Android has always been a poor imitation, low rent iPhone. Everything about Android is just that much cheaper and poorly implemented. The so-called “features” of Android remind me of using a Swiss Army knife to eat a steak dinner. Not elegant, not focused, functional in many respects, but fundamentally not as good as a steak knife. Android has always tried to compensate for its inadequacy by throwing any and every useless feature at the wall in a desperate attempt to get something to “stick”. So yeah, it has features. But Apple has an editing team, that’s the difference.
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Gurman: Apple Considered Removing Lightning Connector on iPhone X
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I never said Apple was the first to remove the headphone jack.
That said, @falainber makes no sense with his argument either. Even if wireless technology had improved to the point where bluetooth headphones were deemed good enough, what exactly did these handphone companies have to gain from removing the headphone jack, when many of them don't even sell their own headphones?
The cynic can at least accuse Apple of removing the headphone jack to sell their own line of AirPods and beats headphones. But what does a company like HTC get out of dropping the headphone jack, where they lose an additional point of differentiation from the competition, and don't even sell accessories to profit from this? You don't even save that much from leaving out the headphone jack to begin with.
How easy would it be for these companies to just leave in the jack and use it as an extra marketing point over the iPhone? Yet they chose to jump in with Apple. Do you think they really subscribe to Apple's vision of a wireless future?
Same thing with the notch. Huawei flat out admitted as much.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin...-arguments-over-notch-and-color/#1ded48df3df5
Nobody dared to implement the notch until Apple did it and made the design acceptable to users.
That is the power of Apple.
Why is it so hard for you to believe that I speak up about Apple when I genuinely see merit in what they are doing, even when there is zero benefit to myself?
I buy Apple products because they work great for me. Would I voluntarily use my own money to set up an Apple TV in my classroom, and use my iPad in conjunction with it every day at work, much less spend a small fortune on apps, if they didn't? Would I punish myself by using AirPods every day to listen to music and podcasts if they weren't the best headphones for me, while my three other pairs collect dust on the shelf? Same with my Apple Watch.
As do millions and millions of other consumers, and Apple's profits is proof of this. This shows that for all their missteps, Apple is nevertheless doing many things right. Things that regrettably aren't getting enough recognition because the recent pessimism over the state of the Mac appears to have sucked all the oxygen out of the room, but it is what it is, I suppose.
That was my point. Despite the fuss in the media, people didn't mind losing the 3.5mm jack because there's no real loss of convenience - you can use AirPods (like I do) or Bluetooth, but you can also still plug in headphones or other speakers if you need to via Lightning or the Lighting to 3.5mm adapter. You're not losing anything.
But removing a charging port is a very different thing because there's a significant loss of flexibility/convenience unless battery life is vastly improved. I don't see what's more convenient about a phone with only wireless charging vs a phone that has both wireless and wired charging, like iPhone 8/X. Here were my follow-up posts:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ctor-on-iphone-x.2124205/page-2#post-26174939
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ctor-on-iphone-x.2124205/page-3#post-26174992
There are just too many cases where not having any option to do wired charging would be a significant loss of convenience and functionality (you also lose the ability to do Lightning to 3.5mm audio) - that wasn't the case with the removal of the 3.5mm jack.
How else do you think Apple can get away with stunts like removing ports or blocking flash? Steve Jobs even went so far as to say that customers pay Apple to make the hard decisions for them so that they didn't have to. This is why Apple is so successful - because they own the best customers.
Apple being Apple, enjoys a certain reputation in the industry. People may not always like or appreciate or understand everything that Apple does, but there is this implicit trust that there is a legitimate reason to everything that Apple does, and that it will all work out for the better.
To me it's just amusing that it's used as an excuse to denigrate or vilify anything Android related.
LoL do I really need to point you to the Android related articles on this site to see the obvious thing I've stated?
I'm not interested to engage into a long and boring as a matter of factly conversation.
I dont mind if they switch to USB-C (even though it'll be a PITA!) but if they remove all ports itll make the phone significantly less useful. I occasionally use ethernet adaptor, usb ports, SD card readers, midi interface on my iphone and iPad..
Only way I can see it working is if they remove it on the SE-level cheaper phones and have an iPhone Pro that retains ports. People do use these devices for a range of *stuff* outside games/social media/browsing, and apple traditionally cater well for that stuff, but jeez this would be a massive headache and would require taking whole new peaces of hardware on trips when a couple of tiny dongles currently do the job.
