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Belkin's $40 Lightning Adapter Lets You Listen to Music and Charge Your iPhone 7 at the Same Time
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Why should all of us have to hang around and wait to accommodate something you maybe do sometimes? If you have a vague use case like "sometimes I'm on a long international flight" then just buy the adapter.
1.- Don't tell people what to do.
2.- The wheel is also ancient technology, maybe we should remove that too?
3.- Why do I need an adapter when before I had the same functionality?
4.- Ancient connector that works better than the "current" solution. That's is not innovation, that's inconvenience.
I agree that the removal of the headphone jack isn't that big of a deal...but your logic is flawed here.
I charge my phone while using headphones.
I sit with my headphones on while being plugged into a wall.
I fly at least 1-2 times a month.
And I do go to rooftop parties with a power bank, though I don't use headphones to 'tune' the music out, I probably will want to play my music via AUX through the speakers.
With all that said I'll be getting a 7 Plus with a new set of Bluetooth headphones.
Blah, blah, blah....
I'm sitting at my desk right now listening to music on my phone while it charges and using my computer to actually work. A couple of hours of gaming drain my phone, it won't get through the day without charging while I work.
For completeness, I'm not an audiophile but I can easily tell my Bose SoundSports or QC25s from cheap bundled headphones.
I use it literally every single minute I am driving.
This is a complete fail. Apple needs to offer something as simple as a pass through connector on the Lightning cable included in the box.
In either event, I wouldn't buy this until we see an unboxing to know what Apple has included.
In either event, I wouldn't buy this until we see an unboxing to know what Apple has included.
True but the ones who are crying the hardest are saying "OMG I spent $XXXXX" on some outlandish headphones as if
a) most others did that
b) the headphones suddenly don't work now
Do you also carry the massive extension cable needed to charge your phone from an outlet while going down the street?
Really... If you are charging and listening, you're not walking anyway. And if you're using an external battery then this won't make much difference as you already have a hassle as to where to put the battery while you're walking.
Pretty much the same argument made when they removed optical drives from the MBP. And yes, for those rare occasions I need an optical drive, I use an external one. But 99% of the time, I'm better off not having it take up space.
There are better solutions for driving, if you have to start investing in this kind of crap. But for an airplane this is an absolute must.
And how much for Apples new Wireless headphones?
My s7 edge is easily the worst android phone I've ever owned. Touchwiz is terrible. Nexus is the only way to go
Yeah because that's the only option with Android phones... what are the choices for iPhones? Small and Large and... that's it, right?
this is so supremely stupid. lightning is tiny, why not just have two lightning ports on the phone, FFS
If you spent a lot on a nice set of headphones, 9 bucks for the adapter is dirt cheap....so they still work
You do realize that most cars made before 2007 did not have a USB port or Bluetooth right? So super small? No. I would wager at least 50% of the population.
I won't really trust it if there isn't a BNC-to-thick-ethernet transceiver somewhere in the chain of adapters.
A proprietary connector to a proprietary connector that didn't force a charge or something else situation on its users.
I actually backed the switch to Lightning because it's a totally different scenario.