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Why do people hate a 1 inch dongle so much?
Not like you even notice it's there with wired headphones.
You can even get one that charges and plays at the same time, yes it's a little bulky, but if you're charging and have wired headphones it's always going to be bulky.
I thought I did and was so against manufacturers removong them. Until I got Airpods. So much better. Perfect ear fit like no other. No cable mess. Instant auto connect between devices. I can ping them. And they’ve held up longer than any cable headphones as well, whose cables always break. And they get tangled. I’ve had the Airpods for three years now and they still hold battery for a full day use for me. Charging them fully takes like 15 minutes.
I’m sure there are similarly good headphones for other brands, this is just my own experience with Airpods.
In case I must have a cable for some reason I can plug in a tiny 3,5mm adapter through the charging port. So that’s not a problem either.
Also the phone has better water and dust resistance with one port less.
I want it
I guarantee the comments on this thread are hilarious biased to the point of being echos of echos in this chamber.
it depends on the activity. if i'm walking or running i prefer bluetooth, otherwise the chord will get tangled and my ear buds will get yanked out of my ears, or my phone will fall on the pavement and break. that shit always happens to me. if i'm sitting down then i prefer wired because i don't want to worry about the battery dying and bluetooth doesn't add to my experience.
The relationship I have work my phone is that I don't necessarily have a phone that I can use as a music player, as much as I have a music player/internet device that I can call with.
Literally every day
The question should be “do you care if your phone doesn’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack?”, not……. whatever that question is.
I don’t care that mine doesn’t have a headphone jack, and I wouldn’t use it if it did - but I’m not against it having one. The poll is confusing and splits the votes unnecessarily, and 1 of the 3 votes could be used to point to yes or no.
I don't require or give a fuck about it
Didn't vote because doing so would require either individually clicking hundreds of opt outs or just living with them forcing me to agree to them doing whatever they want with my data (which is not only not following the spirit of the EU regulations, it's not actually following the letter of them either.)
I would never buy a phone without a headphone jack if possible. If doing so would mean a drastic consession on other areas I'd have to live with a dongle to use headphones but I'd really rather not.
Yes unless both my phone and headphone support LE Audio.
I bought a used phone and needed good low light camera for documentation of network closets, so I had to compromise on the wish for a headphone jack. Now I got an adapter that I use at home to use my headphones for calls. On the go I have noise cancelling equipment that uses bluetooth anyway. It would still be more handy to have the jack built in.
good low light camera
Pretty much any smart phone should be able to do this with software, really - it’s all just a factor of ISO (light sensitivity) and exposure time, and pretty much every phone sensor can have an absurdly high ISO.
I bought a new smartphone a few months back and I didn't realize it doesn't have a headphone jack until recently. That was the first instance when I wanted to use it. But it turned out that BT was supported in that case too.
I absolutely see how removing jack is a problem for some people, but there is also a significant group which couldn't care less. I haven't used wired headphones in years.
this poll is a classic example of selection bias
I personally don't use sound/videos not at home