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If you want to use continue using old tech with new tech, you'll have to get used to using an adapter. That's how technology has worked since forever.
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan 4y ago
If you want to use continue using old tech with new tech, you'll have to get used to using an adapter.
That's how technology has worked since forever.
- Volundr 4y agoSure, maybe, but usually the new stuff the old is being abandoned for is at least better....
- RHSeeger 4y agoWhen they replace older, functional tech with newer, less functional tech; it's fair to complain about it. I was unable to find a reasonable phone (that had the other features I wanted) with a headphone jack when I bought a new phone recently, and I'm constantly annoyed at the lack of it. Bluetooth is nice to have, but it's not a replacement for a physical jack.
- encryptluks2 4y agoIs there not USB-C headphones and adapters? I can see why it isn't exactly preferable but if they started making phones with 2 USB-C jacks I probably wouldn't mind all that much, but I would prefer a magnetic type of adapter that is low profile so that there is less risk of damaging the port.
- bitwize 4y agoI got some USB buds for my Pixel 6 for about twice the price of a pair of 3.5mm buds. I grumble about not being able to use the buds and charge the phone at the same time, but it's a minor concern overall. The USB buds have equivalent quality and latency to 3.5mm buds, so you're not forced to take a step down like you would be with Bluetooth.
- samplatt 4y agoUSB-C headphones are either free and desperately shit or a very expensive mic+headset arrangement, not simply "headphones". And adaptors are universally unreliable. The one my samsung phone came with works with literally NOTHING else, and the 4 or 5 I've bought have connection issues. Also if you care about audio it's another slap in the face as the DACs in those adaptors are pretty high-noise.
- charcircuit 4y agoUSB C can transfer analog audio.
- samplatt 4y agoYes. However most of the adaptors aren't analogue, or are universally so shoddily made that they are useless, to the point where your walking motion or road vibration inside a car will dislodge the connection.
- sawyna 4y agoWhen I was using my pixel 2, I tried the adapters. They were so bad that I changed 5 adapters in 2 months. Finally, I just gave up. The adapter just stops working. To go a step further, I ordered Google's pixel earphones which are USB-C. They got to shit in a month and when I asked Google, they just sent another one and asked me to keep the older one. Long story short, I tried very hard to use wired headphones and because I couldn't, I just lost the habit of using a headphone with mobile.
- wiseowise 4y agoYes it is. For majority of people convenience of wireless far outweighs ehh… what exactly it outweighs again? I’m not an audiophile, so whatever 3.5 provides.
- iforgotpassword 4y agoChoice. And not having to charge another device.
- andreareina 4y agoDoesn't take an audiophile to appreciate better reliability and lower latency.
- addicted 4y agoPeople are just clamoring to pay over a $100 for something they could do with much higher quality for $9.99 earbuds they could buy at a convenience store.
- ChainOfFools 4y agoobligatory GOML citation http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/connector-conspiracy.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/connector-conspiracy.html connector conspiracy: n. [probably came into prominence with the appearance of the KL-10 (one model of the PDP-10), none of whose connectors matched anything else] The tendency of manufacturers (or, by extension, programmers or purveyors of anything) to come up with new products that don't fit together with the old stuff, thereby making you buy either all new stuff or expensive interface devices.
- toastercat 4y agoI don't understand this though; 3.5mm audio jacks are not old tech, new headphones are still being made with them as the sole way of connecting them to your devices.
- alphabettsy 4y agoThey are old tech, doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with that. They also still make horseshoes and saddles only suitable for horses because there’s still a niche market and that’s what wired audio has become. Most people are very happy with Bluetooth headphones and don’t care about the benefits of the 3.5mm jack. This happens all the time with tech, streaming is lower quality than physical media and has ownership concerns but for the majority that’s not an issue.
- Kerrick 4y agoDVDs are still being made too.
- Lio 4y agoIn the case of DVDs there are alternative formats with higher resolution and better encoding. That’s a clear improvement. In the case of 3.5mm audio jacks can you really say Bluetooth really provides better audio quality? Convince? Ok, but audio quality? No so much.
- wiseowise 4y agoIt doesn’t have to provide better audio quality, just enough not to notice difference. And it provides MASSIVE improvements in convenience.
- wink 4y agoNo, only with your doctored definition. Having cables dangling is not great, but you know what's truly terrible? Having headphones with empty batteries. Having to charge them is a massive inconvenience to me.
- _piif 4y agoExcept not providing a headphone jack has been a clear regression. Other than saving the manufacturer a few pennies, what benefits do I get from not having one?
- lm28469 4y agoOld tech: wired, always work, can be fixed New tech: internal irreplaceable battery, more drain on the phone, massive e waste. barely works I'm using the same wired earbuds for 6 or 7 years while my friends already did 3 airpod exchanges in like 4 years because the battery keep on dying Bluetooth Stockholm syndrome in fullforce, but hey, it's "progress" and "progress" is always good