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by robmcm 3216 days ago
Reasons I hate wired headphones:

1. I have to carry around a mass of wire that it always getting tangled with its self and other items in bags and pockets.

2. I have to fiddle around to plug a port into my phone, that often scratches the surrounding material.

3. I have a port that gets full of lint and I have to pick it out.

4. The headphone cord gets caught on things and rips the headphones out of my ears.

5. When ever I knock the cable it amplifies the noise into my ears (isolating earbuds).

6. The little remote dongle gets caught on my collar or buttons and rips the headphones out of my ears.

7. When I jog I get a cable bounding up and down, often tugging on my ears.

8. If I just want to use one bud, I have to have the other dangling around.

9. If I want to switch between devices I have to manually plug in and out, often scrabbling around on the floor for a desktop computer.

10. Cable connections ware, and can result in audio only coming out of one ear.

I have a set of wireless headphones that use the same cable to charge as my phone. I charge my phone once a day when I sleep, and my headphones about once a week. If I want to use wired headphone I have them permanently plugged into a free dongle that came with my phone, but I haven't in months... they are in my bag... tangling stuff...

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2 comments

You understand that having a jack doesn't mean you can't use wireless, right? Glad you like wireless, but (obviously), not everyone feels the way you do.
I know, I was just adding balance.

People loved and still miss Micro SD slots on phones too.

1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 are not even valid complaints. Nothing prevents you from using wireless headsets if you want to. 2 and 3 both exist with USB c and lightning connectors, for charging if nothing else and are both remedied with an inexpensive but still decent quality case.

I use BT headsets in my phone when I run for the same reason you do, but my phone certainly doesn't last a full day running BT, nor does anyone I know tbh. Sounds like your phone is magic, or you're not using your BT often as it's a power hog on every phone I've used. I believe you're not being disingenuous, but it's not a standard experience for most people.

iPhone 7+ with AirPods, perhaps it's the BT LE or something?

I also forgot the worst point, when the headphone cord gets caught and rips the 3.5mm jack out of my device resulting in it blurting out (my secret love of the Moana soundtrack) at full volume to a train carriage of commuters...

There's nothing wrong with the Moana soundtrack, you're welcome. Also, the headphones getting ripped out of the ear is unpleasant I agree with you there.
The music stops when you pull out the headphones...