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iPhone 7 Case: Nearly Identical Fit to 6s, Except for Camera Cutout and No Headphone Jack
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NO NO NO!
Lightning Cable is superior than USB-C in every single way. Why do you think Apple uses it? Because it's awesome!
Headphone needs to go, because there's no space to fit it with the 0.1 mm decrease in size.
2GB ram is MORE than enough, I cannot possible think of any usages that will need even 2.1GB of ram
Getting ****** with a port is painful. Luckily modern ports are smaller than ports of yore.
So what? One decent (and overpriced) pair or headphones doesnt make up for the other nuisances... why do I need to charge headphones? Why is everything going wireless when it doesnt need to?
Instead of the Apple logo on the back there should be an American football embossed on the backside to commemorate Apple punting this year.
Apple spends less than $18 on their entire I/O chipset for the iPhone of which the DAC & amp are a small part. So I would guess that a simple DAC/amp adapter would be under $10 from an unlicensed Chinese knock-off company. Apple's will likely be about $20, and this is based on the $29 30-pin adapter which has an ADC as well, passes data, and power, and a 30-pin connector.
Nobody will have to choose between Lightning or USB-C. Headphones will be digital, with or without wireless. They will be agnostic to platform. Cables will determine platform, and I would expect some third party cables to include built-in connectors for all major platforms. You're also making assumptions about the current state of wireless, as if Apple hasn't already improved it, and is likely to make a massive leap forward when they make this announcement. They usually don't rush half-assed solutions to market, especially when so much is at stake with this decision.
What's your source for this? All of this is wrong.
I would expect all of this hardware to work with an adapter. The current 30-pin to Lightning adapter accommodates external Mics. So the 3.5mm/Lightning adapter should as well.
Any rumors on the screen. In all honestly I'd be perfectly happy with the current iPhone plus body, but with smaller bezels on the screen. The body was such a nice design, they just need to catch the screen up with other phones.
Or maybe the ME (Medium Edition) and LE (Large Edition) to keep it consistent with the same body SE (same as 5/5s).
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Not yet.
Where do you see analog output in this diagram?
https://www.macrumors.com/2013/05/0...ailed-in-newly-published-patent-applications/
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Nevermind - I stand corrected. Pins are dynamically configurable - it's written write there in the text (I had done an image search).
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I'm guessing that MR ordered those hundreds of cases for the upcoming iPhone 7 with the blessing of someone who knows that they'll fit.
Nope. All headphone manufacturers will be making digital headphones by this time next year. But they will be platform agnostic, configurable by optional wireless, or custom single connector cables. Some will have multiple connectors (essentially built-in adapters) ... all choices up to the user which they prefer.
headphone jack is one of the last remnants of universal elegance, of perfect simplicity and minimalism; Apple is over-complicating. Whether you on a Subsaharan dune, in an ice cavern, the slums of India, Versailles palace, or deep in a Mongolian well, you can count on taking just about any pair of headphones on earth with you. Who the heck wants to keep track of an extra set of headphone that ONLY work with the new iphone unless you lug around a clunky ugly adapter to use with other Mac products? Where are your brains Apple? The day Apple drops the Headphone Jack the day they lose my business
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Same. In fact, the rumors about the 7 having the same design are what pushed me to get an SE. Not interested in another phone shaped like the 6.
Cool down there, bud. Everything is going wireless because that's where technology has been progressing for decades now. The device you use daily runs because of that same premise (i.e., no one wants to be tied down by a landline - thus, the creation of the cell phone). Excuse me for liking the best headphones on the market ($150 total, so, not anymore overpriced than anything puts on the market) - I believe I have the right to purchase what I like in an open market. If you wanna plug in everything, you have every right to do so, but I feel sorry for you because your stubborn ass will be stuck with an iPhone 6S, EarPods, and a lightning cable for the rest of time. Good luck and godspeed.
MacRumors? Any chance you could sweeten the deal and throw in a dongle with that?
I would much rather Apple remove the home button that would make more sense.
I would much rather Apple remove the home button that would make more sense.Really seems to be true. For me it means: No jack = no new iPhone! And no new iPad, no new MacbookPro, no new appleTVs, airPorts. Will hold all Apple investment as long as possible (about 2 years) and see what future brings. And take a closer look at alternatives (Android, Spotify, Amazon...).
Me and my family currently use 4 iPhones, 4 iPads, 4 MacbookPros, 1 macMini Server, 2 TimeCapsules, 3 AirportExpress and 4 AppleTVs, 1 Apple Watch, AppleMusic family and additional iCloud Space for every one of us. Maybe it's not only peak iPhone for Apple but peak Apple for me. And all because of pure ignorance from Apple.
Me and my family currently use 4 iPhones, 4 iPads, 4 MacbookPros, 1 macMini Server, 2 TimeCapsules, 3 AirportExpress and 4 AppleTVs, 1 Apple Watch, AppleMusic family and additional iCloud Space for every one of us. Maybe it's not only peak iPhone for Apple but peak Apple for me. And all because of pure ignorance from Apple.
I am reminded how greedy Apple is.
Recycling the same flat slab design is pathetic.
So everyone has to suffer because YOU want wireless headphones and your calling ME stubborn?
I'm actually comtemplating picking up a 6S and MBP now so I'm not stuck with all this nonsense.
I want a headphone jack.
I want USB and TB, not USB C.
I'm almost positive they will do something else knuckleheaded that we arent prepared for. Like nuking the SD card slot. Or limiting local storage to 128gb since 'we are all in the cloud anyway'.
I want a headphone jack.
I want USB and TB, not USB C.
I'm almost positive they will do something else knuckleheaded that we arent prepared for. Like nuking the SD card slot. Or limiting local storage to 128gb since 'we are all in the cloud anyway'.
Aesthetically from the front, maybe. The design was completely different. iPhone 4(s) had an internal frame sandwiched between glass while the 5(s) was an aluminum unibody design with glass on the front. If these rumors are true, the 7 will have the same aluminum unibody design as the 6 and 6S before it. Just saying, there was a much bigger difference in your example from what we are rumored to see this year.This 3 year iPhone design cycle is nothing new. Indeed, 4,4S,5, 5S had nearly identical design, with only some minor tweaks and for 5 series an elongated screen, but thats it.
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Is the headphone jack really that important to you that you would force you and your family to completely abandon all Apple products? Seems awfully extreme. What if they included a lightning-3.5mm adapter? Would you keep all of your Apple stuff?
I assume the cases will be US only!
TBH that's the main reason I no longer donate yearly - I feel there's often a distain to the international readership on this site, (I do however click through & order from the occasional advert though to 'pay my way' as such!
TBH that's the main reason I no longer donate yearly - I feel there's often a distain to the international readership on this site, (I do however click through & order from the occasional advert though to 'pay my way' as such!