I held on to my Note9 for as long as I could, but I think in a few months I’ll switch to S24 Ultra. While I’m excited for the better camera, I’ll be missing some features like the heart rate sensor, simulated home button, microSD slot, iris scanner. But the thing I’ll miss the most is the 3.5 mm jack.
While in general I’m not against bluetooth headphones, I still have 3 good wired pairs of headphones and I’ll be using them with a 3.5 to USB-C adapter until they stop working, which might take a while. What worries me the most is the fact that I’m running a lot, with my phone in my pocket and listening to music via the headphones. And I don’t mean some light jogging, I’m running fast, my phone is jumping in my pocket and I’m worried that this might damage the USB-C port on the phone.
What was your experience when you switched to the phone without the jack? Did you get used to it easily or did you miss it?
I got the Galaxy Buds for free with the S10 and then used those as a trade in to get the Buds 2.
Getting TWE’s for free hot me hooked on the convenience. As someone who barely used headphones to begin with, my use cases weren’t disrupted even though I think to this day that removing the jack was a shitty idea.
I have a USB adapter for when I need wired headphones, but that’s usually when I’m emulating on my phone or tablet in public and don’t want to deal with the audio latency while also not being a nuisance to everyone around me.