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Apple's Phil Schiller Recommends Lightning Dock for Charging an iPhone 7 While Listening to Music
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Can your eyes differentiate > 750p on a screen that size? Nope. And they gave you wide color gamut this time around, so you got that going for you...
no other company will follow with lightning......apple should have used usb-c. at least then it may have had a shot at being the new industry standard
Sure - no phone manufacturer will follow with Lightning, but Apple isn't going to adopt a standard that they have no control over for the port on their phone. Apple's goal is to shift all I/O to wireless, so even the lightning port is short lived for the iPhone.
Option 1: Buy the Airpods ($150)
Option 2: Buy the dock ($50)
Option 3: Pay for an adapter (Belkin $40)
Option 4: Stop listening to music. ($0)
I think there's a chance Apple would bring back old earphone jack. It has done that before, with iPhone SE. Apple admit that there was a lot users who still want a pocketable and finger friendly phone. Upping the size with 4.7" and 5.5" , only to go back with 4" iPhone (which sells pretty well)
Good point. I did see this earlier today. I know it's another add on, but something to help:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/16...g-headphone-and-charging-adapter-for-iphone-7
It's hardly the same. HDMI is a standard. It's not like everyone used HDMI, while one major TV manufacturer decided to use their own proprietary connector. People would not be as upset if Apple switched to USB-C.
Apple should have included something like this in the box, rather than the Lightning adapter, which would have pushed their agenda toward wireless better, and bundled it with the 3.5mm Earbuds for compatibility with existing Apple products. I'm imagining the same custom W1 chip and motion activated controls as the AirPods.
The situation Apple has created now is one in which customers are discouraged from using the Lightning headphones because of the compatibility issues, and for many the included adapter won't be adequate to address concerns like charging while listening on the airplane, necessitating buying an additional adapter anyway, thereby dissipating all of the
The situation Apple has created now is one in which customers are discouraged from using the Lightning headphones because of the compatibility issues, and for many the included adapter won't be adequate to address concerns like charging while listening on the airplane, necessitating buying an additional adapter anyway, thereby dissipating all of the
Dallas to Sydney is 17 hours, been there, done that. It's not so much that the battery won't last, but when you depart Dallas late at night, when you've been using your phone all day, and arrive at Sydney at 6 in the morning, where you'll need your phone all day, it's nice to land with a full battery.
Wow. Your travels sounds like a movie plot.
Here's what I do. Charge the phone overnight. If needs be, charge it in the car while going to the airport. Turn the phone off while standing in line to check in/go through security. Turn phone on before I get on the plane.
Well I've read a decent personal test regarding bluetooth affecting your battery life.
http://www.muada.com/2014/10-21-power-use-of-bluetooth-vs-wi-fi-vs-wired-audio-on-the-iphone-5.html
Yes compared to personal hotspot WiFi or LTE radio, bluetooth 4 power is nothing. But by comparing 3.5mm jack vs. BT audio alone? The difference is there, and quite noticeable in long term.
And your life sounds simple and uncomplicated. Must be nice. Out here in the real world it's not always like that. Good luck to you. Maybe take look around the airport sometime and watch all the people on the phone as they go through security, and sitting at the charging stations trying tap off before they get on their planes where they may or may not have an in-seat power supply.
The problem with Apple's world is that not much in their list will fit in my backpack, also:
1. Time Capsule - requires some kind of external power (so, cables)
2. Sync over wifi - requires wifi, an access point, and some kind of external power (more cables)
3. apple TV airplay (not really a 'portable' problem, but still apple tv requires power (more cables)
4. iCloud - requires wifi, or mobile data (maybe no cables, but can incur costs)
5. AirPods - great for the first 5 hours, then it is the sounds of silence until they are recharged in their holder, unless that too is flat)
The fact is that most people have no problem with BT listening devices. I don’t even own a set of headphones that aren’t BT, I’ve used the 3.5mm jack maybe 20 times in 2 years. I will probably buy a Y connector like the Belkin someday, maybe even the Pods if they work with my ears but have no real use for either today. Been buying Apple products since the Apple ][, seen these hysterics before and they turn out to lots of noise by people who just like to complain.
If you don’t want what Apple’s selling don’t buy it, but you will find you are in the minority.
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I think 29 hours of audio play isn't exactly bad. In fact as the article points out your BT headphones are going to run out of juice faster than phone.
I actually tired to use my desktop charger in my car, thinking it would solve a number of problems, but it didn't. The main reason is that the headphone jack only supports audio out, but not audio in. So I couldn't use my splitter to run audio in form my built-in factory microphone, and audio out to my stereo. So while it would work well to listen to music, it wouldn't work at all for making calls.
And that's the problem.
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It's not at all the same thing. By the time the Macbook airs came out I was very rarely using optical media AND there was a cheaper, superior solution available in the form of USB keys for data.
The 3.5mm headphone jack would be one of the most ubiquitous consumer standards on the planet and the alternatives are inferior (in the case of Bluetooth) or proprietary (in the case of Lightening) and significantly more expensive. Completely different situation.
I'm just saying the difference is there, 38 hrs vs 29 hrs is quite huge to me. The old 3.5mm jack still saves more power than BT LE, we're not there yet. And if you combine real world usage (email, LTE, WiFi, Airplay, music streaming etc) it all adds up pretty fast.
But if you feel the numbers satisfy your needs, then I have nothing more to say. Your phone, your rules.
Yes, people said the same thing at that time too when they compared it to the floppy drive fiasco...it's nothing new man, history repeats itself every time no matter how people think it's original