removing the 3.5mm audio jack was a great idea, as was removing the homebutton. This is something that might be a good idea in the future, but not right now. The tech just isn't there yet and too many people rely on the cable, eve for things like CarPlay. in 5 years? Yes, this seems natural.
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Gurman: Apple Considered Removing Lightning Connector on iPhone X
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LOL Apple.
They don't even have 20% of the smartphone market but they throw their weight around like they are a monopoly.
Not even 1 in 5 smartphones is an iPhone. Let that sink in.
Why do they think they have so much power that they can throw industry standard in the garbage and force everyone onto an underperforming and proprietary technology?
They don't even have 20% of the smartphone market but they throw their weight around like they are a monopoly.
Not even 1 in 5 smartphones is an iPhone. Let that sink in.
Why do they think they have so much power that they can throw industry standard in the garbage and force everyone onto an underperforming and proprietary technology?
Apparently you don’t travel much. How big a purse do I need to carry so I can charge my phone on the plane and in the hotel ballroom where I work more than 12 hrs? How about when I go to other countries? This is a dumb move. Unless they can put in a battery that lasts 24 hrs while doing the most battery-intensive activities (eg, watching movies, using the hotspot) all day long, it’s a no go.
So you are agreeing that aS its 3 times the size of a normal charging pad, it can he priced at 20.odd times the price. Mmm, you and Apple are well suited....
I travel at least 10 trips a year and have never seen one. And even the plugin places are hard to get to when they do exist. Someone is usually already plugged in. At least my last resort is one of the portable chargers I often carry. At a restaurant, for example.
And I love FaceID. iPhone X has 99% satisfaction (real numbers, not just personal experience) so you're clearly in the minority.
Sorry it didn't work for you.
iOS 11.4 is not buggy...works great.
FYI I use the mute button on my phone very often. It would be a pain for me to have to dig into settings to change the sound settings every time when now i can flip a little switch.
have you ever used your iPhone hotspot to download 4K stock movies that are gigabytes in size because you are working in a venue that doesn’t have internet service? Do that and let me know how long your battery lasts.
Why in 10 years and not now?
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Wouldn’t consider that a normal use case, would you?
Not if they use the AirPod case as a sort of wireless charger that is able to contactless-ly transmit energy to the iPhone. There’s plenty of room in the AirPod case for more battery, and they’ve been working on this method of wireless charging without contact as well. It’s not that hard to imagine lol
Normal for me. And that’s all I care about. I’m sure I’m not the only one who needs wired charging in places where no wireless charging would ever exist. How about restaurants and Starbucks? I can’t predict when my battery is about to die and usually it’s when I’m out and about, like on a tour in a foreign country or on the road for my job. Would YOU like your phone to die while you are walking around a foreign city and have to remember where your hotel is?
Did you forget advancements in battery tech, wireless tech, and other things that don’t exist today or the fact it’s not even a reality?
It obviously WASN'T acceptable, so it WASN’T done.
Please provide me a product from a competitor available on the market that can wirelessly charge three devices at the same time, priority manage the power delivery required to the specific device it senses, provides charge information of all connected devices placed on a charging pad, ramp up or reduce power to standby mode, etc.
There is a reason why AirPower is not realessed yet, Apple has to work with Qi for the charge specification and need a custom ARM chip for management with a stripped down OS. For example look at the W1 chip in AirPods, the co-processor chips in iPhones. Apple got into the chip business to create custom chips to compliment or exceed what is presently available on the market.
I believe you are under the impression it is just a basic charging pad, for all we know it maybe able to transfer data when connected to a Mac, maybe second Gen, don’t know as Apple has not revealed any details. Maybe it can charge an iPad or future implementation, possibilities are optimistic.
The value is in the eye of the beholder/consumer.
We don’t know the validity behind this article, as its mainly speculation and of course, unconfirmed. As for the future, its very possible this _could_ happen, but as for the iPhone X, I don’t believe this article at all, regardless of Gurmans ‘Inside’ information.
This would have been a colossally dumb move by Apple.
Forget the nightmare for charging in different places or say in a car.
How is CarPlay supposed to work? The vast majority of CarPlay cars rely on a physical connection.
I didn’t really mind losing the headphone jack, but the lightning port would’ve crippled the iPhone’s usability.
Forget the nightmare for charging in different places or say in a car.
How is CarPlay supposed to work? The vast majority of CarPlay cars rely on a physical connection.
I didn’t really mind losing the headphone jack, but the lightning port would’ve crippled the iPhone’s usability.
I use my phone as my headunit in my car. Bypassed the stock system completely and use a dsp with a digital signal from my phone and camera usb kit to a dac back to my dsp to run my whole system. I couldn’t get on board with wireless completely. I don’t want to start carrying around old hardware year after year if I want to run my setup this way.
Getting rid of cables is a bad choice of you need faster charging and don’t have wireless everywhere to use. I only use wireless going to bed.
Getting rid of cables is a bad choice of you need faster charging and don’t have wireless everywhere to use. I only use wireless going to bed.
That may be all you care about, but that doesn't make a common use case. You would presume that they may have thought through the negatives with an approach like this and have solutions for them.
Maybe?
No I wouldn't like my phone to die when walking around a foreign city. However I currently do this a lot, and the phone works just fine without going flat all the time. (Also, it's really not the end of the world if your phone dies. Travelled in most countries in Asia for 10 months of my life and didn't even have a smartphone back then (gasp!)).
"remove most of the external ports and buttons on the iPhone,"
There is one external port. One.
There is one external port. One.
I'll get over it with an Android. An iPhone I can only charge on my desk at home would be all but useless. It's not a matter of preference. It's a matter of the damn battery won't last.