I mean, idk why I didn’t think of it, but I had a wireless headphone and I used it continueously for like 3-5 hours and battery barely drained.

But headphones are not very portable, I mean there is no wire to mess with, but still, its not exactly easy to carry if you are, for example, commuting. So I also got some wireless earbuds, but these only last like 1 hour maybe 2 with continuous use. Kinda annoying since with headphones, you can (some, at least) plug in the battery and charge it while using it, and its essentially temporarily a wired headphone (at least until you get enough charge to disconnect it again), but earbuds can’t do that.

This is kinda of a mildly infuriating post, but I don’t really want the negative energy, like its not the technology’s fault, I just forgot that you can’t really fit a big battery inside a tiny earbud lol. (I forgot physics existed)

So yea, every hour or so, I have to put it back in the charging case. Annoying…

I think I now understand why people really wanted the headphone jack back (I mean I still don’t like wires dangling around, but yea I get it, you don’t have to worry about the battery running out, its tradeoffs vs different tradeoffs).

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    My kids use galaxy buds, which have a battery life of about 8 hours. If they charge the case, they can use them for three days without a recharge.

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      Yeah, I have the Galaxy Buds Pro 2 and they last 5 or 6 hours, but I almost never listen to music long enough to fully drain the batteries. I’ve had them for ~3 years now, still working just as good as the day I got them.