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Apple May Replace 3.5mm Headphone Jack on iPhone 7 With All-in-One Lightning Connector
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basically. My wife a hardcore user of hers and makes hers thicker with a Mophie battery pack for extended use. We have our kid on a busy schedule. Weekends and weekdays can have us on the ye old parental tradition of take kid to hour event, wait and watch a fair bit. No point in going away since you have to be back in an hour. And well....kind of nice for the kid to look up and say look at me mommy/daddy and there is actually a parent there to do the looking. She gets her time killing game on on her duty rotations (we do rotate them out). fact its a decent case a side bene really.
Me...I run a thicker wallet case from portenzo (I like their leather craftsmanship and case designs for phones and pads). A few go to cards in the slots, it has the covering for the screen...I add some thickness to the phone regardless. Wallet phone cases....from my cold dead hands how you will get it from me at this point. Quite possibly the greatest phone accessory invention ever made imo.
I sense money grab for the oh look we have these convenient converters for you. you don't want those icky 3rd party ones....Few phones away I retire the 6's. Get this, its 2+ adapter buys. wife, me, backup(s) since chance of misplaced or forgotten cannot be ignored. As I like wired headphones. headphones can bounce from phone to pad to MBP and even the tv (don't have a man cave, more like a man corner in our room lol). I don't need BT pissing contests over who controls them. Bose never did me wrong so far in over 10 years of various uses of many of their products.
Ofc to not get the look at the typical complainer....if when a feature apple puts this adapter in the box and not having me ask do I get dinner, a kiss or least ky before you have your way with me on the cost (insert lightning cable rant) I'd be more open to change maybe. My mophie's do this. HAs the longer connector cable to plug into the jack since case makes connection without not possible. Of course chance of reasonable price slim to none probably here.
They should have ditched the 3.5 jack on the MacBook and put a second USB-C port.
Bose is reportedly bringing wireless earbuds to market. I have their wireless over-the-ear headphones and prefer the sound and build quality over Beats. Admittedly, the aesthetics are goofy. Bose didn’t build the Bluetooth hardware into the frame or ear cups. Instead, they attached a removable Bluetooth transceiver to the outside of one of the earcups. The resulting appearance is lopsided.
If you don’t mind on-the-ear headphones, Bowers & Wilkins has a wireless version of their P5. I own a pair of wired P2’s. I think their sound quality is even better than Bose and their aesthetics are the best of any brand.
Not sure if anyone else said/noticed this but a DAC is a digital-to-analog converter, not digital-to-audio.
To be completely honest I haven't connected a wired headset to my 6S yet. More times than not I connect to my car deck using Bluetooth and when I walk/excercise it's Bluetooth headphones. But I can definitely understand why some of you would be upset.
I still believe that Apple is ditching the Lightning port for Usb-C. Then you will see headphones fitting that connector. And don't be surprised if the iPhone 7 also has wireless charging. 2016 is going to be the year of Usb C.
I still believe that Apple is ditching the Lightning port for Usb-C. Then you will see headphones fitting that connector. And don't be surprised if the iPhone 7 also has wireless charging. 2016 is going to be the year of Usb C.
i didn't say its a limit of the jack, Regardless of how they deal with it may mean its possible in the future but it a'int now except by attaching the phone by usb to a DAC.
Be prepared guys here comes the fraying headphones just like our lightning cables. Plus how about my headphones that I just bought. No wonder why they're selling the Beats wired headphone for $100 off. Lately I've been telling myself the iPhone 6S probably my last iPhone. Android had improved a lot for the last 2 years and some manufacturers sell quality phone for a fraction. Although I invested so much in Apple environment, I don't even think that OS X is the future for Apple anymore. Might as well get a head start so it won't shock when the time comes.
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Unlike your assumption, I've used many different platforms and found that the iPhone and iOS work best for me. So, I'm using what makes me happy.
I agree, the high end androids phones are looking pretty good lately, but the OS is just so average that I can't tolerate. Until that change, I don't think it'll ever happy with androids. Not only the user experience, I've known many androids developers, they told me the implementation of androids architecture and design is even worse than they thought.
On the other hand, I think the headphone jack is going away for good. It's a very old tech and Apple loves to get rid of old tech, like floppy, cd, dvd, etc....you're fighting an uphill battle my friend.
how useless will your lightning connector headset be when you want to listen to music on your laptop. so now you need 2 sets of headphones with you?
Good thing I bought an iPhone 6S then, especially since it will last some time.
If this happens, my next phone will most certainly not be an iphone.
If this happens, my next phone will most certainly not be an iphone.
I switched to Windows Phone years ago. Sure, I don't get the latest cat apps and I have to use my bank's mobile web site instead of having a mobile web site wrapped up as an app... but I got a microSD slot, a USB charging port, a headphone jack, I can put music files on the phone without having to use iTunes, and it was a whole less expensive.
It depends upon the purpose and source of the rumor. If it was a trial balloon by Apple, then the feedback posted here is helpful. Otherwise it is pointless because for all of the posturing and footstomping, in the end everyone who has an iPhone 6 will be upgrading to the 7 regardless of the ports/jacks it has or doesn't.
If people are unsure, the lightning music output will be a higher quality for music lovers so there's benefits to a lightning music connector. And if they include an adapter then I really have nothing to whine about aside from the charging issue. But if it comes with inductive charging then it's golden.
Assuming it's true, personally, I'd find it annoying.
Dongles are annoying and to have to use one all the time on a portable device loses too much convenience for me.
Granted there are wireless options but I've yet to encounter any that I'd take over wired options or they introduce their own issues e.g. another thing to charge, more bulk, etc.
Dongles are annoying and to have to use one all the time on a portable device loses too much convenience for me.
Granted there are wireless options but I've yet to encounter any that I'd take over wired options or they introduce their own issues e.g. another thing to charge, more bulk, etc.