I don’t think I’ve seen one at the top…
I’d say bottom because I’d rather not have the cord coming towards me, rather than away, when I’m using the phone. Also it seems more ergonomic for me to put my phone in my pocket with the top pointed down rather than up.
My Xperia 10 III has it up top. Damaged more than one cable by just jamming it in my pocket upside-down then realising the cable’s getting smushed up. Note to self: Get headphones with 90 degree cable connectors
iPhones used to have them on the top. At least.
It was kinda weird.
I have been happily cordless for years but preferred the bottom as putting the phone top down in my pocket makes for one quick motion to view the phone and put it back without rotating it.
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.
Side, cuz fuck you that’s why.
I vote all ports top left.
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!
the ROG phones have a second USB C port on the side
Give me a parallel port or give me death.
What about SCART?
If this is a phone I’d buy it instantly
Only a tv decoder unfourtounatly (
You guys have headphone jacks ?
Reporting from Sony Xperia III 5 with a jack. My last 5 phones had a jack & OLED too.
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.
Same, and no clue what I’m doing after it. I love my headphone jack … Maybe an ASUS ROG?
Are they still manufactured ?
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.
Yep.
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).
Bottom of the phone.
I tend to mount my phone in my car and prefer if the jack is at the bottom.
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
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
i’d prefer it to be there at all
Lol The future is interesting
I don’t really care because I rotate my screen 180 degrees in landscape if it’s on the bottom and I’m using headphones
None, because I use wireless on the phone. Tablet/laptop is used when I need fidelity.
On the back so it doesn’t get in the way.
But seriously, neither. If I’m listening on my phone I’ll be out and about, and don’t want wires in the way. Bluetooth all the way.
At home, via a decent DAC hooked up to a PC.
Does it bother you that much if your phone has a headphone jack that you don’t use?
Does it take away something from your experience? You always have the option of just… not using it.
I always charge my phone wirelessly but I’m not gonna go and say I prefer a phone without a charging port. That would just be stupid.
The only reason headphone Jacks got taken away was so you’d be forced to buy Bluetooth solutions. Like AirPods.
It actually does take away. Headphone jacks take up a comparatively huge amount of internal space that can be better spent elsewhere
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.
Bottom sucks though if you want to use the phone with headphones and set the bottom edge down on something (e.g. on your bed).
Top will always end up in front of the screen.
Only if you lean your phone towards you instead of slightly away from you.
Which is more often that you think
I guess it depends on the type of headphone you are using. I could see your problem with those short wire earplugs with one wire to each ear where the wires are hanging between ears and phone. Not so much with the longer ones that only go to one ear and have generally thicker wires like an over-ear headset.
Same issue with charger tho?
Yeah, but you can always charge while you are sleeping or otherwise not using it but if you want to listen to stuff in an environment that requires headphones you have no choice but to have it plugged in at that time. Can’t exactly pre-play your music or audio book into your headphones at night.
So, it can lay flat to charge…
…but it has to be upright to play music…
?
If you want to use it for other things at the same time, then yes, it can’t lay flat. I really don’t see how the concept is so difficult to understand.
It seems like you’re reaching really hard for it to be an issue.
Book stands hold phones very well.
So do old cassette cases.
I find my hand usually does a good job too, but sometimes I prop it between my knees.
If you really want it to be an issue, I guess it could be, but you’d have to try really hard to be inconvenienced.
If the screen rotates 180 degrees then I don’t care where the jack is.
When in my pocket or on a call I want the jack “up”
Just noticed that android will do all other orientations BUT 180, lol…
Bottom.
