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Apple's Phil Schiller Recommends Lightning Dock for Charging an iPhone 7 While Listening to Music
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Usually when I need to listen to music while charging, it's because I'm mobile (e.g., traveling), and am using an external battery to eek out a little extra life from the phone. Incidentally, these are also the scenarios where I choose wired over Bluetooth audio (to conserve battery). The iPhone dock is not a solution. This is deeply disappointing.
On the plus side, there has never been a better time to buy a 128 Gb iPhone 6s (which is precisely what I did an hour ago).
On the plus side, there has never been a better time to buy a 128 Gb iPhone 6s (which is precisely what I did an hour ago).
I had one of these docks hooked up to my stereo to do exactly as he suggests. I get that its a solution. Its just not portable. I didn't need it to be so I didn't really care. Now I just have an AirPort Express for my stereo instead, no need to dock my phone just to listen to music (A better solution, IMO).
I think wireless adapters (like a Bluetooth Clip) are a good idea, but at that point I'd rather just get Bluetooth headphones (or AirPods/Beats).
I think wireless adapters (like a Bluetooth Clip) are a good idea, but at that point I'd rather just get Bluetooth headphones (or AirPods/Beats).
Certainly. While sitting at a desk at work, buddy boy.
Dear Phil,
We're screwed now that there's no way to charge our phone and listen to music at the same time. What's up with that?
Schiller replies:
Dear disgruntled customer,
We feel your pain. Just kidding! Actually, we feel our vast cash horde growing ever larger. Just buy this overpriced and bulky dock!
You're welcome!
We're screwed now that there's no way to charge our phone and listen to music at the same time. What's up with that?
Schiller replies:
Dear disgruntled customer,
We feel your pain. Just kidding! Actually, we feel our vast cash horde growing ever larger. Just buy this overpriced and bulky dock!
You're welcome!
When I first read that email I thought it was a joke. Pathetic comes to mind more than courage. You expect a person to use a dock to charge and listen to phone. Otherwise your SOL unless you buy airpods so you can be "free" while charging.
Yep - and wait 'til they make it waterproof and have to remove the 3.5mm jack
All they had to do was make a Y adapter for the damn thing. Such a piss poor way of screwing the consumer.
Gee, thanks Phil.
So my new iPhone 7 is going to look like a stolen car radio just to use the headphones I've always enjoyed using for the past five + years.
High fives all around in Cupertino.
So my new iPhone 7 is going to look like a stolen car radio just to use the headphones I've always enjoyed using for the past five + years.
High fives all around in Cupertino.
What they had before?! Solution? Don't get an iPhone 7...
A lot of pissed off people that don't even own the device ITT.
If you can't live without charging and using connected headphones at the same time, then don't buy it. Move on. Quit wasting your time crying about it.
If you can't live without charging and using connected headphones at the same time, then don't buy it. Move on. Quit wasting your time crying about it.
So to do a very simple thing, you either have to buy the $40 Belkin adapter and then also buy an additional adapter to go from auxiliary jack to lightning, the $49 charging dock, or the $159 easily losable AirPods.
Courage!
Courage!
This highlights one of the two fundamental problems with the move to lightning headphones. The second being that the headphones are not comparable with Mac computers.
If they would have been courageous enough to include wireless headphones it wouldn't have been as big of a sell in my opinion.
If they would have been courageous enough to include wireless headphones it wouldn't have been as big of a sell in my opinion.
Each time in an Apple Store I can't believe how ugly these things are.
Never had one, never will, also for the fear of breaking off that Lightning pin or damaging a pricy iPhone.
Never had one, never will, also for the fear of breaking off that Lightning pin or damaging a pricy iPhone.
I feel like maybe Apple should've included free AirPods with pre-orders or something - get them out into the world for people to experience while driving up pre-orders without harming their bottom line too badly or creating the precedent for these to be included with future iPhone releases. This from a guy who wouldn't be upgrading even if they did, since I've got a 6S and can't afford to upgrade yearly.
I never listened to music while charging, but apparently a good number of people do. Well, it looks like going wireless is the answer.
Well, it seems The New Apple designs its product based on the habits of they multimillion dollar executive's lives.
Welcome to dongle mess 2016... Either listen to music on BS Bluetooth 4.2 or pay to get what you could do before you bought a new expensive phone.
Love that there seem to be no DAC improvement in the iphone 7. So you still need to get a headphone with one to get any better audio quality over the jack that was there before
Did apple miss the last 3 years where companies have been doing 24bit DACS, stereo speakers, water proofing and a headphone jack.
Love that there seem to be no DAC improvement in the iphone 7. So you still need to get a headphone with one to get any better audio quality over the jack that was there before
Did apple miss the last 3 years where companies have been doing 24bit DACS, stereo speakers, water proofing and a headphone jack.
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The third problem being they will only work on an Apple device.