• brokenlcd@feddit.it
    1204·
    9 months ago

    To be honest i’d prefer it to be there at all considering the current trend of removing it.

    But to answer your question, jack on top, so when the phone is plugged in the wall you can stay on the other side since the headphone cable wont be bent

    • spdrmx@beehaw.org
      5·
      9 months ago

      I don’t think we can call it a trend anymore, shit hasn’t changed for a few years, not having an headphone jack is the norm and having one can now be a selling point for a phone

    • Sprawlie@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 months ago

      I still miss it so much. I’d take bottom or top, just to have that hole back. I have some amazing headphones, but they’re like 20+ years old and now gathering dust.

      I brought my favourite set of noise cancelling headphones with me after switching phones before I realized I had no devices to plug it into anymore.

    • MrVilliam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      I’m using the Pixel 5a. Solid phone, low price, unlocked so it can move networks, virtual SIM ready, 5G capable, and it has a headphone jack. Mine is a few years old and still cruising along just fine. I think they were under $500 at launch, so don’t believe anybody’s bullshit about headphone jacks drastically raising costs.

      • Dempf@lemmy.zip
        5·
        9 months ago

        Pixel 5a was great, but the units that are a couple years old are having major issues with the charging circuitry / motherboard. My phone bricked overnight while charging. It seems widespread enough right now that they’ve completely run out of refurbished stock of 5as and 6as to send out for replacements. I waited 6 weeks for an RMA with absolutely no updates – was about to just give up, buy a new phone, and take Google to small claims court. Finally got a replacement unit because the “social media team made an exception for me” after I tweeted them.

      • frank@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        9 months ago

        Same, and no clue what I’m doing after it. I love my headphone jack … Maybe an ASUS ROG?

    • toastal@lemmy.ml
      2·
      9 months ago

      Reporting from Sony Xperia III 5 with a jack. My last 5 phones had a jack & OLED too.

      • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml
        5·
        9 months ago

        I prefer the USB port to be on the bottom, but very few phones (at least in the smartphone era) even tried to move the USB port. Headphone jacks were frequently on top. I like the USB port on the bottom in the center so it can sit on a stand with a cutout in the center (which are pretty common).

    • rainynight65@feddit.de
      54·
      9 months ago

      I believe it was for waterproofing. One less port means less sealing, making it easier to improve the waterproofing of the phone.

      • toastal@lemmy.ml
        17·
        9 months ago

        Water ingress isn’t the issue & there’s been waterproofed ports for decades. They wanted to make devices thinner—but what value is it when its too thin to support a jack & made of materials that now require a case?

        • SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          11·
          9 months ago

          That’s probably just the marketing reason. The realistic reason is probably that they want to sell you their brand of wireless earbuds that need to be replaced in a few years tops

          • toastal@lemmy.ml
            51·
            9 months ago

            That conspiracy is one I believe too. Seems too odd that all OEMs dropped their jacks at the same time they started selling buds.

          • Draconic NEO@lemmy.world
            1·
            9 months ago

            That’s it, right there. Artificial exclusivity, that’s what it always was anything else is an excuse to look or seem better or less scummy.

      • Kindness@lemmy.ml
        6·
        9 months ago

        Which is only likely to last one year anyways. After which, you can pay an exorbitant amount to replace the degrading glue. I’d just like my wired headphones back, the jack will last longer than a year at the very least.

    • Draconic NEO@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      People are going to try to make up reasons, all of them are an excuse to cover up the real reason which is copying apple and forcing people into Bluetooth to sell more expensive tech junk to people. The original and really only reason.

  • Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    241·
    9 months ago

    I prefer the headphone jack is on the bottom, next to the charging port. That way, I can put the ports down while my phone is in my pocket if i’m working, so nothing gets into the ports. Then, if I’m just keeping my phone in my pocket normally, with the ports up, my headphones can plug in without problems.

  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
    19·
    9 months ago

    I just want the phone to rotate correctly whichever way I choose is up. I want to be able to read ebooks and charge my phone without holding it up. /End rant

  • vext01@lemmy.sdf.org
    19·
    9 months ago

    At the bottom. This way when you will it out of your pocket, you don’t have to turn it around for the screen to be the right way up.