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?

  • swagglepuf@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I bought Bluetooth headphones and never looked back lol. You can just get a usb-c to 3.5 dongle. Why does everyone assume not head phone jack means the end of wired headphones lol.

    • labe225@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Same. Bluetooth is just way too convenient. I don’t want to carry around wired earbuds for my wireless device. But I also never seem to have any issues with Bluetooth like others complain about.

      That’s slightly a lie because my work laptop has some serious issues running Bluetooth audio through my laptop to the VM I’m actually running for whatever reason, so I do keep some wired buds for that.

      And I’m always reminded of why I hate them when I inevitably get them tangled. The cats also like to chew on them (but not other cords oddly enough.)