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I started using Bluetooth headphones last year without special reason. I am not coming back to 3.5mm headphones, wires are so annoying when you are doing someth

I started using Bluetooth headphones last year without special reason. I am not coming back to 3.5mm headphones, wires are so annoying when you are doing something else and they are in the middle. So you have people like me and a lot of people that never use that connection. And I guess a lot of people buy the phones based on the feeling when they catch them, and thinner phones feel better and people are more likely to buy them. Thus say bye to the 3.5mm connection and loss the hope for bigger batteries. Buy trends is what matters for business.

pacavaca 9y ago
I agree Bluetooth is convenient, no doubts. But I think the adoption of wireless should be driving the ditching of wired interfaces, not the vice versa. Otherwise, a lot of people feel being forced to use something, that is just supposed to be better.
- abritinthebay 9y ago
  It is. Wireless sells more than wired. Has done for over 1.5 years at this point (early 2016)
khedoros1 9y ago
I've got bluetooth headphones. I get tired of keeping them charged, so they never are. But I've got like 10 pairs of wired headphones around, and the convenience always wins. Headphone wires have never bothered me. > Thus say bye to the 3.5mm connection and loss the hope for bigger batteries. Sounds like a couple of great reasons to stop buying music to listen to on the phone, stop buying game apps, etc. And to stick with my current phone as long as possible.
- lathiat 9y ago
  I felt that pain until I got my AirPods. In part because of the two part charging - they're always charging in the case and then you charge the case semi randomly - about once a week for me.
  - endemic 9y ago
    AirPods seem nice, but the whole "10x cost" thing has me questioning Apple's "courage." I'll consider a phone without a headphone jack when Bluetooth earbud prices aren't insane.
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    I can't imagine paying that much for a pair of headphones. I think that my most expensive ones were about a quarter of that prices. I don't place much value in getting rid of the wires, and I treat my headphones like cattle instead of pets for the most part. I'd also lose a lot of the positive aspects of Airpods: I don't have any recent Apple devices that I use regularly, so I wouldn't get to take advantage of many of the auto-pairing features.
Markoff 9y ago
your headphones are not connected by cable, what model you own?

pacavaca 9y ago

I agree Bluetooth is convenient, no doubts. But I think the adoption of wireless should be driving the ditching of wired interfaces, not the vice versa. Otherwise, a lot of people feel being forced to use something, that is just supposed to be better.

abritinthebay 9y ago
It is. Wireless sells more than wired. Has done for over 1.5 years at this point (early 2016)

khedoros1 9y ago

I've got bluetooth headphones. I get tired of keeping them charged, so they never are. But I've got like 10 pairs of wired headphones around, and the convenience always wins. Headphone wires have never bothered me. > Thus say bye to the 3.5mm connection and loss the hope for bigger batteries. Sounds like a couple of great reasons to stop buying music to listen to on the phone, stop buying game apps, etc. And to stick with my current phone as long as possible.

lathiat 9y ago
I felt that pain until I got my AirPods. In part because of the two part charging - they're always charging in the case and then you charge the case semi randomly - about once a week for me.
- endemic 9y ago
  AirPods seem nice, but the whole "10x cost" thing has me questioning Apple's "courage." I'll consider a phone without a headphone jack when Bluetooth earbud prices aren't insane.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  I can't imagine paying that much for a pair of headphones. I think that my most expensive ones were about a quarter of that prices. I don't place much value in getting rid of the wires, and I treat my headphones like cattle instead of pets for the most part. I'd also lose a lot of the positive aspects of Airpods: I don't have any recent Apple devices that I use regularly, so I wouldn't get to take advantage of many of the auto-pairing features.

Markoff 9y ago

your headphones are not connected by cable, what model you own?