Is a headphone jack essential to you or just something you like complaining about?
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Even with the Note 4 I miss my Note 1 - dunno why they don't just do a refreshed Note 1 with slightly more premium chassis, higher res screen, higher quality camera, 4/5G and modern speed CPU and RAM amount and leave everything else that just worked as it is.
but, per the s10 thread and (reciprocal) usb->3.5mm thread there's no point in them putting a 3.5mm if the dac is poor quality,I'd rather go bluetooth, where the end sound quality will be down to the headphones, or external dac. ... the monies being diverted elsewhere in the build.
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I don't understand peoples frustration from not having one. Just leave the dongle connected to your headphones.. That's what I do and it's virtually the same. If I want to charge it, well I'll use wireless charging or get a splitter dongle and leave that connected instead. It's like an extra 3cm, not going to do any harm.
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I used to think it was essential, but I've got a couple of decent Bluetooth headphones (one for gym and one for noise cancelling) so I no longer need it.
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Yes. Turn on flight mode then turn on Bluetooth straight after.
I'd rather pay more get a decent DAC in the phone and money spent elsewhere on the build.
EDIT: Not like it is difficult or particularly expensive to have a good DAC anyhow these days - some like TI do ridiculously small, power efficient but high quality stand alone ICs and/or there are options that can be implemented as part of a bigger chipset as well, etc. there is no excuse really for having less than good audio in a phone out the box these days even at the budget end of the market.
Still an extra thing to remember, even a small dongle is a bit sticking out of the phone that is additional that could be knocked or damaged, etc. (if you just leave it in) and another thing that could potentially go wrong generally - ultimately it isn't a superior option to just having a 3.5mm socket.
EDIT: Plus in most cases you will have to remove it for charging and USB ports tend to wear much quicker from unplugging and reconnecting compared to 3.5mm sockets so doubling up on the amount of times stuff is inserted doesn't make much sense.
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Very nice noise cancelling headphones - they come complete with a 1.2 metre cable
Well yeah, for things that don't support audio over Bluetooth. Which means they work on everything.Very nice noise cancelling headphones - they come complete with a 1.2 metre cable
I haven't bothered turning aeroplane mode on any of my devices when on a plane in the last 10 years or so. It's really not necessary at all. I usually have at least a phone and a cellular iPad with me when I fly.
I have some nice ultimate ears IEM headphones prior to Logitech buy out that are still perfectly functional.
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It's the reason I sent the Bose QC35 IIs back and gfot the Sony WH1000MX2's (now 3'). I think it's amazing you can spend £300+ on headphones and they don't have AptX. Massive audio lag with the Bose
Sony's, you wouldn't notice it at all.but doesn't audio quality matter more than lag - no issue for plain music, and don't most video players have mechanism for delaying video (not utube ? but its sound is 128Kbs/poor)
... I'm assuming the bose would take a poorer quality/lower bandwidth audio codec too, (sbc) if you want lower latency.
... I'm assuming the bose would take a poorer quality/lower bandwidth audio codec too, (sbc) if you want lower latency.
I used to be in the 'Never without a 3.5mm socket' camp....then I bought some Sony WH1000XM3's, and am now converted to wireless.
There have been a couple of occasions when I've gone to plug in my phone to the hifi and thought hmmm....then got round it by pairing my phone with the echo dot that's connected to the amp.
There have been a couple of occasions when I've gone to plug in my phone to the hifi and thought hmmm....then got round it by pairing my phone with the echo dot that's connected to the amp.