but the model is de2118.

        Decent phone overall tbh. I thought I would hate it, but the battery life is solid, the audio is “good enough” for road trips, and the size is just right for my hands.

  • RinseDrizzle@midwest.socialEnglish
    18·
    8 months ago

    Likely sound like cranky old man but I’ll be catching phones with a jack as long as I can! Not mad about having the option for wireless, but I’m a bit of a purist.

    Plus once in a blue moon I’ll DJ without Wi-Fi and use the phone to pull up a tune I don’t have in my physical storage. Much harder to do that without 3.5mm jack.

      • RinseDrizzle@midwest.socialEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        Still on a pretty old Galaxy 9, been putting off the upgrade forever. Not even sure what the cool kids are using these days. Need to hit that research phase a bit

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    203·
    8 months ago

    I used to hate Bluetooth, but that’s because the early versions were terrible. Painful to connect, frequent drops and disconnects, and very short range and easy to block the signal.

    Since Bluetooth 4 it’s been great, and rock solid with Bluetooth 5. The only time I’ve had a problem is when I went into the other room and stood directly in front of a running microwave. I lost about half the signal until I took a step back.

    Wireless headphones are far more convenient. Phone in my pocket, and I can walk around, clean the house, or work out at the gym, completely untethered.

    • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      Yeah I absolutely do not miss snagging my headphone cable on every door or drawer handle in a 1 mine radius. Also I think I used to go through 3-4 sets of headphones a year by wearing out the cable, spending the last few weeks precariously holding the cable 24/7 to enjoy the music.

      Wireless does have it’s issues but I’m on my 2nd wireless pair, both bought in the £30 region and it’s probably been 5+ years since I used wired now. Battery hasn’t been an issue really, and although I lost one headphone on my previous wireless set, I can live with it.

      I absolutely support the want for a headphone jack so people can choose wired, but I’d still choose wireless.

  • femtech@midwest.socialEnglish
    163·
    8 months ago

    No, I stopped using it once I got wireless headphones. I hated hearing the cord brushing against my clothes while moving.

    • MostlyGibberish@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      8 months ago

      Yeah, once I made the switch to wireless earbuds, I didn’t miss the jack at all. People have valid complaints about them, like the price and the limited battery, but I think the convenience is worth it.

      • Drigo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        31·
        8 months ago

        Why would he buy a phone with headphones jack, when the selection of phones is so shitty. And he is not even using the jack?

  • omxxi@feddit.deEnglish
    13·
    8 months ago

    yes, audio jack is an important differentiator for me when I’m buying new phone

  • glacier@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    141·
    8 months ago

    I’ve given up on it. While I think it was silly to remove, I’ve come to find it just as silly to be so attached to a cable. Bluetooth and USBC headphones have worked just fine for me.

    • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      8 months ago

      Yeah I’m a bit salty that it’s gone, but I’ve actually found using Bluetooth earbuds to be a way better experience. I’m no longer snagging a cable on everything and ripping them out of my ears. Maybe I’m just a clumsy idiot, but I did this all the time with wired headphones.

      One thing that Bluetooth headphones still suck for is gaming. The lag is too obnoxious. So I have a pair of headphones that can convert to wired for that purpose. I don’t game on my phone so that part is a non-issue for me.

      You can also get a decent pair at a relatively inexpensive price nowadays. It used to be crazy expensive to jump in, but there are a lot of cheaper ones out there nowadays that still offer great sound.

      Edit: I saw a commenter complain about the lag when watching videos. This doesn’t happen for me. I’m not sure if the tech is in my phone itself or in my headphones (I have two different pairs from different companies), but there is some sort of processing that goes on that makes it so the audio and video are synced, no matter if I’m watching a local video on my phone or a YouTube video. I can even manually adjust it with a “Bluetooth metronome” setting/app, but I’ve never needed to manually adjust it. For me, lag only happens when playing video games.

  • dcooksta26@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    8 months ago

    I seek out phones with audio jacks. My current Moto G Power 2020 has one and I use it all the time. No dongles or adapters in the car or on various headphones. Plus I actually use the FM Radio built into the phone and that uses the wire for the headphones as an antenna. I just cut off some old earbuds and plug that in, then direct the audio to either the phone speaker itself or BT.

  • Sʏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    10·
    8 months ago

    I exclusively use phones with a 3.5mm jack. Currently on a Sony Xperia 1 IV. That said, I also use bluetooth IEMs sometimes and I like having the option of switching between wired/wireless when convenient.

  • HorreC@kbin.social
    101·
    8 months ago

    I just add a usbc to audio/charging dongle to them. Getting a phone with a audio jack I feel like is when I wanted to keep the hardware keyboard, I was just walking the boulder up the hill I just was like there was an easy off that mountain.

    • Kelo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      8 months ago

      For me the usb c to audio Jack adapters were a letdown. From the three I bought - all of them had a constant static noise. Especially hearable on lower noises. Don’t know if it was just the adapters I got, or if it was just a quirk my phone had, but I’ll stick with the dedicated usb jack for now.

      • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        I bought one off the shelf at like Target or something before I got my first pair of Bluetooth headphones. The adapter is trash. Static noise like you said and when slightly kinked it just stops working. It’s not like I used it forever just fine before it started doing all this…it was trash to begin with. Apparently a lot of these adapters are just known to suck.

      • HorreC@kbin.social
        2·
        8 months ago

        To be honest I would have thought I would have got the same, I got some random one and its worked good for over two years now. I only use it for audio books so maybe I am missing out on some fucked up things in the connection.

  • ToxicDivinity [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    101·
    8 months ago

    I’ll only buy a phone with an audio jack and usbc port.

    I think of my phone like a swiss army knife, it’s a multi tool that I carry with me at all times and can be used for many different things. I like using wireless headphones and I usually connect via bluetooth but on the occasion that I need to plug a headset into my phone I am able to quickly and easily do that with no extra thought.

    Why would I buy a new phone that has less features than my current phone?