Same here. Got my SE in early summer and by trading in my 5C for $100 and got the 64GB model for $399. The 5C had been free with a two-year Verizon contract, so I'm good. The smaller form meets my needs.
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Apple Unveils iPhone 7 With Water Resistance, A10 Fusion, New 'Jet Black' Color, Updated Cameras, No Headphone Jack, and More
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Same here. Got my SE in early summer and by trading in my 5C for $100 and got the 64GB model for $399. The 5C had been free with a two-year Verizon contract, so I'm good. The smaller form meets my needs.
Very annoying and in some cases costly for consumers with USB-C and idiotic with Lightning. The reasons should be self-explanatory.
Do yourself a favor, please upgrade. Same goes to me.
If you say so. Really. Twist my arm.
I've saved since the 4S - I figure it's better than paying interest and I got my money out of the 4S.
Every year until this one I have paid $130.00 a month for two iPhones with unlimited data. Every year I sold one of my phones and upgraded. Either paying $99, $199, or $299. Then recouping some or all of my cost by selling my old phone. Only now if I want to upgrade do I have to pay for the phone in one of those stupid NEXT plans and my cost will go up by however many months I want to lease the phone for. Or I can just buy the phone and be done either way I am coming out of pocket the full price of the phone plus the monthly cost for service. You must have been on a different plan.
Well... we shouldn't be afraid to at least try and improve on it, no? Goes with any other technology out there.
Actually someone in another thread pointed out that 16GB RAM chips are now more expensive than 32GB chips because of sales volume. Apple still use the cheapest amount of RAM for the base iPhones - less than other devices in the same price range. They are shameless.
Camera may be even bigger than the A10 Fusion. It sounds great but we'll see about the actual performance.
But you're right, for many people nothing outweighs the loss of the jack. Apple presents it as solving the problem of space, but they created the problem themselves by making the iPhone so thin.
And those horrid video shorts at the event, they sounded like designer clothing or watch/jewelry ads aimed at rich DBs. All style with some tech buzzwords thrown in "because a man of discerning taste wants only the best in life." Apple has always had style but they weren't always about vapid style.
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And I'm assuming you're speaking from experience? Or are you just afraid of change?
The headphone jack internals take up valuable space inside the phone and there would be no way to make the phone water resistant--without some kind of (easily misplaced) rubberized gasket for the headphone jack--so there is, indeed, a benefit to ditching it.
Indeed. Apple has simply chosen to move the DAC to a far less convenient location for no good reason whatsoever.
jasperc said:
The Samsung Galaxy S7, Sony Xperia Z5 and numerous other water resistant devices would disagree.
rockinarakozy said:
Why yes, I am. Bluetooth audio (AptX included) has a dreadful tendency to vary the pitch of the stream in order to compensate for changes in bandwidth availability due to signal strength.
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So since the processing speed of iPhone 7 is now roughly 120 times the speed of iPhone 1, its price should be starting at approximately $60.000. They practically give them away nowadays!
So true and exactly my point. iPhones are overpriced compared to Mac's and iPads. We never felt it until now.
No. Jet black is a true deep black. True black is the absence of any reflected light. All incident light is absorbed. So glossy black is an oxymoron.
Have you paid attention to MR and other sources the past few months? I'll have to mark down your screen name to say "hello, are you ready to upgrade to the new redesigned iPhone 8" at next year's iPhone reveal.
That is what's happening. This model was put together after their suppliers couldn't get the needed parts for their original design for this, which will now be moved to the 8, next year. They over thought themselves and are now using "10th Anniversary" as a crutch.
Except that they've taken away the subsidies and not lowered my monthly bill.
Sure am. Phil Schiller lightly touched on the flawed antenna bands in the keynote. Looking forward to those design flaws, antenna band and protruding camera, complete compromises in the design, being removed next year. This new release ain't getting a look in or purchase from me.
Oh my god. Do you have digital ears? You don't. Lighting is fully digital up to just the point where the digital signal is transformed into sound so that you can hear it.