Alleged iPhone 7 Prototype Case Leak Shows Four Separate Speakers

[Mr. Buzzcut]

if apple will not remove the 3.5 jack nobody will, and we are stuck with this old and no longer quality headphones for this time.

Please explain. What are you stuck with, exactly?

Bluetooth is already here, but SQ is less.

Lightning headphones are already here and SQ is just on par with decent headphones but at a higher price.

Headphones quality isn't going to magically improve. Especially at a given price point.

So I'm a bit confused and need help understanding what you mean.

 

[Mr. Donahue]

It will be lighting headphones instead of 3.5 mm and there will probably be a lightning to 3.5 mm adapter for people who want to keep there old headphones

Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! It's funny because it's true. And stupid.

 

[dannyyankou]

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I think it might have been photoshopped, but photoshop my be in the EXIF data because they pixelated part of the image.

 

[Mr. Buzzcut]

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.

Does anyone really think they are going to have four of those inside an iPhone? What an enormous waste of space.

 

[Jakexb]

The iPhone 5C had a range of colors too, but that wasn't a big hit at all.

The 5c did really well for what it was. The tech was fairly "entry level".

 

[dannyyankou]

Here's the original pictures. Looks fake, especially the right image around where the phone on top is resting.

 

[coolfactor]

wait what ? so how the kids going to listen to music or they expect us to go bluetooth and throw our old crap out

There will undoubtedly be an Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone jack adapter, make in China.
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Yawn. who really listens to music out of phone speakers anyway? make iOS and the apple music app better. In particular downloading my entire playlist to the phone and not stoping half way through. annoying.

Sounds like you need a faster internet connection or better network management. Many people don't realize that the drastic increase in wireless devices is also making it more difficult for those said devices to communicate reliably. Careful management is needed by owners.

 

[Shirasaki]

Sounds very much like you don't NEED a new iPhone anyway, so why even consider it?

The reason is after two or three years, iPhone becomes out of date anyway, and performance needs to be improved through newer hardware.
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Here's the original pictures. Looks fake, especially the right image around where the phone on top is resting.

Looks like that shell is more like a case than an iPhone 7 shell.

 

[Abazigal]

Please explain. What are you stuck with, exactly?

Bluetooth is already here, but SQ is less.

Lightning headphones are already here and SQ is just on par with decent headphones but at a higher price.

Headphones quality isn't going to magically improve. Especially at a given price point.

So I'm a bit confused and need help understanding what you mean.

Transitions are always messy and confusing and will make a lot of people unhappy. But sometimes, the best way to predict the future is to create it.

Would the app store have taken off if Apple had not banned flash from it mobile platform?

Same logic here. Restricting the use of wired headphones might give bluetooth headphone R&D the added attention it requires to improve. At times, you can't have a new world order without first getting rid of the existing world order. If wireless peripherals are to take off, you might need to remove the main reason stopping them from thriving - wired accessories. Force people into the future you envision by cutting off all links they have with the past.

So in the case of the Macbook and jackless iPhone (if it ever comes to that), we users might be inconvenienced in the short run because it means many of our headphones might no longer be useable. But in the long run, this could help spur the market for better quality bluetooth standards and accessories, making us better off.

 

[friedkimchi]

Just ordered the Audio Technica M50x. It's going to be useless. Oh no. . .

/S

 

[Shirasaki]

Transitions are always messy and confusing and will make a lot of people unhappy. But sometimes, the best way to predict the future is to create it.

Would the app store have taken off if Apple had not banned flash from it mobile platform?

Same logic here. Restricting the use of wired headphones might give bluetooth headphone R&D the added attention it requires to improve. At times, you can't have a new world order without first getting rid of the existing world order. If wireless peripherals are to take off, you might need to remove the main reason stopping them from thriving - wired accessories. Force people into the future you envision by cutting off all links they have with the past.

So in the case of the Macbook and jackless iPhone (if it ever comes to that), we users might be inconvenienced in the short run because it means many of our headphones might no longer be useable. But in the long run, this could help spur the market for better quality bluetooth standards and accessories, making us better off.

If we just think about wired headphone, good. One day wired headphone may become a thing of the past.
But think about those power transmission lines, Ethernet cable. They are all wires, and cannot be removed in the near future.
Wireless network has emerged so many years, but commercially available wireless network is still no match gigabit Ethernet network in regarding of transmission speed, and interference toleration.

More wireless devices means more interference, and current regulation limit does not allow us to use other frequency ranges.

Wireless and wired headphone will exist concurrently for the next half a decade at least, I believe.
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Just ordered the Audio Technica M50x. It's going to be useless. Oh no. . .

