I am an investor, so I do benefit from the financials. It is almost like they are giving me a discount.
Indeed, and many have done just that - albeit, begrudgingly. Removing the phone jack added no functionality to the iPhone. Switching from Lightning to USB-C might actually be a one-step backward (inconvenient for current iPhone users), two-steps forward (more compatible interface with a more universally used port, good decision in the big picture). Removing all ports has no practical reasoning behind it; it is an aesthetic decision. Apple is increasingly going for form over function across their product lines - no phone jack on phones, fewer ports and flimsy keyboards on laptops, less functional trashcan design fore the Mac Pro, etc. Consumer flight from Apple products may seem insignificant to the "but look at the sales figures" Apple diehard faithful, but if Apple continues the form over function route with accompanying high price hikes, they will ultimately lose their once-loyal customer base. That is not a positive for Apple. It leaves a customer base which prefers form over function, or at least that is willing to put up with it in order to remain in the iOS/MacOS walled garden.
How many long time customers have they lost? You? You are speculating. You don't know. Sales are better than ever, so they are likely gaining customers and selling more services.
Well, the iPhone still has a lightning connector too, right? That's kind of my point. When they remove it, other stuff will likely exist to compensate.
Who said anything about wireless CarPlay? I'm talking about charging a phone wirelessly while connected to CarPlay via bluetooth.
*****? Apple is so out of touch with their customers
As a side note in his report about technical challenges facing the AirPower, expected to be released by September, well-connected reporter Mark Gurman also noted that Apple considered removing wired charging from the iPhone X.
From his Bloomberg News story:Just to be absolutely clear, Gurman confirmed to me that this would have included removing the Lightning connector from the device. In fact, his report notes that Apple designers eventually hope to "remove most of the external ports and buttons on the iPhone," although this is likely multiple years away.
A few years ago, it was reported that Apple's design chief Jony Ive's end goal is for the iPhone to resemble a "single sheet of glass," while Apple has repeatedly expressed its ambitions to "create a wireless future," so the eventual removal of the Lightning connector should perhaps come as no surprise.
Apple is already well on its way towards that wireless future, with products and technologies ranging from AirPods and AirPower to its W1 and W2 wireless chips. Apple also made the controversial decision to remove the headphone jack from iPhone 7 models a few years ago, pushing users towards wireless earphones.
Still, removing the Lightning connector would certainly be another controversial decision, given it is not only used for wired charging, but also for audio and data transfer, such as syncing an iPhone with iTunes on a Mac or PC.
Removing the Lightning connector would also prevent an iPhone from directly connecting to a wide range of peripherals, including many adapters, docks, battery cases, power banks, keyboards, game controllers, audio cables, wired headphones, and other accessories authorized under Apple's MFi Program.
In many cases, however, wireless alternatives would be available. It's possible to sync an iPhone with iTunes over Wi-Fi, for example, while wired headphone users can go wireless, Bluetooth-enabled game controllers are available, and upright-positioned wireless chargers can double as a docking station.
There is even wireless CarPlay, although it is currently only available in a few vehicle models and aftermarket systems.
Of course, there would be some friction with this transition, just like when Apple switched from its 30-pin dock connector to Lightning in 2012, and removed the headphone jack on the iPhone 7. In both of those cases, however, the controversy eventually died down as many users came to accept the new reality.
It's also worth noting that Apple considers a lot of different ideas internally that might never materialize in a public-facing product.
At this point, it appears like the Lightning connector on iPhones should live on for at least a few years. Rumors suggest Apple will bundle a faster 18W charger with a USB-C port with iPhones released in 2018, which would connect to the devices with a Lightning to USB-C cable included in the box.
Article Link: Gurman: Apple Considered Removing Lightning Connector on iPhone X
So what you are basically saying is what everyone knows, Apple just steals every idea they have had from other smaller companies.. and the flock lap it up.. gotcha.
They copied the rumour that was widely circulated much earlier... try and keep up, which is basically what apple try and do every year these days...
So.... you'd have to carry around a cumbersome 'wireless' charging dock with you everywhere you went?
In 'the future' when wireless docks are built into every desk, coffee shop table, trains, workplace etc then that would be fine. In the meantime such a move would totally kill the iPhone for obvious reasons.
Removing the port is the final blow to hacking devices like Graykey.They'll sell it as a security feature, No port so no way to access your data via USB.
Long press (what both Android and Apple have been using for years), is not the same thing as Force/3D touch. Adding an additional level of functionality makes this different. What you said is like saying that LCD and OLED are the same thing, simple because they are both ways of displaying pixels on a screen.
That wasn't my point. Floppy discs/drives would still have gone the way of the Do-Do, I am simply saying that Apple did something that the industry then followed. Same with the cd/dvd drive. I'm also not sold on the idea that Apple simply removed the headphone jack just to sell their airpods. I'm more of the belief they dumped the headphone jack in order to allow the design of the full screen iPhone X, while getting the added benefit of selling airpods. But if they only wanted to force people to buy airpods, why include an adapter for legacy 3.5mm headphones?
Interesting. So, Android had this;
