Apple Surveying MacBook Pro Users About Headphone Jack and Other Ports

[MacRumors]

In recent weeks, Apple has been sending out surveys to users asking about MacBook Pro features, most notably the headphone jack. A survey question shared by MacRumors reader Blake asks "Do you ever use the headphone port on your MacBook Pro with Retina display?"

There are several other reports on Twitter from users who have been asked similar questions about the headphone jack, suggesting Apple is exploring the removal of the headphone jack in a future version of the MacBook Pro. Apple has eliminated the headphone jack from the iPhone, so it makes sense that the trend will continue for other products.

Apple is also asking users about battery life and other ports, including the SD card slot. One question asked "How do you upload photos from a digital camera or phone to your MacBook Pro with Retina Display?"

Based on a leaked MacBook Pro shell, the upcoming MacBook Pro will include four USB-C ports and a headphone jack, with Apple doing away with all other ports on the machine. If the shell is an actual part, the machine will not include an SD card slot, HDMI port, USB-A port, or a MagSafe connection.

The design of the MacBook Pro that's launching in 2016 has already been finalized ahead of its release, and Apple is likely to continue using the same design for several years going forward, so the removal of the headphone jack is probably not something that MacBook Pro users need to worry about for the foreseeable future.

Rumors suggest Apple will release a redesigned MacBook Pro with a redesigned chassis and an OLED touch panel as early as October.

Article Link: Apple Surveying MacBook Pro Users About Headphone Jack and Other Ports

 

[hasanahmad]

It begins......

 

[puckhead193]

eh for my computer I liked to have a wired headphone jack only because i do video editing and it can get annoying with the slight delay...

for the SD card, i would like to have it not necessity as those are cheap and i keep a few in the different bags i use...

 

[mainstreetmark]

So, what, it'll have a lightning port instead? Can they make the "competing for space" argument?

 

[newdeal]

gotta make room for....uh....(don't say profit margins, don't say profit margins)...other awesome stuff

 

[pgiannini1784]

Little late for that

 

[oopsroger]

If they remove this tiny IO port in a 15-inch form factor, I'm done with this company.

 

[furam90]

"Do you ever use your headphone jack on your MBP"

Yes, to drown out imbeciles at work and to watch porn at home.

DONT YOU DARE APPLE.

 

[matthew12]

Yep, I just answered this survey in the last hour. I have took screenshots of all the questions.

 

[v0lume4]

If Apple removes the headphone jack in their PRO LAPTOP, so help me.

 

[jakeowens]

I feel like it would have been more smart to replace the lighting port with a USB-C since that seems to be the connection of the future. That way the transition would be a little more seamless once they release USB-C on everything.

 

[MaxxTraxx]

Taking the ports off my phone is one thing, but taking the ports off my computer is another thing. If we want to call it Macbook "Pro," keep the things that continue to make the device useful.

 

[zorinlynx]

What's the obsession with Apple requiring dongles for everything? It's not like there is a lack of space for proper USB ports, thunderbolt and so on. We're going to have to end up carrying a whole array of different adapters to connect our stuff.

 

[ahbiteme]

It's one thing for the iPhone, but I think that the MacBook Pro is pretty popular amongst video and music professionals, so this is quite a different thing. I won't be surprised to see it go, to be honest, but hopefully they'll keep it. Space isn't at a premium here, nor is waterproofing, and it'll make very little difference to battery size.

 

[BeefCake 15]

Get rid of that useless Thunderbolt port and get us USB-C, users of TB are more of a minority than the headphone jack ones...

 

[goshya]

On a laptop?

That's the thin end of the wedge.

 

[brand]

If they remove this tiny IO port in a 15-inch form factor, I'm done with this company.

What are you going to replace your MacBook Pro, iPhone, and iPad with when they remove the audio port?

Its one thing to say you will do something and another thing entirely to actually do it.

 

[tubeexperience]

Can't wait until Schiller said that Apple removed the headphone jack from the Mac because of "courage"! /s

This is what happens when people are so full of themselves that they don't care about what others want.

 

[Asclepio]

omg no!

 

[CrazyForApple]

Well the next MacBooks will have no headphone jack.

 

[tubeexperience]

I use my headphone jack daily and Apple better not remove it.

I already decided to skip the iPhone 7.

 

[TigerWoodsIV]

I never use my headphone jack since I just connect a USB DAC/Amp to it. So it wouldn't bother me, but it does seem odd to remove it. It's so small on such a large device. What difference does it really make even if only 10% of people use it?

 

[JoshBoy]

As a photographer I use the sd slot daily

 

[acctman]

the port-less MacBook pro... Last Question: do you need to charge your laptop?

 

[Siannath]

People better answer yes to that…