Headphone socket , Is it just me?

**Arthur Lee1** · 03-17-2013, 03:28 PM

Love the phone , but if I could change the headphone input from top to bottom , that would make it even better. Can I get a witness?

**Lanhoj** · 03-17-2013, 03:34 PM

I always liked it on the bottom & disliked how iPhone put it at the top...now iPhone 5 has it on the bottom & my N4 on top

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**Patrick Schroedl** · 03-17-2013, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Lanhoj

I always liked it on the bottom & disliked how iPhone put it at the top...now iPhone 5 has it on the bottom & my N4 on top

This. This frustrated me to no end. The ease of use with a headphone jack on the bottom when your phone is in a pocket or a cupholder is exponentially greater than with one on the top. In fact, I expected it to be on the bottom so much that I didn't even bother checking when I ordered my Nexus 4.

I was unpleasantly surprised, and I'm reminded of it every time I try to use headphones or earbuds with it.

**mr_nobody** · 03-17-2013, 04:47 PM

Disagree. Top works for me.

**Channan** · 03-17-2013, 05:09 PM

Bottom is more functional IMO but it just seems awkward fsr so I'm really fine with either way.

**wunderbar** · 03-17-2013, 05:20 PM

After a year of a bottom headphone jack on the GNex I grew to love it. One of my only complaints about the device, really.

**NexusGirlX** · 03-17-2013, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by mr_nobody

Disagree. Top works for me.

I got so used to it with the iPhones that I had and this phone is no different now. Never bothered with the iPhone 5, stopped at the 4S. My Nexus 7 has it on the bottom.

**taj7575** · 03-17-2013, 06:07 PM

I completely agree.

It also doesn't help how symmetrical the Nexus 4 is sometimes. I've held it upside down so many times because I'm used to having devices that (properly!) place the headphone jack at the bottom.

**whitegoodmen** · 03-17-2013, 06:16 PM

I like it on the bottom too! It just seems cumbersome on top.

**CoMoNexus** · 03-17-2013, 07:50 PM

I can't figure out why the jack doesn't go all the way in. I get stereo sound, so I'm wondering if the port is designed to accommodate multiple types besides basic stereo and mono.

**Patrick Schroedl** · 03-17-2013, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by taj7575

I completely agree.

It also doesn't help how symmetrical the Nexus 4 is sometimes. I've held it upside down so many times because I'm used to having devices that (properly!) place the headphone jack at the bottom.

I had the same problem for a while, but I've just recently gotten used to feeling it when out of sight based on the slightly raised outline around the camera lens, or the microUSB port.

**KwietStorm** · 03-17-2013, 08:29 PM

I never understood what the big deal was with this argument for whatever phone in question. I couldn't care less if its top or bottom.

**Patrick Schroedl** · 03-17-2013, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by KwietStorm

I never understood what the big deal was with this argument for whatever phone in question. I couldn't care less if its top or bottom.

It's definitely a matter of personal preference, but some people find the location of the jack to make a difference in some situations.

When driving, I find it much easier to take my phone out of the cupholder and skip music tracks without looking at it if the jack is on the bottom.

**masqueofhastur** · 03-17-2013, 09:13 PM

Totally agree. I don't get how handset makers can screw this up. Bottom, off to one side, preferably the same side as volume controls is the only place the jack should be.
It's good Samsung understands this, and Apple finally figured it out, but it's bafflig how nobody else clued in.

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**chestont** · 03-18-2013, 10:02 AM

I absolutely agree with this. So weird to me especially if I want to plug in a USB and an AUX cable in my car. The wires stick out of opposite ends of the phone so I can't simply pop the phone into my cupholder anymore.

**Nonymous666** · 03-18-2013, 11:23 AM

I like the headphones on the top. I like to keep the phone in my jacket inside breast pocket, and top works best for that.

My current car has blue tooth so it doesn't matter but, previously, I also preferred the jack on the top so I could run a cable from it into my car's aux port, and then drop the phone into my cupholder.

**wunderbar** · 03-18-2013, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by CoMoNexus

I can't figure out why the jack doesn't go all the way in. I get stereo sound, so I'm wondering if the port is designed to accommodate multiple types besides basic stereo and mono.

It does go all the way in, it is just that with the curvature of the phone it looks like it isn't in fully when you look at it from the back. Every phone that has the jack on a side with a curve like that will look similar.

**Gamer_Radar** · 03-18-2013, 11:56 AM

Wait what!!??

How is it better on the bottom. Please explain!

I place this phone in cup holders (driving) and the aux cord pops right into my headphone jack.. Which is on the top. When I glance at my screen, guess what... The bloody thing isn't upside down like my friends iPhone....

I HATE phones with bottom jacks. They just make no sense..

In my pocket.
Guess what? The phones the right side up.. As in my screens not upside down.

In my cupholder....
Phones READABLE!!

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I can say this: wish the phones USB was on its side

**karmamule** · 03-18-2013, 12:12 PM

Yeah, I'm another person who likes the headphone jack on top. If I'm listening to music while walking I keep my phone in my shirt pocket and like the jack on the top; it works better when my phone is sitting (right side up) in a cup-holder in a car that I'm not using bluetooth for sound with, and it works better when I'm sitting and/or lying down and using the phone with the cord pointing up to my face rather than down into my chest if I'm resting the phone there.

**zxcv106106** · 03-18-2013, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Arthur Lee1

Love the phone , but if I could change the headphone input from top to bottom , that would make it even better. Can I get a witness?

I like it on the top....sound's sexual very much

**wunderbar** · 03-18-2013, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by GamerRadar

Wait what!!??

How is it better on the bottom. Please explain!

I place this phone in cup holders (driving) and the aux cord pops right into my headphone jack.. Which is on the top. When I glance at my screen, guess what... The bloody thing isn't upside down like my friends iPhone....

I HATE phones with bottom jacks. They just make no sense..

In my pocket.
Guess what? The phones the right side up.. As in my screens not upside down.

In my cupholder....
Phones READABLE!!

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I can say this: wish the phones USB was on its side

I use a car mount. My cup holder holds my cups.

Also putting it in my pants pocket. I slide the phone in top down because when I pull it out I don't have to change my grip on the phone, feels much better than awkwardly pulling it out by the top corners if it was right side up.

**KwietStorm** · 03-18-2013, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Patrick Schroedl

It's definitely a matter of personal preference, but some people find the location of the jack to make a difference in some situations.

When driving, I find it much easier to take my phone out of the cupholder and skip music tracks without looking at it if the jack is on the bottom.

Does that mean you drive with ear phones on?

**Patrick Schroedl** · 03-18-2013, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by KwietStorm

Does that mean you drive with ear phones on?

Not at all. Driving with headphones or earbuds in is illegal in most areas, for those who don't know. Many cars don't have support for A2DP Bluetooth audio, and so you need to use an auxiliary cable (such as this one) in order to play music.

**6tr6tr** · 03-18-2013, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Arthur Lee1

Love the phone , but if I could change the headphone input from top to bottom , that would make it even better. Can I get a witness?

The problem is not top vs bottom, it's being on the angled side so the headphone cable doesn't fit in 100%.

**wunderbar** · 03-18-2013, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by 6tr6tr

The problem is not top vs bottom, it's being on the angled side so the headphone cable doesn't fit in 100%.

But...the cable does fit in 100%. It just doesn't look that way because of one side at an angle, bit of an optical illusion. the N4 is far from the first device to do this (the first iPod touch way back in 2007 is the first one I can think of). As long as the contacts on the side are all touching the headphone jack in the correct place, it is "in all the way"