(Posting this here rather than !askandroid@lemdro.id as it’s a quite general question)
I had a look at the GSM Arena phone finder, and it the choice is getting smaller and smaller every year (only 43 phones from 2023, reviewed by the site, had a jack)
The remaining ones are mostly
- Xiaomi Redmi
- Zenfones
- Sony
- Samsung entry range
So, has everyone switched to Bluetooth / USB-C dongles, or are there still a few people holding to the jack until the very end?
I held out for a long time but, like you said, they’re gone from almost every phone now.
Zenfone seems like a mostly-good phone but you’re getting 2 years of software support, max. That’s a huge dealbreaker.
I gave in when I traded in my Pixel 5 for a 7 about a year ago.