My nineteen year old needs a new phone. She’s really filled with dislike for AirPods.
Is the any phone on any platform that still has actual headphone jacks?
Mrs Piper has earphones that plug into the charging port on her new iPhone.
C/Net
20 best phones that still have a headphone jack (Aug 2019)
I had heard that Apple had done away with the headphone jack, but I didn’t realize so many other phones did too. So it looks like nowadays many don’t, but many still do. Surely there are plenty of other people, like me, for whom lack of a headphone jack would be a dealbreaker?
I sympathise with your daughter, JC. One of Apple’s brand strength has always been the coolness factor.
With the AirPods, they’ve instead go for full-on dorkiness.
You don’t specify what tier of phone you want, so I’ll start off with two (lower end) one I have that do–the Galaxy J7 Crown and the Moto G6. It is gonna be a really long list if you try to include all currently available models, though.
On the other hand, a USB C to 3.5 mm audio adapter costs about six bucks. I bought one for every pair of headphones I own, just so I wouldn’t have to find one when I need it. It doesn’t seem to me that this feature should be an important consideration in a phone purchase.
Looks like you can get them for $4.50. Want to listen and still use the port for something else at the same time? Even cheaper.
This is news to me. That sucks. I thought it was just apple who did it, but android and microsoft still had a headphone jack.
My granddaughter is 20. I can’t imagine she’d even discuss phone features with an old fogie…like her dad!
I teach high school kids and AirPods (or similar style earbuds) are very popular with them.
Personally, I use an Android phone with a headphone jack. I make use of the headphone jack often, but I also use bluetooth headphones frequently.
I just went through this for my daughter for Christmas. I spent hours looking and the Motorola Moto G7 is the best phone that still has a standard headphone jack so that is what I got and I will probably buy myself one too. It is Android but it has lots of premium features and doesn’t lack in anything while not being super expensive. Screw Apple and all the rest of them. Taking away a standard interface that costs cents in favor of rechargable “hi-tech” is just plain dumb.
Not just that but with a headphone jack you can choose whether you want a tethered set of headphones with a cable or a bluetooth set. You had a choice, now people don’t feel like they have a choice with airpods. Not everyone wants to recharge their headphones all the time. I own a set of bluetooth headphones and rarely use them because I don’t like having to constantly keep them charged up. I like just having a half dozen sets of wired headphones all over the place (in the car, near my desk at home, my desk at work, my laptop bag, etc) for when I need them.
At least they have USB C adapters to hook up headphones. But I have no idea why they got rid of the jack.
Ostensibly, so that they could make a more waterproof model. The headphone jack was where most of the water would seep in if you dropped your phone in a puddle or the toilet or wherever.
Being able to sell you a set of airpods that cost several hundred additional dollars and you would frequently lose was just a serendipitous bonus.
By what criteria? For instance, how is the Moto G7 a better phone than the Galaxy S10 line?
BTW, Apple is rumored to be going down the route of no external ports at all–wireless data and charging only.
They also have USB-C headphones/earbuds. My best-sounding set of earbuds are USB-C.
I had to look, but my Galaxy S9 has a headphone jack. Shows how often I’ve used it.
And it was a component that costs money that relatively very few people used and it took up real estate that could be used for a little more battery. In what world do you need airpods? There are a near infinite number of bluetooth headphone options, many of which are very inexpensive.