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tomc1985

Or, you know, learn to route a cable through your clothes and then there's one less battery to be concerned with.

Outside of the RIDICULOUSLY narrow and short-sighted use-case of "I want to listen to the tunes on my phone" and a few other like scenarios, bluetooth headsets are is absolutely USELESS for anything else.

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I use my Bluetooth earbuds and headphones to listen to music and podcasts on my phone, my tablet, and my laptop, and to connect to my TV to watch movies or play games late at night when my roommate is sleeping. I use them at the gym, where having a cable get in the way could be a problem. I also use them to make phone calls when my hands are occupied. They work wonderfully for all these uses. I'd say that covers a lot of peoples' needs, though it sounds like it may not cover yours.

Not justifying the removal of the headphone jack by any means, but bluetooth earphones (good ones) are amazing when it comes to running, working out, skiing, biking etc. when you don't want to deal with wires running through your clothes.

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