iPhone 7 - 3.5mm to lightning, the real story is not "Courage"

[akash.nu]

This video is ridiculous.
Does the fee's play in Apple's favor? Maybe.

But you have to ask yourself, was the headphone jack going to stick around forever?
And why would anyone expect Lightning earphones to become a thing when Apple is explicitly pushing for Bluetooth solutions?

In time, when wireless charging is good enough. the Lightning port will also disappear. The current state of ports is just a transition and not the endgame.

I also don't see anyone presenting the argument that Apple also will lose money because of losing customers who prefer a phone with headphone jack. By being the first company to make the switch they are taking that hit. Surely more than what they gather from a few vendors fees.

I'm glad they're not playing it safe.

Also:

Cars with aux inputs - ever heard of Bluetooth?
Square payment dongles won't work? They have Bluetooth models since way back...

You see, the problem being we aren't at a point when we can rely on only wireless technologies. All of our wireless devices to go are battery powered and as you use them they're losing the charge as well as your phone.

From the battery technology standpoint we've simply not made much improvement to cater for such situation. Which means you charge everything then you charge them again and then again and then again. There's no solution where you can get away from this. At least with the 3.5mm headphone jack you could listen to music for longer on the go. But now you can't even do that. So it's not really wireless is it?!

 

[Skika]

Where do you even get this information. Digitally tested? With what? WHere? Who? How was the test performed? To what level quality was it subjected to?
You can't just make up stuff.

I have the 6+, and audio over lightning (digital) is far superior than over the 3.5mm(1878 technology) to me. The volume is louder, and the sound is clear and more crisp. Its not muddied by the analog/digital conversion.
I get that some people are crying really hard and pouting like children because they aren't getting what they want from someone else. But I'm ok with not having 1878 technology in my 2016 smart phone.

Are you inputing zeroes and ones in your ears?

 

[iceterminal]

I'll try to find the video. The test was substantial enough.

I'd appreciate it. Just from my own observations, the digital audio sounds much better and stronger than the analog.

 

[Mrbobb]

Bottom line: tie you in, less choice, un-American.

 

[mikezmac]

I know we've all discussed about it at length but just to help out some of our non audiophile members, Apple clearly lied when they said that the audio jack was removed because they have courage...

I think this video here nails it down.

Oh my God you guys are really crazy about the stupid Jack. If you don't like it, don't buy it. The more talk about it the more you keep it in the limelight
Oh wait, you want net traffic in order to make yourself make money. So we talk about the most popular object the iPhone

 

[Mrbobb]

Courage, is that what they said? good lord. At least with Jobs, he had the flamboyance to you tell you, I am giving you stuff you yet don't know you need!

 

[sunking101]

What's this BS about dropping the aux jack in order to make the iPhone 'waterproof'? Samsung phones have a higher water resistance rating and also have the aux jack...

The new Motorola Z doesn't have an aux jack either but heck, I'd rather have one than not. The more current-use interfaces a smartphone has the better and if Samsung can fit a bigger screen, S-Pen and aux jack into a smaller casing than the 7+ then the space saving theory holds no weight either...