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The USB-C is unavailable because its being used to keep the phone powered. Is your solution to force everyone to carry yet another dongle in the form of a splitter?
How often are you really charging your phone while also using headphones, and do you really think that usecase is widespread enough to warrent an extra connection?
Literally daily
In this case you can invest 7 bucks in a good splitter.
I have two and they have had endless connection issues. Also, the DAC in splitters is terrible, so this requires a USB-C splitter followed by an external DAC. It's pretty unwieldy.
Also, on my previous phone without a jack the USB-C port started having charging issues after a couple of years due to wear. I'd be less annoyed about it if they had multiple USB-C ports, but a single port device is a bad idea in general.
It's >0, which is all that matters IMO.
If you’re using an older battery (which we should be as much as possible) then plugging in is needed more frequently. Upgrading every two years is not good for the environment, and certainly not good for the child slaves mining the parts for our batteries.
Wireless charger.
Now that's what's up. Was thinking the exact same thing. Non-issue.
A bad cable and entirely useless for the given scenario. Nice.
What makes it a bad cable?
This is the only audio cable I've needed/wanted for a phone in around 5 years. (note, the picture is just an example of the style, not the exact brand I happened to purchase)
For years I refused to even try wireless headphones/earbuds because I was stuck on hurdles like battery life, Bluetooth reliability/range, or the possibility of losing one; but once I actually gave some a try, particularly a good quality set, I honestly couldn't be happier and have come to prefer them over wired headphones quite significantly (specifically for mobile devices). It was genuinely a mental hurdle more than anything. Once I got off my high horse, stopped hating wireless headphones mostly on principle, and realized they actually fit my needs perfectly; I've found the only place I want/need both aux and power connections is at a non-bluetooth stereo.
So now, when I want to charge while playing music at a stereo; this cable is perfect, providing power to the phone and audio to the stereo without some bulky dongle hanging off of your usb c port wearing it out. Since switching to wireless headphones, and buying one of these cables, I have had no desire for anything else.