(Posting this here rather than !askandroid@lemdro.id as it’s a quite general question)
I had a look at the GSM Arena phone finder, and it the choice is getting smaller and smaller every year (only 43 phones from 2023, reviewed by the site, had a jack)
The remaining ones are mostly
- Xiaomi Redmi
- Zenfones
- Sony
- Samsung entry range
So, has everyone switched to Bluetooth / USB-C dongles, or are there still a few people holding to the jack until the very end?
I will still look for a jack on my next phone, current Samsung has one, will likely buy another so I will probably buy top of their entry range
I gave up, so I bought a USB-C to Aux adapter.
My preference while buying phone:
- “>8GB ram”
- “>250 GB storage”
- 120Hz display
- Battery capacity “>5500mah”,
- SD card option,
- Headphone jack,
- Pretty recent chip, if not the latest,
- Waterproof ip68 minimum
I don’t care wheather its Chinese or Taiwanese or American or any other.
I usually debloat the device on the first day. With ADB
The only thing that keeps me motivated to use the audio jack is because my old car still has an old stereo and I use it daily, and I am too lazy to use dongles lol.
As a matter of fact here is a pic of a disc that my girlfriend bought recently because it was on discount, and we tried it in the car for the first time ever! (We also don’t usually buy discs, this would be the first time in more than a decade).
