I miss my LG G7.
There’s an argument to be made for better quality with external amps, but there’s no argument to be made for manufacturers making things worse despite feedback specifically to leverage the market with their dominant position. It’s some McKinsey shit.
Any dongles are a pain in the butt to deal with, and I used to strap an Oppo HA-2SE to the back of my phone and wear the Fostex TH-X00PH as my outside cans. I’ve mostly settled on the B&W PI7 for convenience lately.