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Phones should have FM radio again (www.spacebar.news)
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[+] -56 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Just use Bluetooth

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Why? You can just hire a dude to sing to you as you walk around. Just use a bard, bro.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Worse quality audio, vastly more expensive, easier to lose pieces, yet another device I need to think about charging, will need replaced after a while as the batteries swell/die, extra e-waste, occasional pairing problems (especially on PC), etc.

    And guess what, if all of that sounds good or doesn't matter to you, you can still use Bluetooth on phones with 3.5mm ports!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    As a solution for me, I grabbed a fiio brt3k. Supports the highres Bluetooth codecs and can totally be used as a usbc dac. I got a pair of the samsung beans with my last phone and just hate them, this lets me use any pair of wired headphones I want.

    I still want a proper on board dac and a headphone jack but it's what I have to work with

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I used to swear by wired headphones.

    The audio quality, not needing batteries, the simplicity.

    But then I got a decent pair of Bluetooth headphones and I discovered how much wires got in my way. I discovered that the audio quality coming out of phones were garbage regardless of connection type, and the headphones I got would last weeks of daily use on one charge.

    Plus I would get a more water proof phone, and I would never have to worry about the headphone jack breaking inside of the port, or my headphones going flying off because I walked past a knob of whatever at just the right height to ruin my day.

    I still want phones to have the ports, but on mobile devices I'll never use them. I just want others to be happy too.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cables doesn't consume battery not get affected by radio interference.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Cables doesn’t consume battery

    When you plug earbuds into your phone, your phone is literally powering the earbuds. The cables transmit an electrical signal; they consume battery. The consumption is fairly negligible, of course, but so is modern Bluetooth.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    I believe they meant that bluetooth headphones need to be charged, while wired ones just run off the phone's battery. Sure, the amount of power consumed might not be that different (though bluetooth will still be more), but its easier for the user to just charge one device.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The consumption is fairly negligible, of course, but so is modern Bluetooth.

    Sure, that should be why using BT my phone headphones, battery lasts 30-40% less 🤦🏻

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