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I could be mistaken, but I believe the modern headphone cable/jack is 1/8”.
1/4" are the bigger ones like the size of a guitar cable.
1/4"? Feh. I use only XLR for my audio needs. /elitist audiophile
When I was a kid, headphones had the beefy one associate with guitars. The smaller ones came out when Walkmans became popular. We called them mini-plugs and you'd buy an adapter to use them with older gear.
Memories based on being born in early '70s. Possibly incorrect.
Nah I think you're right.
You're correct. But you can use an adapter. Some headphones (especially more expensive ones) come with their own. And some devices (like my USB audio interface) come with a big jack for headphones, but again an adapter makes it irrelevant whether it's a small jack or a large one.
If you're gunna use an adapter anyway then it makes it irrelevant whether or not there's a headphone jack in the phone. People in this thread talk about how you can't use expensive wired headphones with your mobile devices anymore as if adapters don't exist.