On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile devices.

How many actually use the headphone jack?

I ask, because I have one on my phone, since I really wanted one, but I rarely use it. Like Tops 1/Month.

  • TheMurphy@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    You must have shitty Bluetooth for some reason.

    The only one I can relate to is you need to charge it. And that sucks.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t have shitty Bluetooth. I’ve used a wide variety of high and low end devices for a dozen years and every one of them is a shitty experience.

      I’m sure if you use shitty AirPods on a shitty iPhone it works great but I’m not about to do that.

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        11 months ago

        I use Bluetooth for 3 different speakers in my home, Bluetooth in the car, Bluetooth for headset and I don’t own AirPods nor an iPhone.

        And I don’t experience your problems. But I’m also not mad at Bluetooth to begin with.

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          11 months ago

          No one is mad at Bluetooth. We’re mad that we don’t have a 3.5mm jack for wired headphones, and were given nothing in exchange.

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      11 months ago

      Yes, buy cheap shit, get cheap shit. BT headphones less than $100, be careful, probably gonna be bad. All of the sub $100 pairs I’ve bought have been junk, and quality greatly increases with price in my experience.

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        11 months ago

        I have a 10 year old pair of noise canceling that were way less than $100. Battery is probably shit today though.

        But you make a good point about quality. Gotta know what you’re buying.

        Though my other sets were fairly inexpensive - $30-$50, and work well.

        A LOT depends on the phone - using the same headsets across different phones has made that pretty clear.

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          11 months ago

          I didn’t think about phone BT quality too, that’s a good point.