On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile devices.

How many actually use the headphone jack?

I ask, because I have one on my phone, since I really wanted one, but I rarely use it. Like Tops 1/Month.

  • @Zak
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    51 year ago

    I do.

    I don’t use it every day because I’m at my PC a lot on a normal day, and I use wired headphones plugged in to that instead. I do use it often when traveling, both for IEM-style earbuds that block most external noise, and to plug into rental cars, family members’ cars, etc… with an aux cable. Yes, Bluetooth is an option on most newer cars, but it’s slower to set up than a cable, and not all the cars I end up driving are newer.

    • @fpslem
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      41 year ago

      Agree with this, a headphone jack is occasionally very useful, especially when traveling. I had a Google Pixel without a headphone jack and I was surprised how much I missed it, I got an adapter just to restore that functionality.