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whimsical346hMany reasons to use phone instead of iPod for listening.
First of all, f the 3.5mm plug, the Bluetooth headphones are way more comfy.
I can hear notifications incoming.
I can answer to call immediately.
I mean what is this for comparison. A rock vs a Mercedes. And a modern phone plays songs whole day easily same for headphone. -
I had an mp3 player and it's in my closet. a digital fancy one I could put 2 gigs of stuff on from 2000s somewhere
battery lasts for a full week of me playing stuff, longer often
audio quality sucks though and it's so slow when I press any control. not cuz it's lagging but I guess hardware was slower back then. kinda vibe
and how long did walkmans last? months? -
kamen67774hI was considering an iPod in the times even before the Classic was called that because of its storage; there were plenty of flash-based players out there that were 1 or 2 gigs at most whereas that particular iPod was 40, 60, 80, even 160 (and the very few HDD-based players from other brands had problems). Never actually managed to get one because at that time they were not officially sold where I am and importing one was ridiculously expensive. So that would've been the only Apple device I would've owned.
Nowadays I have my own Navidrome instance and I'm listening on my phone through a Bluetooth receiver and wired IEMs. Ideally I'd want wired, but it's not worth it - given how noisy it usually is outside, the difference in quality is probably not perceivable.
Regarding battery - yeah, the more things you throw at a single device, the faster you will drain it. But how many dedicated devices do you carry around? Do you always have a camera on you for example? -
@jestdotty Oooooo. Oooooooh. That's hawt. lol. 2 gigs. Nice. After all, you could put the genie music in that bottle!
Full week.. thought so. That's excellent to hear!
Hm, interesting.
Walkmans? I don't know, I have to think about it. Mine lasted a few years/decades, until the rubbering banding worn out and then you have to replace them. Discmans were cool too. -
@jestdotty i have a walkman. A CD one. Never really used it but it uses AA battery
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