We used to have earbuds that don’t need to be charged because they had a headphone jack, didn’t get lost so easily because they had a cord attached to a headphone jack, never lost the bluetooth connection because they had a headphone jack, and they cost less because they had a headphone jack. https://bsky.app/profile/daisyfm.bsky.social/post/3l3mfjc6sn62k
As someone who loves and needs wired headphones but loves the convenience of BT - The solution is a Bluetooth dongle.
- Plug your amazing headphones into the dongle
- Keep the dongle in your pocket
- Cable won’t get caught as much
- Cable won’t suffer as much wear
- Phone is much easier to handle
- If the headphone jack gets glitchy and bad it’s cheaper to replace a dongle than a phone
Downside: Many (most?) BT dongles have shitty audio quality so you need to find a good one.
I thought about doing this a while back, but it is just bluetooth earbuds with extra steps and inconvenience, and can easily be more expensive too.
A Bluetooth dongle still requires batteries that would otherwise not be needed.
You are just moving the problem.