Also wireless charging isn't as convenient a lot of the time, I cant see a single upside to removing all the ports, it's mental.
Only way I can see it working is if they remove it on the SE-level cheaper phones and have an iPhone Pro that retains ports. People do use these devices for a range of *stuff* outside games/social media/browsing, and apple traditionally cater well for that stuff, but jeez this would be a massive headache and would require taking whole new peaces of hardware on trips when a couple of tiny dongles currently do the job.
Also wireless charging isn't as convenient a lot of the time, I cant see a single upside to removing all the ports, it's mental.
The same way you would charge it at home, you plug the charger into the power source and then put the phone on top of the charger. How are you charging an Apple Watch in a car or at the airport?
(I'm not advocating for the removal of the Lightning port, just that for charging it wouldn't create insurmountable problems. Even most data transfer works fine via WiFi, heck most people probably download OS updates that weigh a GB or so over-the-air. There are downsides, slower maximum charging speed, mostly no solid connection during charging, need for new chargers. But the biggest downside I see is for troubleshooting. Updating the Apple Watch and troubleshooting it is more complex due to it lacking a wired connection.)
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Was there a 30-Pin to Lightning adaptor?
Well they removed the headphone jack years before an equivalent wireless solution existed, why not take away the power and sync cable too. Then all the ear pod wearers can tell us all how much they love waiting 4 days for their phone to charge because it means there are no wires.
Cradles that have charging in the back of them. Airports that have desks you can sit your phone on, or packs That clip to the to the back while you use it.
Your thinking of the transitionional phase and not the end result. Think of all the frayed no longer needed and all the charging ports no longer loose or broken.
They _have_ made it simple. I no longer buy Apple phones or laptops. And yeah, I get it, I'm only one person ... at least so far, I still buy iMacs and iPads.
I am assuming you are referring to the HTC U11? They ditched the headphone jack, but included an adapter, free headphones, that are noise cancelling at that. They can be tuned with different profiles and what not. Much better solution to what Apple does.
http://www.businessinsider.com/htc-u11-life-headphone-jack-usb-c-noise-canceling-headphones-2017-11
You do know that Huawei's headquarters are located in China, right? Chinese have always mimicked just about any and everything. Samsung has been pretty blatant about keeping the headphone jack as matter a fact. How are you so blind to the fact that Apple is NOT the first company with a notch in the display? You said that Apple wasn't the first to remove the headphone jack, yet are blind to the fact that they were NOT the first to have some sort of notch/cutout in the display.
It is fine that you think everything that Apple makes is better than everything else. That is your opinion. But at the end of the day, everything you named can be done, and arguably better and then some, with other devices/brands. The ones who let Apple think for them, are the reason why Apple gets away with shoody customer service, no upgrades on the Mac side, buggy software with security vulnerabilities, etc. Apple could sell bottled water, and some would claim that the $1000 16.9 fl oz water, is the BEST water they have ever tasted.
The 6S / 6S+ is a good phone. Mine is still working just fine, and I'll probably put a new battery in it next year. Perhaps in a couple of years Apple will come out with a portless, wireless device worth the Apple tax.
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Just imagine how much better their sales would be if they still incorporated a headphone jack? The people who still buy them don't care about listening to music with high quality wired headphones. Apple's choices with both iPhones and Macs the last several years have lost them a significant number of long time customers. They (and people like you) don't care - neither do their lost customers. Too many fish in the sea to stick with a fickle anorexic fish.
The past tense in 'existed' indicates that one exists now. Is that a correct reading?
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If people put off buying new iPhones because they cannot stand the aesthetics of having a Lightning to 3.5 mm adaptor at the end of the headphone cable, they are even more design-obscessed than Apple.
I'm not sure what to call people that act as if using conventional wired headphones on the iPhone 7 and later is impossible or a very unpleasant experience.
I use my Mac as my iPhone backup. I tend to uh, "download" movies and TV shows and put them on my phone when I travel. Plus, for some odd reason, I just don't trust having my iPhone storage in only one place. My Mac also backs itself up to an external drive so I feel double safe.
Qi chargers charge the iPhone 8 and X about as fast (or even faster) than the wired charger shipping with the iPhone. And the fastest Qi chargers on other phones charge about as fast as the fastest wired charger on the iPhone.
So your polemic that wireless charging in future iPhone would take longer than current wired iPhone charging is about as far from the truth as possible.