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Apple's Phil Schiller Recommends Lightning Dock for Charging an iPhone 7 While Listening to Music
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Nice at home, not so nice at the airport or on a train or wherever there no tables around...
Right? Does anybody else want an Instagram video of this? Because now he's made me wonder.
COURAGE............
apple just gave people a problem and by solving it involves buying another apple product.... BALLZ!
apple just gave people a problem and by solving it involves buying another apple product.... BALLZ!
Let me get this straight. People can spend $700+ for a phone but cant bear the thought of the cost of wireless headphones?
Not taking a dig but the problem sounds like the audio system in your car. Why should Apple design their product around the audio system options available in Kias? The Bluetooth audio sounds just fine in my car and in the car I had before that. Technology isn't always about appealing to the lowest common denominator.
I thought they were paying $50 for less than they had before, because as keeps being said, the earPods included with the iPhone 7 do not work with this dock suggestion.
I'm on the it is insane that they are not including the airPods bandwagon. And I hate the earPods. Hmmm maybe that is part of it: include the cheaper option of what most people are not going to like.
Every single phone since the 4 is not really all the phones... It was the 4th of 9 generations before the announcement on Wednesday. The early models came with a dock / charging stand in the box and there was a similar outcry when they first stopped including it. Somehow the world kept turning and the phones sold in ever greater numbers.
I regularly listen on wired headphones while charging my 6S (thanks to Overcast eating the battery) but I have a dock I could use if I had to and I have bluetooth headphones already so there are options.
Oww look everyone , you can solve all your problems with an adapter from Apple or many soon to come out from 3rd party. And geez....Apple gets a cut from each one.
Not about profits my ass.
Not about profits my ass.
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Pretty sure being vocal online about it won't change anything either. The way to get change in this situation is to vote with the only thing Apple cares about. Money. So, you know. Buy a different phone. Don't buy the iPhone 7. When asked why, say it's because there wasn't a headphone jack. Then move on with your life. That's the only voice Apple is going to hear.
Do you really think Airpods are the future?
Are you really embracing the idea that you'll have to buy new pairs or pay apple to replace the batteries in them every 12-24 months as the battery life dips from 5 hours (probably less IRL) to 2-3?
Are you going to buy a new computer so your new $150 earphones work with it, or just go with having separate earphones for computer/iPad and iPhone?
That's not entirely true. The top model is nearly £1k UK that's up £120 from last year.
It's stupid money for a phone who ever makes it sorry
Never going to happen. Is basically building a product to advertise their mistake.
Everything in the box should work without spending additional cash. This is a first for Apple. A very bad first and they should be hammered for it.
Where you see a problem, I see an opportunity.
If you're the boss:
Listen everyone, my phone is about to die so let's make this short. Just hit the important stuff without the fluff.
If you're the employee:
Listen everyone, my phone is about to die so let me give a quick summary and I'll hit Bob up for his meeting notes.
Done and done. I'm looking forward to the delivery of my brand new iPhone 6S tomorrow. It will be a nice upgrade from my 5.
******** sound, dropouts, more $$$$ and more **** that breaks way easier than an aux cable
I actually just posted this same thing in another thread where the whiners were out of control.
Many (if not most) newer cars have USB adaptors that charge and send sound.
College dorm, for starters. Like you, I can't imagine a scenario for myself personally, but plenty of other people have different realities. Someone will surely come out with a Y adapter. I can understand why Apple didn't include it. It will be clunky and most people won't need that functionality. A simple sleek dongle is needed for this transition. Next iPhone won't include it. It'll become an accessory purchase, just like a Y adapter for listening while charging.