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 also never thought i would love bluetooth earphones. It’s just convenient how popping them out of the case automatically connects them to the gadget.
Then i used my laptop (which had the 3.5mm jack) to watch lecture videos and realized i want to move around while listening and don’t want to be bound by the wires. Also after just a year of using the wireless, the wired earphones got brittle and won’t connect well. I brought them back to the drawer and used the wireless on my laptop.
If there’s one problem with bluetooth headsets, it’s the battery life. It’s not enough when listening to long lecture videos.