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On the flip side, my phone does have a headphone jack and it's been a perennial weak spot. Debris gets in there far too easily to the extent that it doesn't eve
by wastedhours 6y ago
On the flip side, my phone does have a headphone jack and it's been a perennial weak spot. Debris gets in there far too easily to the extent that it doesn't even allow me to use a standard headphone cable.
I'm not an audiophile, so wireless headphones and streamed music is more than good enough for me - but as someone who has a headphone jack and would be more than willing to use it, it's not exactly been a bed of roses after a couple of years of use.
Am sure a manufacturer with better QA than OnePlus might be better, or if I'd have wrapped my phone in bubble-wrap every time I place it in a pocket it wouldn't have got stuff in there. But that's the anecdata from someone with one.
- andrewem 6y agoA headphone jack can be easily cleared of debris with a wooden toothpick. Before I figured that out I also found it impossible to keep using the jack.
- dkonofalski 6y agoAlso a great way to ruin the contacts and disable it forever. Use compressed air and something other than a toothpick. Eeek.
- jhloa2 6y agoI have never had an issue using wooden toothpicks for the headphone and lightning cable jacks. It feels like you'd really have to try to break the pin connections that way
- jbarberu 6y agoI've found a paperclip to work the best. Just bend it around a joint a couple of times until it snaps off and you have a little fish hook that'll grab onto any lint and pull it out with minimal risk of damaging the connectors :)
- mantap 6y agoI use an interdental brush. It's soft and designed for getting debris out of sensitive places. Works a treat.
- wastedhours 6y agoI've cleared it out a few times, but I think stuff in there's gotten damaged now. It's a slight inconvenience when my headphones aren't charged or I can't use them, but again as anecdata, losing the headphone jack having one in the device hasn't exactly changed my world.
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoThis was solved on otterbox cases with a little flap that clips in and covers the jack.
- mvid 6y agoa case that essentially triples the size of your phone doesnt seem like a solution
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoI personally can't stand using a phone without a thick case. They give you a really comfortable grip on the phone. Modern phones are horrible to hold without a case.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoI'm a bit clumsy, I seem to drop anything I even come near. I have an iPhone 7, whenever I take it out of it's case it just seems to fly straight out of my hand. Most smartphones remind me more of fine jewelery, or something that was intended to sit in a locked display case.
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoThe best part about having a bulky case is it removes so much stress. Dropping your phone doesn't matter. You can throw it across the room. It's insane how something designed to be taken everywhere and used regularly is so fragile.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoYeah, I don’t get it. Well I suppose if you want the protection you just put a case on it <shrug>. I remember cycling down the hill and having my Nokia 6610 fall out of my pocket, front n back case n battery flying every which way down the road and thinking nothing of it. Times have changed.
- Dahoon 6y agoBuy a simple rubber jack insert. Problem solved. >Am sure a manufacturer with better QA than OnePlus Funny, IMO my 7T is by far the best quality phone I have tried and that includes Apple and Google phones.