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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
I came across my 25 year old still working (presumably because who knows these days) Etymotic buds in the lil case in my draw the other day, and had a sad face :(
I remember bugging them, paid a high price and justified it by telling my self they will last decades. Little did I know much of that time would be spent im their case, in the draw :(
Get a Galaxy Xcover 6 Pro. They have removable batteries, a 3.5mm audio jack, SD card slot, and a SIM card slot. I've had mine for about 3 years now it's a big reliable brick of a phone that I hope might last at least another 3 years or more. The only downside is that it's only compatible with Android (that I know of).
I've had a Sony phone for my last 2 phones, so quite some time. Great units, WITH that delicious headphones jack AND microSD slot. Praying to the phone gods that this continues.
The Motorola Moto G (at least for now) also has both
Let's not forget our dearly departed SD Card slot.
I wanted.to add note space to my stuff!
Current phone is my first without it. Couldn't find a small enough phone with one - I don't care about specs, but phones aren't made for human hands any more.
She got down on hands and knees
One ear against the ground
Hoping to hear something
But the dirt made not a sound tonight
-from a song I've listened to countless times through my phone's aux jack
…the dirt whispered, ‘Child, I’m coming home.’
Love that band. Love that album.
Remember when they first made the change and all over social media you had the fake videos of people showing you how to drill into your phone because -- "The jack is still there guys! promise"
Didn't they remove the minijack port to make newer phones waterproof?
I don't think so, unless they forgot how they used to make older phones waterproof whilst still having ports on them.
Mine (Galaxy Xcover 5) has a headphone jack on it, but is marketed as a "waterproof rugged smartphone", or essentially a "tradesman's phone". Basically you can fill it with dust and water and paint and sand and drop it off a tall ladder into a bucket of water. Oh, and you can replace/swap out the battery too.
Anyway, my suspicion is that any company saying they need to take ports off or stop you removing the battery "for waterproofing reasons" are not being entirely truthful.
They can probably do it easier and cheaper by taking away features, but they could still do it if they wanted.
Surely you mean to make more money by selling Bluetooth earbuds… the Motorola Defy was waterproof and it had a headphone jack.
A set of (acceptable) wireless earbuds costs about £25.
The main disadvantage is that if one falls out, it's not tied to you with a bit of wire...
~~if~~ When one falls out
ftfy
I use ultra cheap ones from aliexpress. They work fine. But yes. Falling out is the ultimate fate of all of them.
I personally couldn't give less of a fuck if my phone was waterproof. That's literally never been a problem for me. The only time it would have been I had it in a dry box so it was fine. I use my aux jack every day. Thankfully Motorola still had an option when I replaced my last phone. Although I did have to give up having a removable battery and the IR blaster(which actually would have been handy a couple weeks ago).
I was so happy when I gave up on graphene and went back to a cheap moto g that has a headphone jack. The dac is surprisingly mediocre, for an audio snob.
Sony phones have headphone jacks. I'm typing this on my Sony phone which has a headphone jack.
My Motorola does too. I'm liking it so far.
The headphone wire also serves as a FM radio antenna. You can't get that with wireless headphones or a connection via the USB jack.
I haven’t listened to FM radio in probably 8-9 years. It’s literally nothing but ads with a few minutes of the most commercial music shoved down your throat 12 times a day
I agree that most radio stations are shite. Fortunately, I live in Ireland, which still has publicly funded broadcasters. I have my phone permanently tuned to Lyric FM, which plays classical music with almost no commercials.
Every one of the phones I use (Poco X5 Pro running crDroid, Poco X3 NFC & OnePlus N10 5g running Ubuntu Touch), plus the phones I got for my wife & kiddo (Motorola Moto G Stylus, Redmi Note 7) have headphone jacks. The option is still there if you want it, you just need to seek it out.
You can just buy phones with headphone jacks. I have never bought a phone without a headphone jack and without an SD card slot in my life and I don't plan on starting.