It's Apple's fault they provided you with the accessory you misplaced by your own doing? I think this falls under accountability.
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iPhone 7 Again Said to Ship With Lightning-to-3.5mm Headphone Dongle
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It's Apple's fault they provided you with the accessory you misplaced by your own doing? I think this falls under accountability.
Good $deity I hope this is nothing more than a bad joke, otherwise this will replace the Pencil sticking out when charging example as "worst design decision of the year".
Lol... people believe anything that their believed Apple tells them, thus the reason they sell so many products.
[doublepost=1469208905][/doublepost]I am lost why I want a phone that does not have the audio jack. I think this is where iPhone and I depart.![]()
With just over six weeks remaining until Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, leaked photos and rumors surrounding the smartphones are starting to become clear and consistent.
Deutsche Bank is the latest group to add its expectations to the mix, issuing a research note obtained by Business Insider that corroborates several previously rumored features coming in this year's refresh.
The bank, which allegedly made supply chain checks, believes the 4.7-inch model will have an improved camera and optical image stabilization, while the larger 5.5-inch model is set to gain a dual-lens camera and 3GB of RAM.
Both models are also expected to have no headphone jack, a touch-sensitive home button with haptic feedback, a new darker color, "professional class" waterproofing, and improved sound, possibly by way of stereo speakers.
Perhaps the most interesting bit is Deutsche Bank's belief that the iPhone 7 will ship with a Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone jack dongle in the box, rather than Lightning-based EarPods as previously speculated.
Many aftermarket Lightning-to-3.5mm adapters are bulky and clunky looking due to the need for a digital-to-analog converter, however, so it remains to be seen if Apple could create a dongle that meets its high standards of design.
Every single one of Deutsche Bank's predictions have surfaced previously:
- No 3.5mm headphone jack: WSJ, Fast Company, Mac Otakara, and many others
- Dual-lens camera for iPhone 7 Plus: Ming-Chi Kuo, Mac Otakara, and many others
- 3GB of RAM for iPhone 7 Plus: Ming-Chi Kuo
- Touch-sensitive home button: DigiTimes, Cowen and Company
- Improved waterproofing: WSJ, Fast Company, DigiTimes, Commercial Times, Weibo
- Stereo speakers: DigiTimes, Mac Otakara
- A new darker color: Mac Otakara and leaked photo
- Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter: Mac Otakara
Apple is widely expected to announce the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in September. Other rumored features include a faster TSMC-made Apple A10 processor, repositioned antenna bands, faster LTE and Wi-Fi, a slightly larger battery, and a minimum 32GB of base storage. A larger 256GB model may also be available.
Article Link: iPhone 7 Again Said to Ship With Lightning-to-3.5mm Headphone Dongle
That dongle is coming with the Plus/Pro or whatever the hell they're calling it. Let's face it, including the adapter in all models isn't "aggressive-adoption-forcing" enough to be Apple.
Kinda reminds me of a Robin Williams saying. "Look Anon, the Moon, like a testicle, hangs low in the sky."
It's a dongle out there!
That design (if true) better not come straight out like the lightning plug end. The little tongue will not be able to hold the bending forces.
I can see a "lightning" quick class action suit. $ 0.17 for everybody and Apple admits no wrong doing.
Rumor is that the Swiss Army will be designing the next Apple adapter.
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I hope the cords are retractable and the unused connectors are hidden from view.
So, did it shorten out?
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Because Germans know everything (and better!)
Not a dis, just a fact (Disclaimer for MR , I am German
It's not about the millisecond travel difference it's about the apparent volume difference. I.e. That the right speaker is louder to the right ear than the left speaker and vice versa. This is why headphones actually give better stereo separation than car speakers even though the latter is further apart.
If you hold the new iPhone design to your nose you *may* get some stereo separation, but you will certainly look ridiculous.
So I am just wondering, what do you bluetooth wireless headphones guys do when the batteries fail to give a good enough charge for your use case?
No stereo separation, but you will get to hear two separate channels of audio as opposed to mono summed. I doubt many people will be able to hear any difference a few feet away from the speakers.
Time to invest in some Bluetooth headphones. I doubt audiobooks require super high fidelity wired headphones.
Strawman argument. At least you are indirectly acknowledging the difference between high end headphones and a vast majority of Bluetooth ones.
I'm curious why people are upset about the rumored second speaker. I understand being bothered by Apple's making this a key feature in all of their advertising. But that's not happening. Apple hasn't even acknowledged that there is a second speaker.
People are imagining what Apple will do and then getting angry with their own imagination
I'd be okay with it if the form was a new design that necessitated a removal of the headphone jack for aesthetic and functional purposes. But it's the same shell we have been using so it seems lame to not have the headphone jack. I would've more receptive to it for a design that was like one of the Samsung concept phones for next year which is more like a flexible glass slab.