And yet so many are NOT buying or using those adapters. This reminds me of the surge in external DVD sales after those were phased out. And yet today very few of those sell. It’s a transition period. Some people are slow to change.
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Apple's Headphone Jack Adapter Remains a Top Seller at Best Buy
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The amount of butthurt over headphone jacks and notches is comical. 6 pages of it.
When you really think about it... on a scale of 1-10, this is pretty sad.
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Typically by people who haven't even used the products, too.
Give them away, bro. Because they're obviously just killing time before they get thrown out.I didn't throw mine in the landfill. I have three pair that have never been used and four more pair that are all laying in a drawer. No reason to fill up a landfill.
Sure, or, instead of throwing useful items people need in the garbage, you could pop them on the classifieds section and send them off to someone who'll buy you lunch for the favor.
Even though I use my AirPods quite frequently and I really don’t care about the 3.5 mm Jack deletion, I do think it’s respectable that Apple includes the adapter with the iPhone. I understand it still is an inconvenience for those who still want the 3.5 mm Jack, but having adapter the included is better than not having it all.
Not old, current.
You don't think that marketshare is relevant to a discussion of how well a company is doing.
Interesting.
The same thing happened when they suddenly dropped optical drives and people had to ask around for who had the USB one. Society didn't collapse, and those who really couldn't handle it bought something else, while most manufacturers ended up following suit. Someone has to start things rolling as far as sunsetting certain tech, and it's usually Apple.
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Forcing? I wasn't aware that you were compelled to buy the product.
Not to say it's the same, but the best selling accessory for the iMac used to be an external floppy drive. So I guess they were lost to form over function back then too?
I wish this dongle cable thinger thanger would come in different lengths and in fancy colors, then they would sell loads more! They should also make a wireless version.
AirPods are the best purchase I've made in a long time. As someone who hates wires around my head/neck, and being an avid runner, these things are a blessing. I cannot tell you how many times I used to go start a run and then have to stand there on the side walk like a noob while old school bluetooth devices tried to pair, fail to pair for some unknown reason, have to delete the damn device and repair again. AirPods completely solved this problem for me. I walk out the door, start the workout on my watch and they just work. Would never go back. That and the price is right - look at other comparable completely wire free earbuds and some are $200.
But most don't. In fact, most people with headphones in public are perfectly happy with the lightning ones, and perhaps Apple or another brand's Bluetooth ones instead. The share of people using 3.5mm headphones with the dongle is low, and MOST people certainly don't sit there at their jobs plugging headphones into everything around them. Apple doesn't really need to hold back to accommodate these specialty use cases (like people who wear 3.5mm earbuds plugged into a laptop all day). Most people are not IT guys, and in office settings most use headsets connected via USB for phone work anyway.
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Not even AirPods. I saw some perfectly capable Jabra sport earbuds on sale for like 40 bucks a couple weeks ago.
I haven't driven a car in 2 years. Haven't used a horse and cart in a while, either.
I assume people who drive cars today are just stuck in the past. They couldn't possibly just have lives that are different to mine in some way.
How to monetize a universal audio jack:
1) remove it
2) make it a dongle accessory with inferior audio quality
3) design it to be less durable and count on it to be frequently lost by the owner to drive recurring sales of replacements
4) design it to be inconvenient to push the sales of goofy looking expensive disposable wireless earbuds with higher latency and worse bandwidth
5) PROFIT$$$
1) remove it
2) make it a dongle accessory with inferior audio quality
3) design it to be less durable and count on it to be frequently lost by the owner to drive recurring sales of replacements
4) design it to be inconvenient to push the sales of goofy looking expensive disposable wireless earbuds with higher latency and worse bandwidth
5) PROFIT$$$
I have a Bluetooth over the ear headphone, but I hold on to my trusty 6S because my car only has aux input and I want to be able to listen and charge the phone sometimes at the same time. I know, there is also a dongle for that, but I don’t really want to be dealing with that and it looks ugly. At a certain point I probably will have to give in, but hopefully not anytime soon.
1. It comes free with the phone...
2. it's not much more expensive, if even more expensive to just buy wireless headphones you cheap bastards
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2. it's not much more expensive, if even more expensive to just buy wireless headphones you cheap bastards
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People are paying money and struggling because they are ignorantWhat you loose in form over function, you gain in profit over usability
Apple's fastest growing product category.
Very good, sir. Both accurate and hilarious.
May be some day AirPods will be $49. It is little hard to ask $149 for something I consider should be part of the package.