I get the sentiment, but I'm trying to carry on with the times.

One of my best purchases in recent years is a Bluetooth DAC/Amp with a headphone out. I think it's a good compromise - I'm not committing to just one set of headphones/earphones, it has (to my ears) better sound quality than my last phone with 3.5 mm out (the better circuitry more than makes up for the loss of quality of Bluetooth - which I'm probably not going to perceive in the outside noise anyway), I can use it plugged in over USB-C too if I want. It even has a replaceable battery (!!). The only downside over traditional Bluetooth headphones is that I don't have ANC.

I used to carry a dedicated audio player some years ago and it was fine for what it was - press play, shove it in my pocket and carry on; but with a phone that I take out and back in all the time the wired approach doesn't work, especially with most earphones having a cable barely long enough to reach my pocket.

I want it back so bad 😞

Kept my galaxy s8 to use as a DAP. It does everything I need it to but I'm unsure if that phone will be on google's lockdown list happening soon. Fuck google for that.

But only when wie see this meme again.

Let's not forget our dearly departed SD Card slot.

Bruh, I had a phone with an infrared blaster for television. The moment fairphone comes out with something that works with a graphene. I'm in.

I've had a Sony phone for my last 2 phones, so quite some time. Great units, WITH that delicious headphones jack AND microSD slot. Praying to the phone gods that this continues.

Current phone is my first without it. Couldn't find a small enough phone with one - I don't care about specs, but phones aren't made for human hands any more.

I came across my 25 year old still working (presumably because who knows these days) Etymotic buds in the lil case in my draw the other day, and had a sad face :(

I remember bugging them, paid a high price and justified it by telling my self they will last decades. Little did I know much of that time would be spent im their case, in the draw :(

She got down on hands and knees

One ear against the ground

Hoping to hear something

But the dirt made not a sound tonight

-from a song I've listened to countless times through my phone's aux jack

I thought it was gonna be Saddam down there

Remember when they first made the change and all over social media you had the fake videos of people showing you how to drill into your phone because -- "The jack is still there guys! promise"

The headphone wire also serves as a FM radio antenna. You can't get that with wireless headphones or a connection via the USB jack.

Sony phones have headphone jacks. I'm typing this on my Sony phone which has a headphone jack.

Get a Galaxy Xcover 6 Pro. They have removable batteries, a 3.5mm audio jack, SD card slot, and a SIM card slot. I've had mine for about 3 years now it's a big reliable brick of a phone that I hope might last at least another 3 years or more. The only downside is that it's only compatible with Android (that I know of).