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The irony of the headphone jack debate is there will be no debate among users. Wireless headphone sales are way up as people are moving to Bluetooth anyway. Beats Wireless reportedly already outsell wired 2-1.

Those who don't buy wireless will likely either buy a simple earbud or an adapter.
 
The irony of the headphone jack debate is there will be no debate among users. Wireless headphone sales are way up as people are moving to Bluetooth anyway. Beats Wireless reportedly already outsell wired 2-1.

Those who don't buy wireless will likely either buy a simple earbud or an adapter.

Or in my case, keep my 6S for as long as I can. I don't want to move to bluetooth because I really don't want yet another thing I have to charge, and the audio quality over bluetooth just isn't there yet, and second, I do not want to have to carry a stupid adaptor around with me just to use my regular headphones. What pisses me off about the decision to remove the headphone port (if it actually happens) is that it doesn't affect the ability for people to use bluetooth headphones or lightning attached headphones. All it does is remove the option to use traditional headphones.
 
I think his point is that the problem likely lies with both parties. People seem to be pinning the blame entirely on Apple, without considering if their usage habits might have contributed to the lightning cables' deterioration at all.

I have been using the cables shipped with the iPhones for many years now, and they are still in perfect condition. Could they be made more durable? Possibly. I ordered some extra cables from Anker and they do feel thicker and more sturdy, especially at the ends. Is this issue as widespread and commonplace as the posters are making it out to be? That still remains to be seen, IMO.
I fully admit I use my cables while plugged in. MY POINT is that it's unreasonable to tell people they shouldn't use their cables plugged in when Apple not only doesn't tell us we shouldn't, they even outline that phones are usable while plugging in.

I'll remind you, again, that recalls on entire product lines where millions of pieces of something are sold because in a very small handful of incidences harm can occur to the individual. And in some cases companies don't want to admit fault until the government essentially forces them to.

I know I'm not abusing my cables. So the notion that someone else exists who hasn't had an issue is, frankly irrelevant to me. And nobody is going to explain to me that my cable falls apart because I use it plugged in. That's just ludicrous and Apple's cables are the only ones I've come across that do this.

In simply here speaking against people that claim we are using them wrong or abusing them "because they have never had problems". A single person's lack of issue isn't anywhere close to evidence that there is no issue. And I use the word "issue" rather broadly here. It's not burning down houses, so it's a rather small problem when you get down to it.
 
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What pisses me off about the decision to remove the headphone port (if it actually happens) is that it doesn't affect the ability for people to use bluetooth headphones or lightning attached headphones. All it does is remove the option to use traditional headphones.

Right. Apple is possibly removing a universal standard just to piss you off. /s

Apple is possibly removing the Jack because they need the internal space, not just to inconvenience a large percentage of its customers. So think of it this way, you are potentially losing the headphone jack, but you are gaining 'the thing you've wanted them to add to the iPhone since you first bought one'.
 
Right. Apple is possibly removing a universal standard just to piss you off. /s

Apple is possibly removing the Jack because they need the internal space, not just to inconvenience a large percentage of its customers. So think of it this way, you are potentially losing the headphone jack, but you are gaining 'the thing you've wanted them to add to the iPhone since you first bought one'.

What is this glorious feature that I have wanted them to add? I don't care what it is they are planning to use that space for, the headphone jack is one thing I do not want to sacrifice for anything. What they need to do is stop making the damn things thinner forcing them to sacrifice usability in the name of being able to go "look how thin it is!" The 6/6S is thin enough. hell, the 5/5S was thin enough. If they made the iPhone 7 as thick as a 5/5S, then they could add whatever new thing and still keep the headphone jack. What irritates me the most about it is that they are manufacturing the need to make compromises like this just because they want to make it a little thinner each time. Same with the Retina macbook pro. I could see dumping the DVD drive, but rather than make the computer so thin, I would have preferred a more powerful dedicated graphics chip and faster processor with better cooling, and a bigger battery to the thinness. I just wish I could have gotten a retina screen on my 2012 cMBP, but leave everything else alone (would have preferred them to actually move up to blu-ray rather than drop the DVD drive though).
 
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we need more battery life not thinner iPhone

if you put 100 (5meter)wireless charger in your house, car, and soon your office will add, and soon malls will implement it, coffee shops.. every street corner..

who needs battery anyway?
 
If you plug and unplug the cable from your phone by pulling on the plastic piece of the connector instead of the cord it will not become damaged.
Can't deny. This is a way to do partial remission for the damage, but still not that convenient for users. I'd expect wireless is great idea if it's still portable and speedy.
 
Last November it was​
reported​
that the iPhone 7 would see the removal of the 3.5mm headphone jack for an all-in-one Lightning connector that allows users to both power their device and plug in headphones. While the removal of the 3.5mm headphone jack would mean that Apple would be able to make the iPhone thinner, it would not allow users to listen to headphones and charge their phone at the same time.​
Yeah right, they'll just remove the lightning port.

Although I do hope Apple is prepared for the headaches of a truly wireless/buttonless device. Just look at all of the people who had to mail in their Watches because watchOS 2 bricked them. No physical ports will make repair much harder.
 
Does anyone know if this has anything to do with meredith perry's ubeam tech which people are calling vaporware?
 
This sounds like MIT's WiTricity.

"Researchers were able to power a 60 watt light bulb at roughly 90% efficiency at a distance of 3 feet."

TED Demo of WiTricity.


It's long range and completely safe.

It's good for charging electric cars as well.

 
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