With completely wireless earbuds, the rule is: when the battery fails, they have to be disposed of. Not so with the Fairbuds, that allow you to replace batteries in just a few seconds. Combined with a repairable design, the earbuds should therefore have an extremely long lifetime.
  • MaxHardwood@lemmy.caEnglish
    243·
    9 months ago

    Which ones are you referring to? What’s is your actual use time, like 8+ hours a day without charging? I use cheap generic MPOW ones I got for $40 and they easily last me at least 2 days

    fun edit:

    With a jack you can listen and charge you phone at the same time

    With wireless headphones you can also charge your phone and listen at the same time

    • Bob@feddit.nl
      6·
      9 months ago

      But any reason to prefer wireless is sort of moot because having a 3.5mm jack doesn’t preclude a wireless headphone feature.

    • BlueTardis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      9 months ago

      So… I was more referring to a 3.5mm jack on the phone.

      Commute time is a little over 2hours each way. Office use is 6-8 hours. Listening + calls and needing a microphone.

      Would rather not to have to do the dance for multiple devices and chargers vs just one and a single usb input.

      Some of the bushes busses and trains have a usb but you have to get lucky and then decide what needs charging more…the phone or the buds.

      Give me a wired option any day. Also used less battery power and sounds better.

      edit… typo

      • retrieval4558@mander.xyz
        5·
        9 months ago

        Unrelated, but how do you tolerate that length of commute every day? I’d last 3 days before either looking for a new job or a new house.

        • BlueTardis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Well… It’s not a commute that I need to do every day. Also I can (to some extent) work on that commute as the majority of it is on an inter-urban train. Timeboxing tasks to 30 mins or an hour can be quite productive. That said, having decent music and or noise blocking configured for your environment helps a lot. I highly recommend these guys - I have their full app and being able to dial just the right frequencies to deal with whatever is bugging you is amazing…

          https://mynoise.net

          That said, without my device and quality headphones/iem I wouldn’t be able to tolerate it.

    • laughterlaughter@lemmy.world
      52·
      9 months ago

      With wireless headphones you can also charge your phone and listen at the same time

      Yes, but that’s not the point. The point is that if I want to use wired headphones, I can’t charge my phone. Something I was able to do before, and now it’s a “privilege” for wireless users. It’s bullshit.

      • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
        21·
        9 months ago

        What phone do you have where you can’t charge it and use wired headphones?!

        I might be out of the loop lol. Is that an iPhone thing? I use android.

      • Baahb@lemmy.world
        69·
        9 months ago

        Problem solving: 2 in 1 Samsung USB Type C to 3.5mm Headphone and Charger Adapter for Galaxy S23/S22/S21/S24,60W PD USB C to Aux Audio Jack Dongle Cable Android Phone Fast Charging Cord for iPhone 15,Google Pixel 8/7a https://a.co/d/6dewjjB

        JFC y’all are dumb. Just get a goddamn splitter. It’s not “privilege” that you get to keep using lead paint in your house, when you can do the same thing without the drawbacks or the lead.

        • laughterlaughter@lemmy.world
          9·
          9 months ago

          It’s not “privilege” that you get to keep using lead paint in your house, when you can do the same thing without the drawbacks or the lead.

          What a weak ass analogy. A mini-jack doesn’t harm anybody.

          • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
            4·
            9 months ago

            How can you say that! It harms the shareholders of wireless earphones manufacturers!