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Best Smartphones That Still Have a Headphone Jack

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Post by taylorfinley »

schwartzworld wrote: post #98
el_cujo wrote: post #64

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This doesn't really fix your "charge-while-listening" dilemma, but I'm surprised more people don't bring up just buying earphones that use USBC as input. No dongle to lose. Sure, they're a little more expensive, but for someone like me who rarely uses headphones and really only cares about having earphones that stay in my ear/aren't uncomfortable, it's made transitioning to a newwer iphone easy.

> just buying earphones that use USBC as input Ugh. No way. Phones are pretty much the only devices that are letting go of their headphone jacks. A USB-C headphone is extremely limited in its use, and is guaranteed to cost more than one with a 3.5mm plug. How are you going to watch a movie on an airplane with your USB-C headphones? Bluetooth headphones are just as bad. You can get a passable set of wired headphones f…

FWIW I've been pleasantly surprised by Walmart's sub-$10 Bluetooth headphones, made by Onn. Particularly impressive is their bass response, easily beating much more expensive earbuds I have had. Obviously Bluetooth buds aren't for audiophiles but these are very impressive for the price!

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Post by wlesieutre »

penagwin wrote: post #366
wlesieutre wrote: post #35

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Having them in the same pocket I'd be worried about the force that could get applied by sitting down in a tight pair of pants with a modern-sized phone. The sort of situation that caused the "bendgate" problems. Maybe it's over cautious, but with phones costing $1000 I'd rather not mess around with it. And I don't love the glass screen protectors, had one on my phone briefly and it seemed like it screwed up the image…

What type of phone? You might want to try a different screen protector - every well applied glass screen protector I've seen on iPhones has been nearly indistinguishable from the glass screen (and I'm really particular about mine). We did have issues on the Galaxy phones with that edge though, we could never get the screen protector to stick properly.

iPhone SE. I didn't get the cheapest garbage screen protector or anything either, it was a favorably reviewed one on the wirecutter. No bubbles under it. Maybe "slightly grainy" is the way to describe it? Been a couple of years so it's hard to say.

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Post by mattmcknight »

old-gregg wrote: post #377
mattmcknight wrote: post #290

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"Android seems to be designed to run in "I'm an island" mode" Not at all, if anything it is more flexible, as it syncs cloud first, making what's on your phone accessible through a browser on any device, although with numerous sync programs available on the desktop as well. Scan docs into Google Drive (or dropbox) and the file appears in a synced folder on your laptop. Photos can drop straight into Google Photos. I u…

Thank you. Sharing files and URLs is going to work just fine. What about communicating? I tend to avoid typing on my phone, and I heavily rely on the pattern of receiving SMS or iMessage messages on the phone and replying later when I get to my laptop or answering inbound calls on my laptop. These two would be the toughest to lose. Basically, I loathe interacting with the phone if I have a laptop in front of me. An A…

Google has jammed up messaging pretty badly, most by rolling out too many products, and not making one clear choice. I'm going to presume you would use Android Messages, unless you are already using Google Voice or Hangouts. If you use Android Messages, you can receive a message on your phone and respond via the Messages for Web web page (which I have as a Chrome desktop app on Mac).

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Post by magduf »

com2kid wrote: post #313
Kerrick wrote: post #154

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I have pretty much never charged my phone and used it at the same time. The cord is too short, and cords that are long enough are unwieldy. Plus, the cord sticks out right where my hand wants to hold the phone. Is this something people actually do in any situation except low-power emergencies?

I do all the time in my car. One of my cars only has an AUX jack.

To be fair, you having a car with an Aux jack means that you are definitely not in Apple's target demographic, because you're obviously too poor or too cheap. (No offense, I'm explaining this from the point-of-view of Apple and its fans.) Anyone who's a true Apple fan and customer would happily trade in their older car for a new one with CarPlay just so their brand-new iPhone works with it, just like a true Apple customer would happily throw away their wired headphones and buy Apple AirPod wireless headphones.

Remember, if you're not into conspicuous consumption, then you just aren't suited to be an Apple customer.

Of course, the problem with all this is when other phone makers ape Apple by copying some of these features, somehow thinking they'll gain the cultish customer base that Apple enjoys by doing so.

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