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Just plug the adapter into the end of your headphone jack and leave it there. It's a female adapter, so it can just hang off of your existing 3.5mm jack. You ma

Just plug the adapter into the end of your headphone jack and leave it there. It's a female adapter, so it can just hang off of your existing 3.5mm jack. You make it sound far more annoying than it actually is.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago
You make it sound only slightly less annoying, TBH.
bhandziuk 10y ago
And get one adapter for each set of headphones. And if you then use those headphones with nay other device and unplug the adapter just hope you don't set it somewhere and forget it. It adds too many unnecessary steps.
- askafriend 10y ago
  That's completely fair. However that's a corner case for most people. I think the general use case is that people have routines in their day to day and fit these devices into their predictable routines. Adapters suck for unpredictable situations but those aren't common enough and Apple knows this.
  - ebrewste 10y ago
    I consider the unpredictable case the several to many years it takes to upgrade all the devices between my wife and me. It probably took 3 years to get rid of all the 30 pin devices in our house. I don't see why it will be any better switching away from 1/8".
  - pritambaral 10y ago
    > However that's a corner case for most people. Using a pair of headphones with multiple devices? At least between phone and laptop? That's not a corner case, even though Apple seems to think so by skipping out on a Lightning port on the Macs after putting out lightning headphones.
- squeaky-clean 10y ago
  Ugh, I lose a 1/8" to 1/4" adapter for my headphones at least once a month. I've bought extra and try to keep one in any device I have with a 1/4" port, and yet still they manage to come out and get lost. It's easy and cheap to order a dozen of those. It's not going to be cheap to order a dozen lightning->analog adapters.
- superuser2 10y ago
  Exactly. It's a doable workaround, but doesn't make sense when "just buy a Pixel instead" is an option.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

You make it sound only slightly less annoying, TBH.

bhandziuk 10y ago

And get one adapter for each set of headphones. And if you then use those headphones with nay other device and unplug the adapter just hope you don't set it somewhere and forget it. It adds too many unnecessary steps.

askafriend 10y ago
That's completely fair. However that's a corner case for most people. I think the general use case is that people have routines in their day to day and fit these devices into their predictable routines. Adapters suck for unpredictable situations but those aren't common enough and Apple knows this.
- ebrewste 10y ago
  I consider the unpredictable case the several to many years it takes to upgrade all the devices between my wife and me. It probably took 3 years to get rid of all the 30 pin devices in our house. I don't see why it will be any better switching away from 1/8".
- pritambaral 10y ago
  > However that's a corner case for most people. Using a pair of headphones with multiple devices? At least between phone and laptop? That's not a corner case, even though Apple seems to think so by skipping out on a Lightning port on the Macs after putting out lightning headphones.
squeaky-clean 10y ago
Ugh, I lose a 1/8" to 1/4" adapter for my headphones at least once a month. I've bought extra and try to keep one in any device I have with a 1/4" port, and yet still they manage to come out and get lost. It's easy and cheap to order a dozen of those. It's not going to be cheap to order a dozen lightning->analog adapters.
superuser2 10y ago
Exactly. It's a doable workaround, but doesn't make sense when "just buy a Pixel instead" is an option.