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 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
You guys have headphone jacks ?
Reporting from Sony Xperia III 5 with a jack. My last 5 phones had a jack & OLED too.
Bottom, for pocketing. And cable not dangling over screen.
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?
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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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 (
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
I vote all ports top left.
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).
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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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.
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”
The best answer is where the charging port is. So if we all decided it’s bottom, then it has to be down there.
All the answers trying to put it at the top don’t realise they would have now double problems either when charging or using the jack.
Also, bottom jack makes it great for pockets which is where the most audio time happens.
Imagine if phone manufacturers asked the public like this…
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Just noticed that android will do all other orientations BUT 180, lol…
Bottom. If I pull my phone out with the bottom facing up it’s a very easy transition to hold it up and use it. At the top I’ve got to flip the phone around when I take it out, and that’s an unforgivable sin of design. Only exaggerating a little
Not picky—it just needs to be there else I would be forced to buy Bluetooth e-waste.
I don’t know what kind of shit you guys buy, but I have used one single pair of Bluetooth tws earbuds since pre-covid and never looked back to wired which, at least in my experience, are the ones more prone to breaking
Edit: and it’s not like I got Apple airpods or anything, they are haylou gt1 that I paid like 25$ for in 2019 or 18
Edit2: and yes I do have a micro jack in my phone which I have not used once for the three years I have had this phone
Not my experience. I’ve spent way more on bluetooth headphones/buds than I ever spent on wired. 🤷
It’s not about how much you spend, but rather what you spend it on
I bought AirBudz once like five years ago and they still bring me half’a day
I couldn’t possibly tell you how many sets of wired headphones I’ve had to throw out in my life because of frayed/broken cables. Those things are e-waste too.
You are buying shitty headphones if you cant detach or otherwise repair the cables. The cables are just copper & some casing which is hardly e-waste & the rest is a magnet housed in plastic/resin. There isn’t lithium production for a battery or other rare minerals for a microchip.
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The phone should not have a dedicated “top” or “bottom”; the image should be able to flip 180 degrees via user config.
Phones need to align speaker to ear and microphone to mouth, so in that sense, there necessarily needs to be a top and bottom. I guess you can reframe the question as whether you like the jack on the microphone side or the speaker side.
the funny thing is that this comment reminded me that phones are still actually phones! I make and take so few calls it’s easy to forget
Mine has decided it sometimes doesn’t want to ring when people try calling. It’s ringing normally on the caller’s side, but I never get the call. It’s a phone that’s not good at being an actual phone!
Mine is like that too!
I’ve had times I’m waiting for a call, with the phone in my hands directly in front of my eyes, and I’ll have a feeling something’s off so I’ll check the call log and they called a minute ago.
I suspect it’s the NSA trying to fuck with my life by ensuring I miss important calls. The arrogant bastards.
Not if you make both ends capable of each job
