Like the majority of the population, during the pandemic, I played Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ANCH) for hours on end. It was an oasis to get away from all the sad news of the moment. One of my friends also played ANCH, so to pass the time inside, we would call, talk shit, and play ACNH together.
During that time, I was loyal to Airpods. You couldn’t get them out of my ears. Once I connected to the wireless connection, I said to myself: ME. WAS. NO. GOING. BACK. The convenience of having no cables, leaving my phone, and walking away, was a dream, I was living in the future.
That was until my AirPods kept dying while I was on the phone with my friend playing ACNH. And before you ask, yes, I fully charged them and they were more or less new.
My aunt, who I was staying with at the time, was using her wired Apple EarBuds to chat with her friends, which inspired me to give them a try during one of the common incidents where my AirPods ran out of battery.
During one of my ACNH binge sessions with my friend, I picked up the phone and decided to try the wireless headphones. The moment I plugged the cable into the Lightning port and put on the headphones, dear reader, my life changed.
I no longer had to run around my house looking for my charger when my AirPods did the dreaded “do, do, do, do”; there was no need to charge; I could put on headphones and listen to audio endlessly, or until my iPhone turns off.
I’ve been on the wired headphone hype train ever since and have slowly been convincing my friends to use them too. (Okay, one friend, but that’s better than none!).
Wired headsets are the best for chatting on the phone, not only for battery life but also for crisp, clear audio.
There were times when I was using AirPods and the audio would cut out, causing me to constantly repeat myself. With my wired headphones, I don’t have to worry about the sound cutting out.
I’m also a big fan of voice memos, I’d prefer voice memos to text messages and phone calls every day, and wired headphones are the perfect companion. There’s something very satisfying about holding the headset microphone close to your mouth while you tell your craziest story to your best friend. If you haven’t done it yet, I recommend that you do so.
Wired headphones also bring a certain nostalgia to me. I was a teenager when the iconic iPod ads first aired, and watching the shiny white earbuds shake while people danced was a source of joy for me (and still is, to be honest).
They are also affordable. You can stop by your local JB Hi-Fi right now and pick up a pair for $29. For less than $30, you can have the whole world in your ears.
Honestly, I still use Bluetooth headphones, both AirPods and Bose noise-canceling headphones, but it’s situational use (planes, exercising, trying to block out loud people in the office, etc.)
So while I’m not a wired headphone purist, I’m still a big fan.
Sure, it’s annoying that you need to have your phone with you at all times to enjoy the wired headphone experience, but most of the time I have my phone with me, so it’s not a real burden.
The only problem is that the port you have for your headphones is the same for the charger, so when you listen to music and your iPhone needs to charge, you have to give up cables to recharge your phone.
And it’s not just me who loves wired headphones, I’ve noticed people in my office, on the bus, and working out using these types of headphones. Oh, and Gigi Hadid is a big fan too.
So if you reject wired headphones, I implore you to put on some wired headphones and start the first day of the rest of your life.
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