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Why would you even disconnect your 2-in-1 dongle, that allows you to charge your phone while using the 3.5 mm jack, from your headphones wire to begin with? Or
by stronglikedan 3y ago
Why would you even disconnect your 2-in-1 dongle, that allows you to charge your phone while using the 3.5 mm jack, from your headphones wire to begin with? Or disconnect your second 2-in-1 dongle, which you got because they're extremely cheap, from your car adapter? I think it's a reasonably good solution for the relatively few people that still use a 3.5 mm jack.
- monocasa 3y agoThe audio jacks are normally on the top of the phone, the USB is normally on the bottom. Where my wife normally rests her phone doesn't allow USBC to be plugged in at the same time.
- Kirby64 3y agoI assume GP is referring to 2-in-1 dongles that allow charging and audio out at the same time. You just leave the dongle in the car... and only plug in the USB-C. It handles audio out and charging at the same time, and is one less cable to plug in. It's better than plugging in USB-C and 3.5mm into your phone every time.
- monocasa 3y agoRight, so with the USBC on the bottom of the phone, it's blocked where she prefers to rest her phone.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoSo she can adapt and change her preferences.
- monocasa 3y agoOr she can not, and keep her phone that works for her rather than something worse for her workflow.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoFor the moment. Failure to adapt is a weakness though.
- monocasa 3y agoForcing adaptation purely for the sake of newness without benefit is also a weakness.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agolol, no. And it's not purely for the sake of newness, there is benefit. But if someone can't adapt and is too weak minded, they will never see it.
- Kirby64 3y agoIf you need the charge the phone, you need to plug it in. No way around that. Might as well get audio output at the same time from the same cable.
- monocasa 3y agoShe doesn't need to charge her phone in the car generally; she charges it at night. She simply wants audio out that just works even if I used the car last.
- bigstrat2003 3y agoI was not aware that such a thing existed. I've only ever seen dongles which don't let you charge. So thanks for the info, that's good to know at least. As to why you'd disconnect - shit happens. Maybe you have an iPhone and the other person using your car has an Android phone, so you each need different dongles. Maybe someone accidentally removed it, who knows? The point is that dongles can, and will, get lost or misplaced so they aren't a good solution.