I’m not defending them but you can screen mirror to any newer smart TV with an iPhone, I have the 11 and mirror to our Roku tv and our Phillips tv.
you don’t have to use any apple headphones either, any Bluetooth headphones will work.
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There are almost always workarounds for all these issues, actually. Not to defend apple, but their jacks are far superior to the alternatives out there. Way higher quality, and less chance of debris and issues later on. But you need to do a bit of comparison, before jumping full in, with a nearly $1k purchase.
Audio has largely gone blue tooth, your just getting old and still use analog like much of us. Personally, I use monolith plantar headphones, with 2.5mm jacks, a pain, but worth it, because there studio quality. But I have to drive them with a small amp. My cheaper beats studio have the amp built into the headphone. my AKG closed backs do not. Everything's different now.
Bottom line, good audio is always expensive, but can be found for good prices on places like ebay. I don't wear ear buds, or any of that cheap useless crap. (unless their like the Westone UM Pro 30, or Shure, or studio quality) None of those $10 shit.
That said, I've got iphones and prefer my android pixel.
The bottom one gives you both android charging, and a legacy audio port.
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