For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up

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    U could try a usb to jack converter. Looks stupid but at least there’s a jack. Quality sucks anyway as they all use cheap dacs now 😩

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      usb to jack converter

      All Most of the ones you can get nowadays actually have a sound chip inside the cable (in the flat part behind the USB-C). So they’re pretty much a USB-C soundcard with just a headphone out. So it’s worth shopping around to find one that has a good soundcard built in.

      A good alternative is getting a decent portable Bluetooth audio receiver to plug your regular headphones into. Can get a better headphone amp that way.

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        There are phones that output analog audio over type C so you can have a type c to jack adapter with no dac inside, just wires. That is possible through Audio Adapter Accessory Alternate Mode.

        My huawei tablet works with such an adapter, but when I try it with the samsung s10e which has a jack, it gives an error and doesn’t work.

        Type C alternate modes are cool, too bad they are not advertised, they should be clearly labled and easily distinguishable. Type C has so many features yet it’s so hard to know what’s available without actually having the devices and connecting them. It’s both a blessing and a curse.

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          Thanks for the correction. I had thought that only some of the early Motorolas had that feature, but it looks like there are quite a few more phones that support analog audio out via USB-C.

          From the wiki article:

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C#Alternate_modes

          Moto Z/Z Force, Moto Z2/Z2 Force/Z2 Play, Moto Z3/Z3 Play

          Sony Xperia XZ2

          Huawei Mate 10 Pro, Huawei P20/P20 Pro, Honor Magic2, LeEco

          Xiaomi phones

          OnePlus 6T, OnePlus 7/7 Pro/7T/7T Pro

          Oppo Find X/Oppo R17/R17 Pro

          ZTE Nubia Z17/Z18

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      I’ve got a suprisingly good pair of USB C earbuds that I found in my mailbox at the moment, but yeah at some point I’ll probably get a DAC