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      6 months ago

      I must have missed that. Could you explain what you mean?

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          It was the 4 that removed the jack not 5—despite user complaints about wanting it to return on the next model. But yeah, big L dropping the jack.

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          I genuinely thought the wired vs wireless earphone debate was over, and wireless won by a landslide.

          All the phones I have ever owned have audio jacks, but I use them rarely, and prefer the convenience of putting my phone down to walk around and do tasks, than having it strapped to my side like I’m a tourist on a bad audio guide.

          I can’t be the only one who after holding out for so long, now relents that, yes, wireless headphones are convenient for a vast majority of use cases.

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              I’ve been wearing the same Sony plugs for 6 years now. Latency and quality is fine over short distances, and over long distances (something wired can’t do…) the LC3 codec does a fantastic job keeping the signal and quality

              I feel like you and I inhabit different universes

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                  Oh no doubt, and this is definitely an audiophile’s phone. I just hope the benefit of the slight gains in quality outweigh the (imo) massive hassle of having the phone tethered to body.

                  My buds are sony wf-1000x3, been using them for years. Charge them once a day, use them pretty much all the time, no issues.

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          6 months ago

          They have released wireless earbuds with replaceable batteries recently which is pretty cool.

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              By a specific company? You can and are supposed to do it yourself.

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                  Yes, the batteries in the fairbuds are standard LIR1054 which you can buy from loads of places. Not sure about the case but its bigger capacity so it doesn’t need to be replaced as often if ever.

                  Either way third parties could and probably will make replacement batteries for the case because there is nothing stopping them unlike apple devices. And the battery is still extremely easy to replace.

                  I agree that a 3,5 mm jack would be nice, but you are overreacting.