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Apple's Phil Schiller Recommends Lightning Dock for Charging an iPhone 7 While Listening to Music
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Simple. Bluetooth headphones.
Don't want Bluetooth headphones? Too bad. Don't buy an iPhone.
This is something we will all have to explain to the older crowd not as fluent in technology as we are. Going to be confusing for them.
1) Just make damn sure you don't suspend the machine while it's backing up or you'll corrupt the time capsule.
2) Even slower than USB 2.0 - two day sync anyone?
3) Apple TV still needs cables to connect to the TV itself
4) Assuming you trust iCloud with your confidential and personal information - and don't want to print, edit, or do other things with them.
5) If you don't care about sound quality, being able to be active with headphones, or listen to music more than 4 hours a day.
6) Yep, until they go to contactless charging, which completely hoses anyone who uses more than one charge a day (like working in a fringe area, using a GPS/navigation app, watching movies, or playing a game)
Apple's world extends to walking between buildings on the campus in Cupertino, going back into an office, and working at a desk.
I'll tell where my pent up distaste with Apple comes from is the amount of years and money that I have spent/invested in the ecosystem - an ecosystem that continues to evolve with some changes that leave me hanging. So while it's real easy for you to say Don't like it, walk; reality is much different.
That's my personal distaste.
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Wireless headphones work brilliantly on a plane. In fact for me improve my comfort - no more rolling around getting tangled in wires. No need to take headphones off when you go to the bathroom. No headphone cables getting snagged/pulled out when you adjust the seat. great noise blocking - only slightly less noise reduction than you get with noise cancelling headphones without the increased heat of wearing over the ear noise cancelling headphones.
Here I agree - I was stunned that they didnt make this sort of accessory available. I dont need it but I know that many people will want it.
Have you ever been to an airport or travelled by plane for several hours and needed to do emails and phone calls at the airport and then be 6 hrs on the plane and then be in a different city and be on the phone for work? Thats when you appreciate the chance to charge your phone while having telephone calls and charge the phone at the same time during a layover. Then listen to an audiobook to relax and charge your phone while on the plane.
That's also the time when you don't want to carry a stupid dock and a second set of earphones with 3.5mm jack around.
If you look around on airports you find dozens of people charging and talking/listening on their phone around the charging hubs. So this is not a rare special use case.
Also how often have you been in a rental car where you don't have bluetooth and need to talk to clients while driving to some business place? Again with the iPhone 7 you have to carry a dock around or you're going to run out of battery or you can't take calls. Good luck explaining that to a client or business partner.
Also lots of people use external battery chargers on their hours long commutes while listening/talking on their phone.
OK - so your phone comfortable lasts six hours. I assume you carry a battery pack (as you charge during your commute as per your earlier post) then. I also assume you dont want to be asking customers for a power point when you get to them (not a professional look). So why not just before you meet with your customer don't plug your phone into your battery pack and leave it charging in your bag/briefcase?
Well, if you really have to charge the phone that often in your car and don't have CarPlay, you can use the Belkin adapter instead.
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That's what the included, free adapter is for.
I'll be honest, I really don't think I can have a phone without a 3.5mm jack, I use it EVERYWHERE, at home, in my car, at work, etc. I don't want to have to remember my stupid adaptor, its just another clunky thing that I can loose. I have a lot of really high quality audio "things" that use the 3.5 jack. I also like to have my phone plugged into a charger while I am hiking or other areas with terrible quality (skiing anyone?). I REALLY want the new features on the 7, but unfortunately I don't want to upset my entire setup or risk loosing the annoying adapter.
For me, its a deal breaker, I don't want it to be, I think its stupid that it is, but it is and thats that (unfortunately).
For me, its a deal breaker, I don't want it to be, I think its stupid that it is, but it is and thats that (unfortunately).
Nineteen pages of whine. Wow. Probably not a record, but it's pretty impressive.
Save a little dough and buy an SE if you'll miss the jack more than the features offered by an upgrade to iPhone 7. I do love my SE. I did happen to buy a lightning dock at the time I got the SE, so it seems that I'm already prepared for a switch to a no-jack iPhone 8. The dock is nice!
Save a little dough and buy an SE if you'll miss the jack more than the features offered by an upgrade to iPhone 7. I do love my SE. I did happen to buy a lightning dock at the time I got the SE, so it seems that I'm already prepared for a switch to a no-jack iPhone 8. The dock is nice!
There are other solutions, such as the Belkin adapter for a scenario like this. Seriously, how often does this happen to you? You travel so much there is no way to charge your phone before you travel?
So you can buy another old earpod with 3.5mm jack, if you don't already have one laying around. Another upselling, nice huh? Gotta give it to Phil
My concern is that too many people will cave in and buy the phone anyway.
Apple is so influential that many people refuse to think for themselves and let Apple herd them around.
I'm certainly _not_ going to buy an iPhone 7 and hope to be a part of a large group that do not buy either. Time will tell.
Is there a theft protection for these things? I mean anyone can just grab them in a crowded subway and just run out before the doors close. Can I lock them to be used just by the phone it was paired with?
And how about sharing them? Can you pair them with two phones? Or do you have to unpair them first?
And how about sharing them? Can you pair them with two phones? Or do you have to unpair them first?
You forget, in Apple's wireless world you need to also deal with more batteries, and later on, dead batteries. And do you think something as small as the new Airpod can have its battery replaced? Apple would rather you bin another $159 to replace your otherwise working Airpod.
Not to mention anything wireless (even low energy bluetooth) eats more battery life than good old wired connection. Many other brands can get away with waterproofing while keeping the practicality. If Apple couldn't do it, well I don't know how to call it.
Apple isn't going to adopt USB-C. You can forget that. It is a consortium driven standard that Apple doesn't have control over.
Are people really worried about someone pulling your headphones out of your ears and stealing them. They would have to lightning (pun intended) fast to rip them out of your ears without you being able to stop them.
The big advantage the AirPods have over other wireless ear buds is their ease of switching between devices - more so than the Dash that I have.
Get over it. It's gone and not coming back. In fact, other manufacturers will soon follow in Apple's footsteps. Hell, Apple wasn't even the first to ditch the jack to begin with. This reminds me of all of the whining that happened when HDMI hit the home audio market.
have you got some studies showing the difference in battery life performance between current Bluetooth Headphones and wired headphones? My battery gets smashed either through personal hotspot or having the screen on for gaming - playing music through the bluetooth headphones has virtually no impact on battery.