Says you. Apple clearly envisions a wireless future. This is nothing new. No one is forcing you to buy a new iPhone, right?
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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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This is a different subsidy than we are discussing. This subsidy was paid to Apple, not the user.
User subsidies on devices is a common wireless carrier practice that goes back to the very early days of the industry. I used to sell Nokia 101 phones to people for $.99 when the full retail was actually $399 IIRC. And yes, the carrier did absorb this cost within their rate plan.
With that being said, if the carrier is no longer providing a user-end subsidy, then they should be decreasing the rate plan by as much. But from what I see, Verizon isn't offering me a $25 reduced monthly plan to make up for the lack of a subsidized device. So when I upgrade, I'll be renewing my 2-year commitment in order to keep my subsidized phone.
No. Goodbye then. We don't care. People that love Apple products are here for the long haul. Go get you some SamCrap or GoogleCrap. #batteryissues
No- a handful of people trying to "prove it with their wallets" are not going to make any meaningful impact on sales or corporate decisions. But when people are vocal about their issues, they bring them to light for others who may not have noticed. Do you remember when Apple lowered the price of the first iPhone from $600 to $200 and people who had just paid $600 were pissed and complained? Apple made an unprecedented offer to give money back to customers who had purchased it at the higher price within a certain time frame. Had people just sucked it up and gone about their days, NOTHING would have been done. To advocate to fellow consumers that they should just shut up and buy or shut up and don't buy is just asking to be taken advantage of at every opportunity.
Think you misunderstood that one. I meant today there is not one but two DAC in the phone one for the speakers and one for the external connector. There will only be one for the speaker in the future.
Or you could buy a wireless charging pad for the phone for $29 or less at home depot....
I mean, if we're talking charging the phone overnight on a bedside table.
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They do seem pretty cool but all it is gonna take is one digger on my snowboard and "Bink!" those little white gizmos are GAWN! LOL!
Oh... you think rates should go down over time?
That would be great... but how often does that actually happen?
Most things are more expensive now than they were 5 years ago. I wouldn't expect the evil cell carriers to be any different
Yes, many things go down over time. You seem to not understand how technology works. Are you paying more or less for a 55" LCD than you were 5 years ago?
Edit: Research Technology Life Cycle for an explanation if needed.
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It's a bargain as long as it doesn't french fry itself in your pocket!
The SE becomes a compelling alternative with earphone jack and a nice form factor for the adventurer. Wondering how Apple will handle the jack issue on the upcoming macbook updates; I hope without the need of a myriad of adapters.
When I'm travelling, those long stop overs, using a battery bank to charge my phone while I listen to music.
The price of goods can go down over time due to a variety of factors.
But the price of services rarely go down.
Let's help.
At the very least, people are looking at a hassle. No?
So while it may be "good riddance" for you who may not have an extreme use scenario (charging and listening to music) as some of the forum members are reporting here as well as undoubtedly a lot more across the world, these people would not look at it as good riddance. Some of the joys of iPhones and Apple products in general are levels of thoughtfulness. Real innovation would have been to be able to accommodate whatever they wanted to within the same space and yet have the audio jack. This is, at the moment, really not similar to the removal of floppy drives or optical drives from Apple computers. It is a mobile device, if they really wanted to do something innovative than just take the easiest way out (removing the jack), they should then have bundled the wireless AirPods, then the same level of functionality would have been maintained but the user would not have been left to choose between charging or listening to music.
Classic use cases are cars, where anyone with an iPhone 7 will now have one more aspect to deal with, the adapter, and they cannot charge and use the port for anything else same time. So, before you go all arrogant decisive for a huge number of people in the world, please explain what would someone do if they want an iPhone 7 for all other features, but also want to connect the phone to the car, and have no 3.5mm jack for it anymore. Bluetooth, in SOME car stereos, is not an option for streaming, it is only there for calling purposes. So... have some respect for the other people who use their devices differently than you do.
Yup, you got me. Terrible system and terrible ears. Since all I do all day long is mix and record and compose film scores and music and do foley and dialogue editing and sound design all day long. Yup... that's me, terrible set of ears. And no, I'm not complaining that it's old, it's time to just try something different, ya know, advance the technology forward. Be open-minded about this stuff, dude.
Geez, who died and made you Putin?
I think Apple consumers should complain as much as they want, and Apple should completely ignore them, like they always do.
Been waiting for them to roll out the upgrade programme to the UK. After the seeing the pricing I don't think i'll bother ..
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Well it's not that simple. I will have to ditch my unlimited plan or pay an extraordinary amount. Now I have to select a share plan with less data. There are some positives - unlimited voice and text, and you do have an option to save money if you don't want to upgrade. But I personally don't like it for me.
This is probably indicative of the quality of the DAC that is fitted into that adapter.
I just wanted to let everyone know that this thread will no longer work past post #1,000 without an adapter.
Whip your dongle out!
Whip your dongle out!
Remember how 'Freaked out' people got when they took out the cd/dvd drives out of the MacBook air/MacBook/MacBook Pro/etc? They sold a separate USB CD drive knowing it wasn't necessary...
If there is no future for certain technologies, Apple isn't afraid to commit without it. The traditional headphone-jack technology is older than cell phones itself, it's time to let go.