More reliable until the port fails. It’s just too small for daily use. They always break before anything else. Been that way since the days of the OG iPod and it’s maddening.
I actually liked using lightning plug/USB-C adaptors. The flat but thick enough form factor heavily reduces the wear and tear IME.
The fiddling I have to do when trying to get the audio sounding right on my computer when I plug in my headphones is absolute torture, and if I barely graze the wire with my feet then all of a sudden the audio comes from just the left side, or is muffled, or something else ;w;
Tbh i didn’t have any problems with 3.5mm. It always worked for me (even when used in odd ways and angles).
To be clear. I actually like BT and the ways it opens in terms of various accessories, but BT has its drawbacks while analog ports. That’s why i would prefer to have both BT and physical port (in case of BT failing)
Part of it is use case. You don’t (typically) pull the iPod or any music player out over and over 100 times a day like a phone, so it often sat in your pocket for longer stretches. Big risk to cables because you’d progressively bend the end of the cord or gradually fuck up the port itself.
It’s not about build quality, it’s that small/thin things are generally more liable to bend/warp/snap. If it was a quarter inch plug (absurd but bear with me) this would be a non-issue due to the sheer size.
More reliable until the port fails. It’s just too small for daily use. They always break before anything else. Been that way since the days of the OG iPod and it’s maddening.
I actually liked using lightning plug/USB-C adaptors. The flat but thick enough form factor heavily reduces the wear and tear IME.
I’ve never had a 3.5 fail, are you sure it’s not just getting clogged with dirt or something?
The fiddling I have to do when trying to get the audio sounding right on my computer when I plug in my headphones is absolute torture, and if I barely graze the wire with my feet then all of a sudden the audio comes from just the left side, or is muffled, or something else ;w;
that’s a broken headphone, treat yourself to a nice pair of IEMs, they’re not that expensive
You’ve never bent the end of the cable in port?
like the metal bit?? how???
Are you joking?
How have you bent a 3.5mm connector? They are solid metal. I’ve broke 3.5mm jacks but never bent the connector.
And so can BT
Tbh i didn’t have any problems with 3.5mm. It always worked for me (even when used in odd ways and angles).
To be clear. I actually like BT and the ways it opens in terms of various accessories, but BT has its drawbacks while analog ports. That’s why i would prefer to have both BT and physical port (in case of BT failing)
I have never had a port fail. Were iPods really that low quality? I use them just about every day
Part of it is use case. You don’t (typically) pull the iPod or any music player out over and over 100 times a day like a phone, so it often sat in your pocket for longer stretches. Big risk to cables because you’d progressively bend the end of the cord or gradually fuck up the port itself.
It’s not about build quality, it’s that small/thin things are generally more liable to bend/warp/snap. If it was a quarter inch plug (absurd but bear with me) this would be a non-issue due to the sheer size.