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1 HN user recommended this in 2017, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
Phone connectors are rubbish, ancient technology. The only thing they have going for them is the network buy-in from literally 140 years of legacy.[1]
They are fine in static audio applications, but their performance on mobile devices is abysmal. Put the device in a pocket, and every time you move or sit down, you're putting huge lateral stress on the connector. Either the contacts get deformed and become intermittent, the plug bends and/or shears off in the jack, or the wire on the plug side develops an open circuit from wear. I've personally damaged or destroyed the headphone jack on every phone I've owned that had one.
In the last couple of weeks I've transitioned most of my audio to Bluetooth. BT isn't exactly a pleasant experience, but once paired, it's relatively seamless. I even converted my ubiquitous ATH-M50x headphones to BT using a module[2].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)#Modern... [2]: https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Adapter-Amplifier-Technica-...