(Posting this here rather than !askandroid@lemdro.id as it’s a quite general question)

I had a look at the GSM Arena phone finder, and it the choice is getting smaller and smaller every year (only 43 phones from 2023, reviewed by the site, had a jack)

The remaining ones are mostly

  • Xiaomi Redmi
  • Zenfones
  • Sony
  • Samsung entry range

So, has everyone switched to Bluetooth / USB-C dongles, or are there still a few people holding to the jack until the very end?

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I held out for a long time but, like you said, they’re gone from almost every phone now.

    Zenfone seems like a mostly-good phone but you’re getting 2 years of software support, max. That’s a huge dealbreaker.

    I gave in when I traded in my Pixel 5 for a 7 about a year ago.

    • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Same switch point for me, roughly, going from a Pixel 4 with jack to a Pixel 7 without.

      There are situations where I prefer BT earbuds over wired buds, and I haven’t tried the adapters, yet, but I still long for a audio jack: it’s a lot quicker to switch my buds from work laptop to personal phone when they are wired.

      I will look for a audio jack when buying my next phone… maybe someone will have figured a way to “hack” one into a Fairphone body?