Iphone SE - when you don't need a spaceship in your pocket.
also limits the Alphabet co. reach - but I keep a tinfoil hat for extra protection.
Best Smartphones That Still Have a Headphone Jack
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#82I sincerely hope that headphone jacks will return as a fad. Not everyone has bluetooth wireless charging everything, nor do many want that. If you must get rid of the 3.5mm port, why not have dual USB-C to charge and listen at once?
Like this? https://www.geargeek.co.uk/type-c-to-3-5mm-headphone-jack-au...
"This device is not compatible with the Google Pixel device."
Aren't these things standard yet?
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#83I'm a single-issue voter when it comes to cell phones - if it doesn't have a headphone jack, I won't be buying it.
but, why? I sincerely don't understand why the headphone jack is the hill that so many people choose to die on.
The $9 lightning to 3.5mm dongle has worked perfectly for me, as has my USB-c to 3.5mm dongle.
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#84I've been using the budget Moto G+ line for the past four years. I can upgrade my phone every year around Black Friday and get the latest model for sub $200. The older phones still work well and get handed down to my less tech savvy family members. I'm not really sure what people are paying for when they get those $800+ beasts for phones. When I use a friend's I can tell they are higher quality; either they feel more…
I've been using a G4 Play since... I can't remember. Many years ago. And now it's time to upgrade again, but I also don't see the reason to go for a high-end phone.
With one exception: the software. I want updates as long as possible and I want no crapware, so I'm thinking a pure Android or something as close to it as possible.
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#85This is just a top-6-best-gadgets list with affiliate links for each pick and a provocative headline.
No, it's more than that: it's an excuse for us to get together in the comments and rail against the passing of the headphone jack. I'm serious: the actual article in this case is the stone in a pot of stone soup.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
if you only use that pair on headphones for your phone, it's only a minor inconvenience to just keep it attached to the headphones. if not, it becomes yet another small item that you can forget or lose. the real issue with dongles from my perspective is that they move the DAC out of the phone. manufacturers already tend to cut corners with onboard DACs, and they're likely to use even worse components in a $5 dongle.…
I actually use those headphones for other things (I'm a studio recording musician in my copious spare time, and they're my favorite studio headphones). I just put the dongle in the same pocket as my wallet and loose change. Haven't lost it yet. I'm not sure the iPhone dongle is even a DAC. It seems like an analog pass-through, but I could be wrong. At any rate, after decades of playing music and producing numerous al…
It is a DAC, and according to this source a pretty good one.
https://www.kenrockwell.com/apple/lightning-adapter-audio-qu...
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#87the pixel 3a is made with non-gorilla glass. didnt we learn like 10 years ago thats a bad idea on a phone? my keys scratched it up in a single day and the whole thing shattered within a couple of weeks. garbage. edit: i know people are saying its dragontail which is supposedly as strong as gorilla. well empirically speaking, i can say that is false; the same key scratches my pixel 3a easily but doesnt leave a mark on…
I have no idea why the industry switched from aluminum backs to glass. I thought the whole point was to enable wireless charging, but some of the phones don't even support that. As long as they don't, I'd much prefer we went back to the aluminum unibodies of the HTC M7-10 phones. They were gorgeous, in addition to being durable.
i have an htc m7 that is still functional! its even been thrown at a brick wall. i guess the industry realized thats bad for business.
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#88I got a Nokia 7.1 for around $300 and it has the headphone jack and a Micro SD slot, another feature that phone makers are getting rid of... Phone memory is terrible these days, I have a huge collection of Mp3s and wav files I don't want to give up, despite bluetooth stuttering at times in my car. Putting low onboard memory on modern phones should be a crime when USB sticks with 128GB plus are selling for $15... They…
Lots of budget Android phones have expandable memory
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#89LG V30+ > LG has crafted the best-sounding headphone audio in any smartphone yet. The V30’s quad-DAC audio system is a legitimate technological advancement that delivers real joy https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/16/16481024/lg-v30-headphon...
I have a V20 and it's pretty fantastic. It even has a removable battery, and dual camera lenses.
Unfortunately, it's the last Vx0 phone with the removable battery.
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#90I bought a Google Pixel 3a when it came out. After trading in my Pixel 1 (with a damaged screen) and a rebate, it came out to $230 incl. taxes. I've been extremely happy with the phone. It's a huge upgrade over the Pixel 1 and I can use Apple wired earphones when I need to. For anyone looking into buying a new Android phone, I highly recommend the Pixel 3a.