Yes, and that will likely be available on the market before the end of the month. Once again... people are complaining about nothing.
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Apple's Phil Schiller Recommends Lightning Dock for Charging an iPhone 7 While Listening to Music
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Yes, and that will likely be available on the market before the end of the month. Once again... people are complaining about nothing.
I listen while charging all day at work. I have bluetooth in my car but in 2016, the kia soul still has crumby bluetooth quality. i have some lg tones and the quality there sucks as well. I use aux in my car while charging. I could play though usb with the lightning cord, but i dont want to have to mess with the radio and phone syncing with one another. I just want to play from my phone as a standalone device like i have for the last 6 years.
I'm not railing on the new phone however, I was waiting to see the 7 before I upgraded from my 6s to the SE and now i am completely confident in that purchase.
No, that or simply standing up and changing brands would require courage. Much easier to whine tiny rants. And feel better about yourself in the process. A two-fer!
It's amazing how almost everyone here all of a sudden must routinely charge and listen to music at the same time.
"Leading edge of tech?" Phone with less than 2000mAh battery, no wireless charging, no quick charging, proprietary NFC, 750p non-amoled display?
Pretty much all airplanes have now usb or 110v power outlets on the seat and I always charge my phone while listening to an audiobook and I prefer noise cancelling headphones like the Bose. That is now not possible anymore because I likely eont lug a dock around. But I'm sure there will be soon a cheap small lightning pass through adaptor on eBay for that.
Welcome to the club!!! People saying Bluetooth audio has lower quality because the specs says so, but their ears are not so sensible to feel difference and they listening to crappie 48bit mp3
No seriously I have the Sony MR1BT and puuurfeect, no cable tangles, no issue, I can let,you phone on my desk while going to pee with headphone, just FREEDOM... Only side effect.... 30hours autonomy...(Single charge) Mou hahaha
Let me bring up an irrelevant point, too... Phones catching on fire isn't a "bleeding edge" by ANY standard.
Everything has its pros and cons. Everything... Try again.
As an engineer I understand the need to remove the headphone jack. However, I don't think that it is a valid decision when you can't even deliver on the promise of a wireless future yourself.
How much did those airPods cost again Phil? Ridiculous.. I understand that Apple is a luxury brand and therefore the prices are high, but this is way too much. Let's just hope they'll stick in your ears.
Secondly, I've had friends with loose lightning connectors due to charging it often. I wouldn't find it surprising when a month from now people are having issues with damaged phones due the the dongle they provide (really? providing a wire? Sounds like you're courageously sticking to your vision of a wireless world Apple). I hope they thought of this, but it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't, since Tim doesn't fire people for poor design, examples:
1. Charging the magic mouse
2. Charging the Apple Pencil
3. Putting a microphone on the top/back of the iMac, especially stupid when introducing continuity at the same time
These bozo engineers would not have been around long with Steve as CEO
How much did those airPods cost again Phil? Ridiculous.. I understand that Apple is a luxury brand and therefore the prices are high, but this is way too much. Let's just hope they'll stick in your ears.
Secondly, I've had friends with loose lightning connectors due to charging it often. I wouldn't find it surprising when a month from now people are having issues with damaged phones due the the dongle they provide (really? providing a wire? Sounds like you're courageously sticking to your vision of a wireless world Apple). I hope they thought of this, but it wouldn't surprise me if they didn't, since Tim doesn't fire people for poor design, examples:
1. Charging the magic mouse
2. Charging the Apple Pencil
3. Putting a microphone on the top/back of the iMac, especially stupid when introducing continuity at the same time
These bozo engineers would not have been around long with Steve as CEO
I listen 8 hours away at work...if I didn't charge, I would never make it and have a dead battery for the Pokemon stops on the way home...altho I do have a car charger
Makes you wonder about being courageous and making advancement etc, why the Lightning dock has a headphone jack for him to suggest.
Well, one scenario is if you wanted to listen to music while the phone is charging. Yes?
If Apple worked with Belkin on this, then they must not like Belkin very much. There's a far better solution which Apple has already provided in other equipment. If this adapter did other things, like support two Lightning headphones so two people can plug in and listen at the same time, then I'd say it was a good idea. But it doesn't and it isn't.
You're missing the point. If Apple had included a set of AirPods in the box it would be one thing if a customer wanted to listen through wired headphones and charge at the same time.
But they didn't. They include Lightning headphones in the box. Apple is encouraging the use of wired headphones. And there are legitimate times when the iPhone needs to be plugged in and listen at the same time. Airplanes immediately come to mind, as well as any travel scenario you can think of -- planes, trains, or automobiles.
So not, this is the dumbest, most out of touch thing Phil could have ever said. He's gone full Steve Balmer at this point.
You think Phil actually pays for anything Apple?
You're listening to it wrong if you need to use a headphone jack.
There's this new thing called bluetooth connectivity.
Phil answer: "It's easy: you can buy a second iPhone and take it always with you"
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I'm less concerned about listening to music & charging, than I am with sitting on a conference call in an airport and not being able to charge while I'm on the call, unless I put it on speaker phone for everyone to hear.
Apple is NOT pushing the industry forward here.
Digital media is superior to CDs. CDs were superior to tape cassettes. USB was/is superior to everything being a proprietary port.
The lightning cable is NOT superior to audio jacks!
Digital media is superior to CDs. CDs were superior to tape cassettes. USB was/is superior to everything being a proprietary port.
The lightning cable is NOT superior to audio jacks!
This isn't a solution. This is just courageous and utter ********, served in an ice cream cone.
I had a faint hope that if they were going to remove the headphone jack (okay, fine, I'll give it to you that it's an ancient tech where innovation should occur, even though "it just works"), they would have added wireless charging, or some ACTUAL no additional cost solution. But yeah, silly me for thinking that.