Apple Reduces iPhone 7 Supplier Orders Amid 'Fading' Demand and 'iPhone 8' Excitement

[Mildredop]

Easily the worst part of owning an iPhone 7 for me. The phone is excellent other than this omission. It has bit me in the ass many times now as I don't carry the dongle around with me all the time.

Even at home, the whole, "crap I have to find that adapter" is annoying. As a musician, I knew this could be a problem. Just didn't realize how annoying it was going to be.

The iPhone 7 had lots of little niggles for me, but they were just quirks of moving from Android and things I knew I would get used to.

But the lack of a headphone jack became very frustrating and was the reason I sold the iPhone after seven weeks and went back to my Galaxy S7.
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It would be really funny if this iPhone 8 was just an iPhone 7s. So funny I would cry!

I think this is very possible and highly likely.

Iconic products look the same for decades - redesign them too much and they're no longer the iconic product. Like a pair of Ray Bans, for example.

I think this is how Jony Ive feels about the iPhone. My guess is the iPhone 8 will be largely the same as the 7.

 

[kyykesko]

I'm hoping for a sleek design, an OLED display with a higher resolution, slimmer bezels and kittens.

Too bad so many are with you on that. I'm hoping for a phone that works and has a long enough REAL LIFE battery life. I guess that's too much to ask anyway. We'll probably get a sleek, slim toy with <10h battery life like the previous junk. Maybe this time they also remove lightning port and all buttons so it'll be even slimmer.
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I don't know why this iPhone 8 fantasy has gained such traction (if it has, actually) in the minds of the public. It might as well be called "iPhone Pipedream". The rumors it's based off of are the sketchiest type of rumor I see on this site. The type of rumor that is most often wrong or so dimly connected from what actually ships as to be next to idle speculation. It would be more prudent to wait for parts leaks before pinning all one's purchasing hopes on an imagined panacea model.

I don't think it has that much to do with whatever iPhone 8 is going to be. It's just that iPhone 7 is so meh anything that'll come next will probably be better. I had no reason to downgrade my phone to iPhone 7 plus. Not that sure I have reason to downgrade to iPhone 8, but we'll see next year.

 

[barkomatic]

Too bad so many are with you on that. I'm hoping for a phone that works and has a long enough REAL LIFE battery life. I guess that's too much to ask anyway. We'll probably get a sleek, slim toy with <10h battery life like the previous junk. Maybe this time they also remove lightning port and all buttons so it'll be even slimmer.
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I said "sleek" not necessarily slimmer--and I agree that battery life should be a priority over design.

 

[jrbdmb]

I LOVE my non-headphone-jack-having-iPhone 7!! Idk if it's just me, but audio sounds much better through lightning than it ever did with that hole.

Funny how everyone suddenly started "charging and listening to music simultaneously" once they wanted to take out the headphone jack.

With my current iPhone 6 I constantly have it charging via the Lightning port while listening to music on wired headphones. I never posted about it here because I didn't think that was a big deal.

Until Apple made that impossible with the iPhone 7.

(Well technically I could do it, but I'd have to spend $50 on an Apple Dock and then pull out those "obsolete" analog headphones to plug into the 3.5mm jack.)

Now I did upgrade my wife to the iPhone 7, since the camera was much improved (adding OIS) and she never uses it for music. But I love listening to music with my iPhone, which makes the 7 a non-starter.

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

With my current iPhone 6 I constantly have it charging via the Lightning port while listening to music on wired headphones. I never posted about it here because I didn't think that was a big deal.

Until Apple made that impossible with the iPhone 7.

(Well technically I could do it, but I'd have to spend $50 on an Apple Dock and then pull out those "obsolete" analog headphones to plug into the 3.5mm jack.)

Now I did upgrade my wife to the iPhone 7, since the camera was much improved (adding OIS) and she never uses it for music. But I love listening to music with my iPhone, which makes the 7 a non-starter.

Well, I think you have to consider your use-case for the iPhone. If you have a slightly newer car that comes with USB ports built in, then it quickly becomes a non-issue because you can in fact charge & listen simultaneously. Although, I have a 7 Plus, therefore I get fantastic all-day battery life. I listen to Podcasts and music throughout my day at work, on breaks and my commute. In a nutshell: it's all about each person's use-case. We don't live cookie-cutter lives. I understand that. You be you!