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Alleged iPhone 7 Prototype Case Leak Shows Four Separate Speakers
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A reverse image search on Google quickly reveals the blur:
Maybe it should have remained blurred...
The Chinese source article: http://www.bjyglcwq.com/Html/?8516.html
Bloomin' heck how did you do that, are you GCHQ or NSA
You probably said that when apple dropped the floppy and CD drive? Those were universally used too.
Everything is wireless now, why is the headphone jack an exception?
I hope they don't. It's just another fiddly bit that is easily lost. But then I hope they dont go forward with the blunder of nuking the headphone jack at all.
When Apple deleted the floppy, optical media where dropping rapidly in price. When the optical drive was removed from Macs the internet had already displaced optical media as delivery medium.
The obvious replacement for connected earphones, is bluetooth. The price on this is not really the issue. There are cheap BT accessories. But it will be a price premium over passive headphone equivalents for brands like Sony, JBL and yes Beats.
And that is one more battery that can run down, one more hassle of pairing devices. But I suppose you have never had a problem with BT devices forgetting they were paired.
I'm normally a huge Apple fanboy. But this is one of those decisions along with taking RAID away from Disk Utility that has me scratching my head. It's like there is no direction, just random movements.
Coming up next: Beats Lightning. Only 199$ and lots of bass!!!
As STJULS pointed out: The floppy drive was obsolete and technologically inadequate, when Apple decided to dump it. Solely to reduce build costs on the new iMac though, one must keep in mind! And the Android bashing is off: I am happy for every single that sells me a device that incorporates industry standard ports...
If you refer to the white iPhone earplugs that probably cost Apple less than 50 cent to mass produce as "quality headphones" then yes, you might be right. Thanks lord, people will no longer be able to use these earplugs: That's in fact the only positive aspect of omitting an industrial standard that I did not yet think of. Should you ever consider buying non-Apple branded headphones, I suggest buying some that cost more than 20$. There are PLENTY of high quality ones. You can even use them for your home stereo, home computer, Notebook or whatever you like to listen to music without hurting your ears or frontal cortex... Oh wait... Lightning only - headphones?
For everyone saying you can't fit the speaker above the camera, take a look at the internals of the iPhone 6's speaker:
The speaker is already weirdly shaped in some areas, so I think it's actually pretty easy to imagine a piece that's shaped to fit around the camera.
The speaker is already weirdly shaped in some areas, so I think it's actually pretty easy to imagine a piece that's shaped to fit around the camera.
I don't think Koss's lifetime guarantee covers this, but I hope for your sake that you're right and Koss sends you a free adapter.
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I don't have to carry an adapter. Anyone who says different is a dirty liar.
if it was in the box, included, free, it would pacify me, slightly.
if it was a £25.00 extra accessory- no way, Josa.
And that's a bad thing? Apple could take a few pointers from Samsung on how to build a quality phone in 2016.
Former Apple iPhone owner, btw. Now a very happy galaxy s7 guy.
The iPhone 5C had a range of colors too, but that wasn't a big hit at all.
One of the most advanced phone brands in the world may finally gain stereo speakers!
They're useful for games or for showing videos to others. The Gameboy line had a mono speaker (and stereo headphones) all the way up to the DS in 2004 when they added stereo speakers with an optional faux-surround effect. Probably time Apple caught up if they're interested in chasing the gaming market.
I dunno. For me, too many colour choices makes a product look cheap. I much prefer it when there's just one model and one colour. It feels more special.
EDIT: Actually, it's not so bad for devices like the iPod, but for iPhones and MacBooks, it just doesn't feel right IMO. Maybe it's just me. :/
I expect they'll do that, but for the pretty price of $49.99.
I guess that means phones in the future will no longer have any built-in speaker and we'll all have to get a DAC transplanted into our outdated analog ears.
