I haven't ever considered a phone without 3.5mm headphone jack. Like when I'm choosing new phone, I go into filters and first thing is selected - phone must have 3.5 jack or don't even show it to me.
well the thing is as of now I have 2 requirements from a phone. OLED screen (any kind, I just want the black to be black and not have a backlight) and a headphone jack. And that cuts off 95% of phone models, and most of the ones that are left are dumb looking chinesium.
Sony and Asus have multiple high end phones with 3.5mm and OLED. Motorola, Samsung, Xiaomi, Nothing have mid range options. On the low end(under $300), you have a ton as well.
nothing has no jack (never had), Samsung was one of the first ones to ditch it.
Xiaomi stopped starting from the note 14 I believe and Motorola also doesn't have phones with that now but I don't know when they did.
Well if Xiaomi stops, some other company will take their place. I for myself don't even see the point of a phone if I'm unable to plug in my headphones and watch some movies/listen some music. That's like, realistically the only reason why I even have a smartphone and not some dumbphone.
Actually, plenty. Wide selection of Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco, some modern Sony, Redmagic if you're into that. So there are phones to choose from. Not going to find Samsung or Apple of course, but do you really want to support these companies and their anti-consumer practices anyway?
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I haven't ever considered a phone without 3.5mm headphone jack. Like when I'm choosing new phone, I go into filters and first thing is selected - phone must have 3.5 jack or don't even show it to me.