Just randomly sharing my experience here. My sister told me a few weeks ago she was going to change for a new phone (a Motorola, she likes AOSP-like experience). I noticed that her new phone wouldn’t get a jack.

“Yeah, I know, I hope I can make it work with a USB-adapter”. She has nice headphones that she likes to use, so USB-C earplugs were not an option.

Fast forward to today, she told me the adapter she got starts to malfunction:

  • she has to twitch the jack in the adapter for the thing to work
  • when she plugs the adapter in, Google Assistant takes over and randomly starts skipping songs.

She’s now considering getting wireless earbuds, but she’s not a fan of having to recharge them to be able to use them, and is also cautious about the e-waste potential.

I have a Moto G84 which does the job. It’s not the best phone in the world, I’m eyeing a flagship from time to time and keep the G84 as a “connected walkman”, but would it break today, I would probably get a G55 (https://www.notebookcheck.net/Motorola-Moto-G55-smartphone-review-Inexpensive-doesn-t-have-to-be-boring.932900.0.html)

That’s it for me, do you have similar experiences to share?

  • @I_Miss_DanielEnglish
    2•12 hours ago

    The g84 is a great mid range phone with all the things that a phone should have, except for a decent camera.

    Being Motorola it has a couple of idiotic quirks that will never get fixed

    • kills Facebook messenger in the background no matter what your do.

    • on some but not all Australian 5g networks, the camera closes after a few seconds and is unusable unless you switch to 4g etc.

    I can live with those given the rest of the stuff is great for the price point.

    Rarely use headphones so can’t comment much on that side. FM radio seems to manage without.