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Back in my day phones actually had the ports people wanted.

get a 30 dollar dac. small and sounds much better, and its shielded.

Using mine right this very moment.

"Bro, look at this concept art of a cyborg girl listening to music with wireless earbuds! Wouldn't it be cool if you could have the same technology real life? Bro, just stop being a Luddite for two seconds, having to charge a second device is not a big inconvenience for looking like the future!"

ITT: Apple customers think everyone is as bad at purchasing decisions as they are.

I refuse to get a phone without a headphone jack. Mostly because I know I'm inevitably going to lose my headphones, forget to charge them, forget them in my trouser pockets that will go in the wash. The latter has happened at least a couple of times with my current headphones and they still work just fine. Try that with your Bluetooth pair and let me know how it goes.

I still have one in my phone, and external SD card storage too. Another thing that they want gone (cloud storage agenda).

Still my criterion when looking to buy a phone.

Sony Xperias have 3.5mm jacks again. A few of them are also supported by LineageOS and Sailfish OS, so you're not necessarily stuck in the Google ecosystem.

I’m going to do what I do in every thread mentioning a headphone jack: Say I don’t mind Bluetooth and get downvoted.

Tell me about it! I still buy IEM's because of their incredible sound, yet I have to use dongle for my main phone. IEM brands have been also producing USB-C outputs, but yet not good IMO.
Lucky that I have an LG-vq40, which has audio jack, so I use it as a audio device. Thicker phone than my main, yet has audio jack.

I still have one, really don't want to get a new phone that doesn't. I still use my earbuds all the time

A simple couple wires that work without pairing, without drivers, without 3 separate volume controls, and worked on the terribly complicated premise of inserting a plug into a hole. Next thing they'll try and say speakers need a dozen micro wires on a special propriety cable to do what they do better.

I got a pair of wired earbuds for $20 at my drug store and the audio quality and build quality is really serviceable. I would probably have to pay at least $60 or $70 for a similar build and audio quality with Bluetooth earbuds.

I regret buying one without it.

This exists, for anyone who would benefit

I'm really mad that they removed my external antenna. Used to be, you could get better replacement antennas for your phone, or even replace a damaged one. All it takes is one bump or jiggle the wrong way, and the internal antenna for your phone gets disconnected, and now you need an entirely new phone. Removing the antenna socket was a cost cutting measure for phone manufacturers that ensures you have to replace the device earlier. Remember your first antenna phone? It probably lasted 5 years. Modern smartphones get churned out every 18 months. They've played us for fools.

wait, we need to dig it up and get our headphone jacks back. location, depth?

The headphone jack of my phone is still virgin.