Technology

I mean, I use Bluetooth headphones on my phone most of the time, but I do still require a headphone jack as a backup. I used a phone without one for a while, and decided I need one on future phones, as well as a micro SD card (I need more than a tb of storage for my music and audiobooks).

😆 I do use a dongle anyway. Even if I bluetooth it, I'll have a DAC/Amp with a jack.

FWIW, I thought the same thing. But then I bought some cheap Chinese buds and never lost a single one. I'm on my third or fourth set and still haven't come close to losing one.

Though I still won't pay for the premium priced ones.

Check out beats flex, they're fantastic and have great battery life. Mine are almost six years old and work great still. They're wireless but cabled together. The cables don't tangle together like wired earbuds, either. They also charge on USB-C, so you can use your regular charger cable.

Well, if you're using bluetooth to hit your stereo you can get a receiver that jacks in and sits next to it to keep the phone dongle-free. There's real cheap ones and some higher end ones with better DACs in them (if your stereo doesn't have a DAC). But it's not much more difficult to set up a DLNA Media Server or get a chromecast receiver to stream to your stereo over wifi without needing to compress the audio the way bluetooth does.

I've also got a bluetooth DAC/Amp with a 3.5mm and 4.4mm jack that you can clip onto your clothes. Basically putting the dongle on the end of the headphone cord instead of the phone. But it runs on a charge. You can use any sort of wired headphones that you want (or connect to a stereo) and not have to be physically connected to your phone though.