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[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Can't wait for people with these to talk on speakerphone in public (or just play their music at max volume)

On the other hand I wonder if "600% higher" is just 8.5 dB louder. (700% total) - which isn't nothing, but "In general, to measure loudness, a sound must be increased by 10 dB to be perceived as twice as loud."

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, as someone who uses public transport having the noise nuisances get 600% louder really doesn’t sound too great.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes I wear headphones/earbuds without the music on, just to drown at the noise.

Get ones that isolate noise well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Hahaha this, I have ANC headphones and I always have them on, rarely any music.

In the past with my in-ear buds I would always listen to some random stuff just to get rid of that noise, which makes no sense and left me mentally exhausted

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Fight back. Daughters - Canada Songs

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

These go to 11.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Those will... not sell. Elementary school kids have smart phones. This isn't 2009 when the cool kids are sharing earbuds to listen to their Zune.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

I'm gonna buy an aux cable and blast a feedback loop until the battery explodes. I'd like to see your zune do that!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago

Train dudes rubbing their hands in anticipation

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Here a truth no one wants to acknowledge: smart phones suck. Both iOS and Android are awful. Phones are unrepairable future e-waste. Being able to use your phone as a desktop has never happened beyond Samsung's DeX for reasons I can't comprehend, because there's no good reason they couldn't be. Smart phones are trash and have made the world a worse place.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

RIP to everyone in a subway car with some asshole that has this phone.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

XLR socket or bust!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I just want a phone designed to make spoken word more audible in noisy environments, so I don't have to use some sketchy app when I'm trying to hear a poorly balanced podcast over the stove fan while cooking.

This just sounds like q feature that I've literally never seen anyone ask for outside of that or movies, basically

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Try out Shokz bone conducting headphones. They are awesome, you can hear the world around you, and the app has a vocal booster mode that makes listening to podcasts much better. It works really well on my 1.5 hour bike commute in traffic with road noise, and I can still hear the cars passing by.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Highly recommend Shokz! Absolutely love mine

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Try new moto phones. They have dolby presets and their podcast preset is quite good. I don't know if all their phones support it, but most of the new ones have this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It's got it's faults but I love the speakers on my Zenfone 10. Very loud with good bass, especially for a relatively compact phone.

I'd love a phone with a dedicated DAC and decent shielding like the old LG V devices. Whilst there are dedicated DAPs with these features at this point I'd prefer an all in one device. Although the ZD10 has a headphone jack I can hear humming with no music/sound through them -_-

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Meme phone for sure but the industry is so boring now that I've started to appreciate these occasional weird designs out of China.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

One headphone jack is enough. Just pair it with a powerful amp and dac like on the LG V-series.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Mawp. Mawp. Mawp.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Having a headphone jack is great, but this really is a gimmy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

For many people it is necessary

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Who? Who needs to be able to plug 2 headphones into their phones?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Two people listening at once, or DJing. It is very gimmicky but has its uses

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

All I need is one

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I like the design.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Finally the phone for everyone who claims the fairphone is not sustainable anymore because they removed the headphone jack.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

"trust me, consooming the green way is going to save the planet. just buy our TWS earbuds, no this is not the reason we removed the headphone jack"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Bet it still doesn't have an SD card though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Or removable battery