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There are more and more phones produced without a headphone jack: https://smartphones.gadgethacks.com/news/always-updated-list-phones-with-no-headphone-jack-bui

• yoz-y 8y ago
  Parent was probably referring to the fact that phones still have usb-c/lightning ports and you can plug usb-c/lightning headphones to them just fine. The port is not dedicated but as long as you are not charging it works identically to the old headphone jack.
  • SAI_Peregrinus 8y ago
    Of course since most of the issues seem to come from things like interaction with cars, and GPS tends to quickly drain battery thus strongly encouraging using a charger, and therefore lack of a headphone jack makes getting audio in the car much more difficult... well, that "as long as you are not charging" is a pretty big negative. And that's ignoring all the various issues Bluetooth has, like some apps (eg Waze) utterly failing to output sound over Bluetooth most of the time.
    • rootusrootus 8y ago
      Is it really common to use headphones in the car, though? The last few cars I've owned, I plugged my phone into the radio with USB and it both charged the phone and played music as well.
      • _Tev 8y ago
        It is _very_ common to charge the phone and listen to the music at the same time. Maybe only for me ... But I won't ever buy these 1-port-for-everything devices.
      • brokenmachine 8y ago
        Lots of cars don't support transfer of audio via USB but do have an AUX socket. I think OP was talking about people plugging between the headphone socket of their phone and the AUX input of the car stereo - not wearing headphones in the car.
  • cm2187 8y ago
    Then you have to chose between charging your phone or tablet on a plane on a long trip vs using it...