/S

Use iPad or iPod touch to listen to music.
Our only choice.

 

[Mr. Buzzcut]

Transitions are always messy and confusing and will make a lot of people unhappy. But sometimes, the best way to predict the future is to create it.

Would the app store have taken off if Apple had not banned flash from it mobile platform?

Same logic here. Restricting the use of wired headphones might give bluetooth headphone R&D the added attention it requires to improve. At times, you can't have a new world order without first getting rid of the existing world order. If wireless peripherals are to take off, you might need to remove the main reason stopping them from thriving - wired accessories. Force people into the future you envision by cutting off all links they have with the past.

So in the case of the Macbook and jackless iPhone (if it ever comes to that), we users might be inconvenienced in the short run because it means many of our headphones might no longer be useable. But in the long run, this could help spur the market for better quality bluetooth standards and accessories, making us better off.

Calling BS on this theory since we already have tons of wireless Bluetooth speakers that should drive such improvements. Also, most people use crappy ear buds with atrocious sound quality. They'd be more than happy with current BT performance.

Guess we should remove the driver door on cars so we have driverless cars sooner.

 

[rp2011]

Still amazes me that people are still going on about the 3.5 jack. It's gone. Get over it. Start getting used to better sounding headphones.

 

[Donoban]

If they ditch the 3.5mm jack then I will expect a free adapter (not £25.00) for my upgrade to iPhone 7 in September.
To be used with my 10 year old lifetime guarantee 3.5mm Koss Porta Pro's
I will also seriously worry about the hundreds of millions (billions?) of 3.5mm headphones in circulation that apple will be alienating their owners from buying an iPhone 7.

Ladies, we are in the 21 st century. Get used to change and adapt. Not only in technology but all aspects of your professional and personal lives.
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Does anyone really think they are going to have four of those inside an iPhone? What an enormous waste of space.

Brah, I'm waiting for the 8 speaker edition.

 

[smacrumon]

That camera and flash arrangement appears like the device is crying a tear drop. This iPhone is crying out for a new direction. Answer the call, Apple!

 

[Donoban]

Would you like your signal hidden, too?
[doublepost=1463962315][/doublepost]3G/3GS = new chassis design
4/4S = new chassis design
5/5S = new chassis design
6/6S = new chassis design
7 = SAME chassis design as 6/6S?

Spot the glaring odd one out. I think not, somehow.

Intel have stopped their tick tock release cycle so it's possible Apple have slowed down the time between form factor refreshes.
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That camera and flash arrangement appears like the device is crying a tear drop. This iPhone is crying out for a new direction. Answer the call, Apple!

Admit it. You'll buy one regardless of the aesthetics. Lol.

 

[Dilster3k]

Talk about ugly.

 

[JoeG4]

I like the purple iphone

 

[smacrumon]

It's very hard as an Apple fan to not be entirely let down.
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Intel have stopped their tick tock release cycle so it's possible Apple have slowed down the time between form factor refreshes.
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Admit it. You'll buy one regardless of the aesthetics. Lol.

Absolutely NOT. No upgrade. No LOL.

 

[Kiwikat88]

Still amazes me that people are still going on about the 3.5 jack. It's gone. Get over it. Start getting used to better sounding headphones.

What about the Lightning connector makes you think we will get "better sounding headphones" from it?

I am not sure I understand this sentiment at all. I own top of the line headphones, in both analog and lightning connector form, and don't really see one being better than the other. Just different.

 

[Donoban]

It's very hard as an Apple fan to not be entirely let down.
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Absolutely NOT. No upgrade. No LOL.

Hahah you're a classic man.

 

[CFreymarc]

Controlled leak for survey purposes.

 

[smacrumon]

Hahah you're a classic man.

Really. No joke. Absolutely NOT. No upgrade. No LOL.
No 6, no 6s, no 7 if this is it in part or whole.
Awful iPhone design doesn't deserve patronage.
No lining up either.
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Controlled leak for survey purposes.

Exactly. No surprises. Market research for our eyes only.
Big fail Apple when you start asking customers what they might like.
iPhone 7. Crying tear drop camera flash assembly. No way.

 

[admob71]

As much as I Would miss the jack, it would make sense for it to be deleted, as it is becoming antiquated with Bluetooth and wireless.

You are so correct, no one uses wired headphones these days, apart from.. maybe... 99% of the world... jeez..

 

[Donoban]

You are so correct, no one uses wired headphones these days, apart from.. maybe... 99% of the world... jeez..

Lol. You too will learn to accept change. Not sure how old you are but likely you're dealing with change at work, change in technology and so on. Get used to it man. There is plenty more change coming.