This discussion is so old. Everybody knows that class schedules begin too early for kids. It's the teachers that keep later schedules from happening because they want their free time afterwards.
- heavy, thus fall out your ear while running.
- small battery (which evolves, but slowely)
- more expensive
- redundant audio processors
- mostly low quality audio processors
- bluetooth is unstable
Cable Headset
PRO
- good audio quality
- low price (in comparison)
- light, stays in your ear while jogging
- usable on a range of devices
- compact design
- make use of a huge battery, namely the one in your phone
CON
- the cable breaks after some time
- the cable restricts you
I don't see the why I would want to change my standard headphones for a technology that is bound to fail me over time, either by running out of juice or by a bluetooth hickup. I wouldn't buy a phone without a headphone jack. Period.
I agree with Bluetooth 4.xx audio quality. It sucks, especially for bass (I have several giant wireless headphones including one from Bose for reference). Everything sounds more flat. Hopefully the new 5.x standards will fix it.
There's one pro that you're missing for bluetooth though. One less port means it's easier to protect Pixels from water.
Bluetooth is necessarily lower quality as you're taking an audio source and compressing and decompressing it using a lossy algorithm. Granted, as most people are listening to streaming, they're already listening to a source that's been compressed and decompressed once or twice.
The big con for me is I already have great headphones that I'm guessing I'll use for another 5 years or more. They don't have bluetooth equivalents. I'm normally a big Pixel/Nexus fan so this is a big disappointment for me.
I use these - https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-S305-Bluetooth-Stereo-Headph... and love them. The battery is worth a few hours, doesn't fall out (don't like earbuds), and decent sound quality (albeit i'm not an expert in what someone might deem 'quality')
Only point I agree with about the Bluetooth headsets is that they're expensive. Although I must admit, the bigger ones do make you look a bit like Frankenstein's monster
I go running all the time with my Soundsports and have zero issues - battery life can be measure in weeks, they never fall out, bluetooth is rock solid, and the best bit is I don't even need my phone they can operate directly from my watch.
Each to their own, but I doubt I'll ever use wired earphones with my phone again.
Bluetooth can handle a larger variety of tasks than just transmitting audio to the headset. In other words, the headphone jack limits what we can do with smart listening devices.
Can't charge and listen at the same time. For many (most?) use cases, this wouldn't matter, but for example, taking a multi-hour plane trip and wanting to use your phone to watch a movie or two would be basically impossible.
If manufacturers are so dead-set on getting rid of the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack, I hope they move towards dual USB-C.
The "Space Corps" idea is more about reorganizing who takes care of GPS and other space assets, not about putting weapons in space. It seems the main argument against it is that the bureaucratic reshuffling does not serve much of a practical purpose.
Also the dispute this generates! You wouldn't believe how many friendships are torn apart over the question of whether it is "die Nutella" oder "das Nutella".
It is "die Nutella", just so we are clear!
My point is that, whenever you want to use a brand name like "Nutella" in a specific context and you're unsure about the gender, you can just use a compound word with a clearly defined gender instead.
On a semi-related note: in the Rhineland gendered articles are also used colloquially when talking about people: "Der Mark", "Die Steffi" and so on. I was born into this but I'm unsure how I feel about it after finding out it's actually non-standard in the rest of Germany.
Divide et impera!