I use wired headphones in bed, listening to podcast and whatnot. Easier to just yank out and throw away when falling asleep. I use lightning headphones right now..
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I used it every day, when I had it. I would still use it every day if I had it. Sadly I don't have it anymore.
Me, at least once a week
The one time I missed it was when I was trying to sell a subwoofer which only has RCA inputs and I had to use my laptop top prove it worked to potential buyers. Other than that, I use Bluetooth exclusively.
I use it every day on my way to work and most nights before bed.
Every day, I have an app that connects the audio of my pc to my phone through wifi and using bluetooth would just make the whole setup unusable for calls + wifi has better range and audio quality than bluetooth. The whole setup is PC->Ethernet->Router->wifi->Phone for ~30 ms of latency and the app is soundwire.
Whenever my fiio runs out of power. About once a week.
I have never once used the audio jack on a phone, Bluetooth is just much more convenient for me and has never caused me any issues.
I bought nice fancy wireless earbuds once, and lost one of them like 2 weeks in when I fell to river with bicycle. Maybe it's a 1 in a million case, but showed a good reason to not have wireless buds
TBF most likely both would've been gone by then
I had both on me when I fell, but only lost one.
Anyways, accidents are a common when doing sports so it's always a good chance to lose those small things. Clear win for wires there
All my headphones are wired so daily. I have a dongle for an iPad I use frequently and it works fine but charging it is a drain.
I don't have a headphone jack.
Even if I had one, I haven't been able to buy wired headphones that aren't crap quality that don't hurt my ears. Last time I bought wired headphones (more accurately earbuds) they were tinny knock off garbage being sold on Amazon as a legitimate product, and that was years ago.
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I have some Fiio FH3 IEMs that I use with a Lightning to 3.5mm dongle fairly often. I also have some Airpods that are much more convenient to carry around and use but I do like my wired IEMs for when I want a more focused music listening and am not going to be moving around as much.
I definitely used it when I had it on my previous phone. These days though… bluetooth headphones are good enough for me for calls, podcasts and YouTube. So I just use those.
My phone doesn't have a headphone jack, but I use wired headphones every day, so I use an adapter. I've had the same ones for about 10 years now, so I see no reason to replace them.
How do you get headphones to last 10 years? I usually have to replace mine every year or so, because of the padding wilting, or normal wears, or just something happening.
Both the ear piece padding and the cord are easily replaceable. I have replaced the cord… maybe once? The padding I've replaced a few times and is around $30 to do so.
Don't have one and personally I do not care anymore. I probably will never go back to wired on phone.
PC is a different story, I use wired headset there exclusively unless it is work PC and I need mic, then I also use wireless.
I’ve never liked or wanted a wire connecting me to my phone. It’s irritating and is a hugely negative stim for me, akin to nails on a chalkboard.
Well I do almost daily
I have a pair of hybrid headphones that are both bluetooth and support 3.5mm wired.
I use them wired on my PC and bluetooth everywhere else.
I use lightning cord headphones because using my hearing aids as Bluetooth all the time drains them and there are connectivity issues over random shit.
That said, yeah, it’s a minor annoyance that I don’t have an aux jack, and the waterproofing is more valuable to me
Incidentally using my hearing aids as headphones has started causing me problems because they autoconnect to Bluetooth and my upstairs neighbors have just gotten Bluetooth speakers. I need to find a way to make them stop connecting to those devices for my sanity
Sorry to derail but what do people think of air gap or air tube wired headphones? Do you think they are necessary?
A few years ago I would have said every day, but I got a really good pair of Bluetooth Bose headphones that have wireless charging so I don't have to worry about anything anymore. After work they get put on a charging pad then in the morning I grab them and they're ready to go.
I use it every single day. My phone just died, I have a temporary phone with Jack,, but I know my next one won't have one and I'm afraid of that change.
I've tried using an adapter and the quality sucks.
I use it every time I drive.
I bought a dongle for $7 and use it at work, maybe twice a week?