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> More often than not the wired headphones become the hassle, whether it's tangled cords or just keeping them out of the way. I'm sure there are plenty of peopl
by ultramancool 10y ago
> More often than not the wired headphones become the hassle, whether it's tangled cords or just keeping them out of the way. I'm sure there are plenty of people who use wired headphones every day but there are also plenty of people who just have this unused hole in their phone
Nothing wrong with that - chances are you'll use it at one point or another. Most cars and stereo systems still use 3.5mm. Even for people who have Bluetooth in their cars they often prefer the stereo cable as it gives better quality, has no weird pairing issues and doesn't drain their battery.
I've ran both wireless and wired headphones and have settled on wired. It's just better, better audio quality, better headphones for a lower price, no waiting for the headphones to initialize, no forgetting to turn them off and finding your battery half dead, no having to charge them every few days. Just plug it in and go.
Hopefully this move will put pressure on manufacturers to get costs down on these wireless headphones and get the more off-brand audio manufacturers who often make the best products (quality/dollar wise) interested.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoAlso no weird BT stack issues which make sound desync with video when you're watching a movie, which is what ultimately made me stop using Bluetooth headphones with a home PC.
- chipgap98 10y agoYeah this really sucks for people in cars (plenty of people still drive cards w/o bluetooth). I just spent hours driving last week using my phone as a source of music (via aux cord) and GPS. If I couldn't have been charging it while doing this it would have died sooooo quickly
- FilterSweep 10y agoMy car has bluetooth and its incapable of pairing. We've tried several devices. There's another subset of cars affected by this change.
- joekrie 10y agoSometimes I have to turn my Honda off and then on again to get it to pair properly.