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
i’d prefer it to be there at all
Lol The future is interesting
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
I prefer it being present
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.
This.
Bottom, for pocketing. And cable not dangling over screen.
This… More upvotes please
Plus, easier to manage points of water ingress
How does having it on the bottom matter to “pocketing”?
Most people put phone in the pocket upside down
Won’t that allow for crap to fall into the USB port?
Only if you’re the type of person that likes to put crap in the same pocket as your phone.
Any job where you deal with construction or dirt or sawdust will absolutely clog those ports if left in pants facing upward.
You guys have headphone jacks ?
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.
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.
Same, and no clue what I’m doing after it. I love my headphone jack … Maybe an ASUS ROG?
Are they still manufactured ?
Cannot find new phones anyone sadly in India.
Yep.
Reporting from Sony Xperia III 5 with a jack. My last 5 phones had a jack & OLED too.
I prefer it existing. Tough ask I know
Zenfone, Xperia, Mi… Stick to those brands who respect you as a customer.
Asus respects you as a customer? That’s why they just lost a lawsuit because they wouldn’t provide a bootloader unlocking method?
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Doesn’t really matter as long as the jack exists in the first place.
Same for charging port?
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).
Same side as the charging port. All cables must come out at the same side.
I need a port on each side.
USB-C on the bottom.
3.5mm audio on top.
RJ45 on the left.
SCART on the right.This is the right answer, in my opinion.
If you are of the pants with pockets wearing disposition, then whichever side of the phone faces down will inevitably end up filled with dust and lint. Having both ports on the same side makes this a trivial problem.
Just having one would be great. Thank you Apple (but why did so many Androids copy the removal?).
I believe it was for waterproofing. One less port means less sealing, making it easier to improve the waterproofing of the phone.
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?
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
That conspiracy is one I believe too. Seems too odd that all OEMs dropped their jacks at the same time they started selling buds.
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.
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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.
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.
Well it gives companies a bit more space to work with.
Side, cuz fuck you that’s why.
This is actually genius, because then, while you’re at it, you could add different ports too, like RCA ports, a bit-perfect Toslink, etc. I desperately want this phone now! I don’t care if it weighs a few extra kilograms, I NEED TOSLINK!
What about SCART?
If this is a phone I’d buy it instantly
Only a tv decoder unfourtounatly (
Give me a parallel port or give me death.
the ROG phones have a second USB C port on the side
I was just thinking my hand would be less in the way than the bottom and top seems unholy and undignified.
Best we can do is co-ax
Lol, should come with a dock station too
I vote all ports top left.
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.
I’d settle for a headphone jack period. Any suggestions?
Samsung galaxy S10, any more recent suggestions would be a godsend.
Bottom, because I put my phone in my pocket top down.
Top down, ports up. That’s the way you like to hang up.
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
I use this to fix that problem on android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.crape.rotationcontrol
Don’t know about iPhone but I won’t ever use them
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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.
Honestly I just use my hands
Lol. “Pull”
Imagine if phone manufacturers asked the public like this…
Chaos
