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Same here, I listen to a lot of music and I refuse to buy e-waste earbuds with tiny ass non user replaceable batteries that will fail in a few years at best whi

Same here, I listen to a lot of music and I refuse to buy e-waste earbuds with tiny ass non user replaceable batteries that will fail in a few years at best while delivering audio quality on par with $30 wired buds. Dongles are a pain in the ass and keep disconnecting if you look at them the wrong way (walking, gym, &c.). If it wasn't for the camera quality I'd already have moved to something else, when the phone dies I might go back to a dedicated audio device

coldpie 2y ago
I use dongles and have been reasonably happy (yes, I'd rather have a jack, but the dongles are good enough). Have you tried a few brands? The best ones I found have been Best Buy's Insignia brand. They do eventually break, but they tend to last about 2-6 months or longer for me, which isn't too terrible given the price.
- lm28469 2y ago
  I tried anything from 0.5$ aliexpress to the apple dongle. The apple is fine but in europe you get something like 50% of the maximal volume which isn't enough in a lot of situations depending on the headset.
- jakub_g 2y ago
  I tried two jack-to-usb-c adapters in $5-$10 range (tbh there's very little choice) and it's not great. - first was working with Pixel 6 but no longer with Pixel 8 - the other works with Pixel 8, but sometimes cuts the output for 0.5s (I think it cuts the output after a silence, but not always); also occasionally there's terrible thrashing for a few sec depending on how the cable is rotated Plus in any case, you always have some white audio noise at low volume levels (and when paused etc) which is annoying when I want to listen not very loud in the evening. If someone has a good adapter to recommend, which works with 8+, I'm all ears. Edit: just read about Apple adapter in another thread, gonna give it a try.
red-iron-pine 2y ago
buy a better bluetooth headset or wearable bluetooth audio. I had an LG 730 set that lasted me for close to 6 years. ear buds are an apple meme. but I agree with the general sentiment: outside of a good camera, I can't see a real advantage of the Pixel, and the AI is less than $0 value for me -- I don't need something data mining me in realtime more than most phones already do.
shalmanese 2y ago
Can't you just buy USB-C headphones?

coldpie 2y ago

I use dongles and have been reasonably happy (yes, I'd rather have a jack, but the dongles are good enough). Have you tried a few brands? The best ones I found have been Best Buy's Insignia brand. They do eventually break, but they tend to last about 2-6 months or longer for me, which isn't too terrible given the price.

lm28469 2y ago
I tried anything from 0.5$ aliexpress to the apple dongle. The apple is fine but in europe you get something like 50% of the maximal volume which isn't enough in a lot of situations depending on the headset.
jakub_g 2y ago
I tried two jack-to-usb-c adapters in $5-$10 range (tbh there's very little choice) and it's not great. - first was working with Pixel 6 but no longer with Pixel 8 - the other works with Pixel 8, but sometimes cuts the output for 0.5s (I think it cuts the output after a silence, but not always); also occasionally there's terrible thrashing for a few sec depending on how the cable is rotated Plus in any case, you always have some white audio noise at low volume levels (and when paused etc) which is annoying when I want to listen not very loud in the evening. If someone has a good adapter to recommend, which works with 8+, I'm all ears. Edit: just read about Apple adapter in another thread, gonna give it a try.

red-iron-pine 2y ago

buy a better bluetooth headset or wearable bluetooth audio. I had an LG 730 set that lasted me for close to 6 years. ear buds are an apple meme. but I agree with the general sentiment: outside of a good camera, I can't see a real advantage of the Pixel, and the AI is less than $0 value for me -- I don't need something data mining me in realtime more than most phones already do.

shalmanese 2y ago

Can't you just buy USB-C headphones?