Alternatively, if your current phone doesn’t have a headphone jack, do you wish it did?
No. It just means you have more problems with purchasing wireless products. How many people live in New Zealand? 5 million? So wireless headsets are bad, because 5 million kiwis can’t go to a store and try them. Is that your reasoning?
What are these way more problems? You’ve listed 2.
Bad wireless connection Batteries can run out.
Wired headsets can have Bad wires or bad male/female connectors too so not really an exclusive problem.
But sure. Batteries CAN run out. Good thing most decent wireless headsets also come with a wired option.
This doesn’t make them generally worse. It just makes them worse for YOU. Because you’re a kiwi who can’t go to a Playtech store or something.
It just means you have more problems with purchasing wireless products
It’s not just me, it’s the technology in general.
What are these way more problems? You’ve listed 2.
- Wireless interference
- Initial connectivity/pairing issues
- Failure to reroute audio/mic from an app to the headphone
- Future OS update or headphone firmware update could break things
- Battery health will degrade over time, which typically means you need to buy a new headphone every few years
- It’s a hassle to have yet another thing you need to remember to charge
Wired headsets can have Bad wires or bad male/female connectors too so not really an exclusive problem.
As I said before this isn’t really an issue as you can easily replace the wire, but more than anything, it’s extremely unlikely that there would be a bad wire/connector on a brand new headset.
Let’s go over this once and for all. Because I’m sick of having to repeat myself.
Wireless interfere and other connectivity/pairing issues can be summed up into 1 complaints.
Connectivity issues.
I have had a pair of Jabra earplugs and boss headphones combined for over 7 years now.
Not once have i ever experienced connectivity issues while paired. I have had problems pairing to certain phones. But since that was specific to that phone. I’m not exactly going to blame the earplugs.
Failure to reroute audio.
That sounds very specific to certain headsets or earplugs. It’s a product issue. Not a Bluetooth issue. As mentioned many times. My headset does it seamlessly between devices. It’s not a problem if you buy a good pair of headsets/earplugs.
Future OS update or headphone firmware update could break things.
That could probably be the case sometimes. Most likely won’t last very long if you report the problem.
Battery health will degrade over time, which typically means you need to buy a new headphone every few years
My jabras are going strong despite being almost 7 years old. They easily last an entire day of normal use. But yes battery do degrade. That’s part of the price you pay for the convenience of not needing a wire. Maybe I’ll have to replace them once they hit the 10 year mark. But I’m OK with that. Sounds worth it to me.
it’s a hassle to have yet another thing to charge.
That is very personal don’t you think? These days remembering to charge things is as easy as remembering to put them in their place. An organized person will have little trouble putting things in the same place once they are done with them.
I can’t replace a wire on my wired headset to my computer. Would have to open them up (somehow while not breaking them) and re-soldier a new cable and THAT is a real hassle. Gonna have to buy a soldiering iron too. Probably best for most to let a repair shop do it then. Same as a battery replacement.
I have had a pair of Jabra earplugs and boss headphones combined for over 7 years now.
That’s just anecdotal, that doesn’t mean that other products or other users haven’t had any issues.
It’s a product issue. Not a Bluetooth issue. As mentioned many times.
As I mentioned before, I don’t care that whether it’s a “Bluetooth” isssue or not, it’s a common issue experienced with that class of devices. The point is, the issue exists, whether or not it’s a fault of the actual Bluetooth protocol isn’t the point here.
My jabras are going strong despite being almost 7 years old. […] Maybe I’ll have to replace them once they hit the 10 year mark.
Again, anecdotal. I highly doubt that your battery would last for 10 years (and still have any useful capacity), which would be going against the well established averages for lithium ion. Many popular wireless earbuds, such as the Apple Airpods, have a lifespan of only 2-3 years.
The fact is that most wireless headsets will turn into e-waste - and dangerous e-waste at that - in a much, much shorter time frame compared to wired. That does not sound okay to me.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/your-wireless-earbuds-are-trash-eventually/
That is very personal don’t you think?
And yet, it’s still an additional activity that one may not want to engage in. It’s a pretty common complaint, so it’s not as personal as you think. Lots of people avoid wireless products for this reason alone.
I can’t replace a wire on my wired headset to my computer.
And as I said before, any decent headset will have a replaceable wire. But even if you can’t replace or repair the wire yourself, it’s typically not an issue for a repair shop to do it, and it’s pretty cheap too. Whereas it may not be that straightforward or cheap to replace a built-in battery - for starters, your repair shop may not even have the battery in stock (especially if it’s a 7+ year old, not super-popular model), assuming someone even makes a replacement battery, you’ll need the shop to order it in, which can take a long time, considering most airlines prohibit shipping loose batteries in cargo - which means that the battery will need to be shipped by land and/or sea. And even then, it doesn’t solve the e-waste problem.
