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Barclays Predicts 2018 iPhones Won't Come Bundled With Lightning to Headphone Jack Adapter

The Earbuds already work out of the box on the phone. This cable is for the people who refuse to buy bluetooth or use the included earpods.

No loss except for poor people who should not even be buying new phones.
 
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doctor-don said:
Who buys earphones when the iPhone doesn't come with a headphone jack?
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You (and Apple) are forgetting those users whose ecosystems include a half-dozen devices used weekly/daily for the past 20+ years that have a 1/8-inch input and which could be used for the next 20+ years due to their simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and near-instant activation/implementation. Just yesterday I played a wedding and, as usual, on our break I fed music into the mixing board via my iPhone's headphone jack to a 1/8-jack/RCA cable adapter. If I had to purchase then manage a wireless transmitter, making sure it's charged always before gigs, and take the time to get it set up for breaks (plus buy add'l wireless transmitters for similar applications in my garage, workroom, kitchen, etc), that would get real old real quick.
 
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Sounds like more throwing guesses at a wall to see what sticks. They have a 50% chance of being right but also a 50% chance of being wrong.
 
Tozovac said:
Just yesterday I played a wedding and, as usual, on our break I fed music into the mixing board via my iPhone's headphone jack to a 1/8-jack/RCA cable adapter. If I had to purchase then manage a wireless transmitter, making sure it's charged always before gigs, and take the time to get it set up for breaks (plus buy add'l wireless transmitters for similar applications in my garage, workroom, kitchen, etc), that would get real old real quick.
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Except of course that you wouldn't have to buy a wireless transmitter, just the (wired) Lightning to 3.5 mm adaptor. This is not Apple stopping the sale of such adaptors. And your setup already includes one adaptor (3.5 mm to RCA), one more adaptor is hardly great hardship.
 
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Blayne Curtis all tryin to be the next Ming-Chi Kuo with this hot dongle story.
 
Who cares...get with the times I have yet to even take mine out of the box of my iPhone X and I use corded headphones the only Bluetooth I use is in my SUV.
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JPack said:
The AC adapter is next.
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Good the one included sucks anyway who even uses 5 watt chargers anymore?
 
LovingTeddy said:
No. I am about to take 13 hours flight. No way in the hell my iPhone can last that long. I will need charging my phone and using my headphone at same time. And no I do not want Bluetooth headphone, because it won’t last that long either.
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You make a great point and it obviously does not apply to your situation. If you do frequent long flights then why not invest in a tablet of some sort? Just a thought. Not attacking you by any means.
 
LovingTeddy said:
I have refused to buy phones without headphone jack. My old iPhone 6 no longer works, i went out buy other brand new iPhone 6. I absolutely refuse phones without headphone jack. Like I said before and I will not buy any phone without headphone jack. Even if means I need buy lower end phones
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Thats like saying I refuse to buy a computer without a floppy drive 20 years ago. Soon, 5 - 10 years, even the cheapest low end phone won't have a headphone jack.
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ThisBougieLife said:
I wish iPhone would get on the USB-C train. Lightning is old hat.
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Apple will remove all ports before they go to USB C, thats why they are (rumored) to be getting rid of the dongle, pushing people to embrace wireless. They will then stop including the wired headphones, and include some cheap AirPods.
 
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WannaGoMac said:
Please post your study that demonstrates "no one uses it", really love to see your analysis.
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Post yours that says otherwise? Going off zero data for both arguments is a zero sum game. But the market for Bluetooth headphones is an interesting data metric and seeing HOW FAR up its gone in the last couple years is mighty interesting
 
manu chao said:
Except of course that you wouldn't have to buy a wireless transmitter, just the (wired) Lightning to 3.5 mm adaptor. This is not Apple stopping the sale of such adaptors. And your setup already includes one adaptor (3.5 mm to RCA), one more adaptor is hardly great hardship.
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You're correct. Except now I can't charge at the same time, which I must do (and do daily, at work) unless I buy yet another dongle/Y-adapter. And more to keep at the garage, and work area, and kitchen, etc., unless I'm ok carrying around an accessories bag anywhere I take my phone. I know to some I should just “get with the times” but my point is mostly: at this stage of near-optimization after the last decade, a lot of Apple's axing certain hardware interface features on phones & laptops is just gilding the lilly...after removing floppy drives, optical drives, and vga/hdmi ports, there is no “free lunch” each time Apple “simplifies” their hardware.
 
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LovingTeddy said:
No. I am about to take 13 hours flight. No way in the hell my iPhone can last that long. I will need charging my phone and using my headphone at same time. And no I do not want Bluetooth headphone, because it won’t last that long either.
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Buy a different phone and be happy?
 
who gives a rat as on thouse prediction? Seriously tomorrow will be a pretty sunny day, Macrumors should take a hike.
 
Anybody here find a really solid 3rd party lightning-to-headphone adapter? My wife has had several of the Apple ones crap out on her over the past year just in the course of normal use. Wondering if anybody has made a tougher version than Apple's...
 
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Apple should be lauded for testing the true loyalty of their customers by removing more features from each product iteration and charging more for them. If you’re a real aficionado then you won’t mind this trend. Who needs a headphone jack? Who wants a dongle? Can I interest you in the same old design of yesteryear? Ok then. Will you accept this notch? You wont? Well you’re not that much of a fan then are you? Cough up! Or no Apple logo for you, sonny!
 
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spazzcat said:
The phone comes with a pair of lighting headphones.
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Apple would likely include their own in the box anyway. If iPhones used it, you better believe accessory manufacturers would start making compatible accessories in short order, after perhaps a small lag.
 
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