coming from samsung, they have achieved ip68 with a headphone jack, i know other companies are not like this at the moment.
I wonder what they will replace the headphone jack with if they do decide to replace it
Does anyone still use headphones socket on phone?
Understandably it’s like I mentioned they can put a larger battery in the phone. If you read up on any company who removes it their number 1 reasoning is to allow a bigger battery
In a way its annoying that manufacturers are getting rid of the socket. But I rarely use it. I mostly use Bluetooth. When I forget to charge my Anker buds then I use a wired set as a back up. I use a Bluetooth adapter when using my over-the-ear studio headphones for movies (Anker needs to make a studio over-the-ear) and other activities where I need higher quality headphones.
But bluetooth adapters and bluetooth earbuds only work when you keep them charged.
I have an iPhone 6 so i still use the headphones it came with.
I still use my Panasonic $12 wired buds daily for watching movies. the sound sync for movies does not work well with Bluetooth.
I have yet to use my headphone dongle or use the provided headphones that came with iPhone 7…
A few months ago I did plug in my bluetooth over ear headphones with the aux cable cause I didn’t feel like pairing them…
Other than that 1 time, haven’t used 3.5 in probably 2 years headphone or speaker…
Sometimes when the BT headphones are out of battery…
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Since Bluetooth has become cheaper and much better implemented, I haven’t. My car doesn’t have Bluetooth, but since I got my family transmitter, haven’t touched the aux port but to pull pocket fuzz out of it:joy:
Ditto as spare.
I use standard apple headphones with my IPad and IPhone 6. But, I am thinking of purchasing some Soundbuds.
Cool. For what common situation purpose?
Mostly watching YouTube or Movies and I have some over ear Beats I sometimes use for workouts.
If I got some soundbuds it would definitely make my running easier and I would use them for YouTube too.
For what duration between charges? How noisy is the environment? I tend to use most hours with the Life as they simply have better battery life about a 24 hour in near continuous use, I move to Slim (and now Slim+) for active movement situations in my case is a few hours. The Slim and the SLim+ have an eerily very good sound isolation, they block the outside world out extremely well. Don’t know how they do that. The Life simply doesn’t that noise isolation as good. I don’t know why.
I would easily be able to charge them at night but I don’t see myself using earbuds more than 4-5 hours a day with more like 3 the average. It also sound like I might be able to use these while mowing as my mower is extremely loud 
Perfect. You have an answer therefore. Just wait for the discount code. It is likely along in a month-ish.
Sounds like a plan
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The only time I use wired headphones is when traveling. I invested in a great pair of noise-canceling headphones about 5 years ago, and they’re perfect with my iPad on a plane. Other than that, I haven’t used wired headphones for years.
I recently noticed that I had quite the collection of brand new Apple earbuds laying around, from having purchased i-devices over the years. So I posted them on my local Nexdoor.com community board and sold all seven pairs for $10 each. 
If Anker ever comes out with traditional-style (earcup) BT, nose-canceling headphones, I will buy them in a heartbeat!
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I’ve had a renewed interest with the LG V30 and its quad DAC. Sounds pretty fabulous with high quality audio and a high quality headset.
Yes, there is always some delay. Despite the sound via Bluetooth itself being incredible, wired is the best way to eliminate that inevitable delay issue.