REVOLUTIONARY! It's like the old headphones only with a more expensive connector.. that jets out further... and costs more... and will break easily... and only works with other Apple products (but not their laptops, Desktops or AppleTV)!
GAME CHANGED. For the worse.
1) well this particular "leak" does indeed look like the old ones with a more expensive connector, which increases the overall cost.
2) And this "leak" does 'jet' out further. But that's not necessarily an issue.
3) But you have no idea whether it will break more easily than an 3.5mm plug. I've had many 3.5mm jacks break over the years, and because they go deeper into the device, they often ruin the device instead of the connector. I'll wager that if you do actually apply enough pressure in a situation to break the Lightning plug, that it will leave the iPhone undamaged.
4) I would would also suggest Apple will add Lightning ports to all of their Macs too. The TV doesn't have a Lightning connector, nor does it need one. It's ridiculous to think of someone plugged into their TV. But the Remote does have a Lightning port, and there's the possibility that it might be used to plug in your headphones, which makes a whole lot more sense.
Looking at that picture, there's going to be alot of snapped off lightning connectors in the bottoms of iPhone 7's - it looks much weaker compared to an audio jack (bending them front to back) - especially if it has that "handle" on the audio connector sticking out like that.
Still planning on upgrading, but would rather they had kept the old jack in place - I haven't wanted "thinner" for several generations now, give me more capabilities instead (including an audio jack).
The Lightning connector is one of the most robust connectors I've ever used. In contrast, Ive had a lot of 3.5mm jacks and plugs fail over the years. I don't believe for a minute this is actually an Apple Lightning earbud, but for anyone who uses their headphones in this manner now, I'd suggest an L-shaped adapter to provide strain relief and create a lower and more comfortable profile for carrying a wired set of headphones plugged into an iPhone in one's pocket.
Do you honestly think that the entire industry will move to lightning before Apple says so?
When did I suggest that? There will be a transition period just as every new introduction with Apple. So it will take a year or so before you'll see cheap headphones at truck stops. But they will come as surely as the Lightning cable have. Fortunately for everyone, this will only apply to the the flagship iPhones, which will still be sold alongside several models that do have 3.5mm headphone jacks, not to mention all of customers existing iPhones won't suddenly go obsolete. So by the time a critical mass of people who need Lightning products arrive, the market will have stepped up to supply them.
This whole deal is such nonsense, I use my iPhone as my music supply in the car. It relies on the 3.5mm jack as its input. I also keep my phone on charge concurrently, which uses the Lightning port. So basically, I can now no longer do both at the same time. And I'll need an adapter to do at least one of those things non-concurrently.
Great work Apple ..
I do this as well. Last year I bought a new head unit with BT and USB, because I got so tired of plugging and unplugging two cables into my iPhone every time I got in and out of my car. It's so much easier with one cable, and when it's a quick trip, I don't have to plug in anything and BT connects automatically.
And before you raise the objection, it took many a few years before I made the leap to spend the $200 on a new head unit which I installed myself, because I didn't want to spend the money on my old car, so in the interim, I bought a $20 BT dongle that plugged into my 3.5mm jack, and powered by 12v. So I already had the benefits of of BT for only $20, and the convenience of only connecting the iPhone by ONE plug. Worth every penny. If Apple had removed the 3.5mm jack back then, I would have been in heaven in the car with it.
So do you know how people will charge their phones and play music at the same time?
Nobody does. But you seem to think Apple hasn't given it a single thought. Until they announce how they have chose to implement this ability, I've easily come up with a dozen on my own. The simplest of which is a simple Lightning passthrough on an L shaped connector ... just like a string of Christmas tree lights.
if enough people don't upgrade/buy or bail
