Apple’s new iPhone 15 is an underwhelming ‘slap in the face,’ say disappointed fans::Apple unveiled its new iPhone 15 models this week, and some fans say they lack innovation.

    • nudny ekscentryk@szmer.info
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      1 year ago

      as an android user with 3.5mm jack since always in all of the phones I have had, I didn’t use it once since like 2017

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        I have a collection of wired headphones. I did use it, when phones had it.

        Now it’s dongle life.

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          I do have a pair of wired headphones I use with my laptop and probably could find a pair or two of earphones I used pre-2017; what’s your point?

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            Isn’t it obvious? I thought you didn’t have a pair of those, which would explain why you didn’t use the jack on your phone.

            Any particular reason you use your earphones only with your laptop?

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              No, I use my laptop stationarily so the cord never bothered me, unlike when using wired earphones on the go with my smartphone

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                Ah, that makes sense. I loved my wired pair because I sometimes forgot to keep my wireless charged, and they had a tendency to be low on charge when I needed to be on important calls. They were my backups and the audio quality was also pretty good.

                My current pair of wireless, that I use when exercising, has also stopped turning ON for reasons I don’t follow, so I’m understandably miffed at having to listen to ambient noise during exercise.

                It seems to me that we’ll continue to have these issues as long as we have non-removable-battery earphones, since many of the issues come from having an independant power supply and firmware components.

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      I don’t object to them as an optional feature, but they are about as useful as optical drives to the typical user.

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      I used to be one of the angry people pissed off about losing the jack.

      Now that I have a few wireless earphones, I wouldn’t go back to wired. It’s a mild inconvenience to have to charge them but the battery life is decent and not have a cable getting caught on stuff whilst I’m working is super useful.

      The audio quality is a tiny bit worse than wired, but unless you’re an audio engineer, you’re not going to notice.

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      1 year ago

      There was always a Lightning to headphone adapter if you really wanted it but most of us had given up the headphone jack long before Apple stopped providing it