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Which one? The only ones I've been able to find have either terrible reviews, or I ordered it and it turned out to be terrible. "You sound like you're talking to us from under water or behind glass", was my colleagues' description.

Couldn't get a work phone with headphone jack... privately I dread the day where I need a new phone and need to probably forfeit both headphone and microsd to get something that's not seventeen inches in diameter or released more than three years ago so already out of support. Internal storage is overpriced, and I use that headphone port literally every day when falling asleep with an audio book; bluetooth buds are too thick to lay/lean on and would also get lost under the blanket and crushed overnight.



There are "wired" bluetooth earbuds [1], where the bluetooth/electronics hardware is not in the ear-part, but a separate part that is connected to both earbuds by wires.

Also, bluetooth earbuds designed for sleep [2].

[1] https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/product/MYMC2LL/A/beats-flex-a...

[2] https://ca.soundcore.com/products/sleep-a10-a6610z21?ref=nav...


The Apple ones look like they're those that go into your ear deeply, which you can't lay on (and I don't find comfortable anyway, but during the day that could be a compromise).

The sleep ones cost 170$ O.o

The ones you get for free with some phones, or the cheapest ones from a vending machine, are currently fine. I don't need custom specialty products... or, well, maybe I do, once a new phone without headphone jack is forced upon me in order to have a normal life where I can run the local transport company's app and other such semi-necessities...


I have to be honest, and the first one I bought was outright broken. For the second one I paid more attention to reviews and it was also slightly more expensive. Let me check if I can find the brand



Thanks! Note you can also buy this without bolcom tax, since this seller has their own website: https://www.mmobiel.com/nl/mmobiel-usb-c-naar-3.5mm-trrs-hoo... There's also one with a DAC with better specs https://www.mmobiel.com/nl/mmobiel-usb-c-naar-3.5mm-trrs-hoo... (whether that actually sounds better iff the original one is already fine, I doubt)

Another downside btw is that you can't charge your phone anymore at the same time. I bought a wireless charger to remedy that but the device gets super hot, thermal protection kicks in, and it starts to throttle the charging. Doesn't seem great for battery longevity. There's devices that combine power and headphone jack into USB-C, but there I couldn't find a single one where the reviews didn't say it broke after two weeks or unusable sound quality or so. I simply miss a separate headphone jack... but this will have to do. Thanks for looking up which one you've got :)




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