iphone 7, MacBook Pro

[HRNess]

so let me get this straight. Their flagship phone and flagship MacBook will need an adaptor to sync together. iPhone 7 ships with a lighting to USB sync charge cable that will need an adaptor for the MacBook Pro thunderbolt?

You'll also need an adaptor to use the lighting EarPods with your new MacBook Pro that apple doesn't currently even sell.

And... they raised the price of the MacBook Pro that requires dongles and adaptors for just about everything.

 

[LilBethan]

From my understanding thunderbolt takes USB

 

[HRNess]

From my understanding thunderbolt takes USB

With an adaptor. iPhone 7 is USB 3, these are USB C.

 

[jk73]

Wait, it won't be possible to use any Apple-branded headphones with the new MBP without an adapter?

If true, looks like Apple is trying hard to push us into buying AirPods.

 

[Lobwedgephil]

You don't need an adapter, you need a lightning to usb c cord.

 

[T5BRICK]

http://www.apple.com/us/search/USB-C+to+Lightning+Cable?src=globalnav

I don't know why they're $25-35, but here is the charging cable you need.

As for headphones, get something better than the Earpods. I only use them because they're free.

 

[jk73]

You don't need an adapter, you need a lightning to usb c cord.

Well, it doesn't make sense to plug headphones into a 1-meter-long cable which is then plugged into the MBP.

At first, I thought the headphone jack head been removed from the new MBPs, but since that isn't true, it looks like this isn't as big of a deal as it first appeared.

 

[JTToft]

With an adaptor. iPhone 7 is USB 3

- Technically, it's USB-A 2.0.

Wait, it won't be possible to use any Apple-branded headphones with the new MBP without an adapter?

- Yes, AirPods and 3.5 mm EarPods. Not Lightning EarPods, for which there currently isn't an adaptor.

Well, it doesn't make sense to plug headphones into a 1-meter-long cable which is then plugged into the MBP.

- It isn't for headphones. It's for charging and syncing stuff, like an iPhone.

 

[jerryk]

The TB group is confuse a lot of people with this. USB-C is the connector type the new MacBook Pros have. Thunderbolt 3 is the designation of a USB-C connector with appropriate wiring and signal control to allow the 40 Gbps Thunderbolt communication, charging, DP 1.2, networking, daisy chaining, etc. Lots for a single connector!

See this link for more info. It sort of makes it clear, sort of.

https://thunderbolttechnology.net/blog/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-does-it-all

BTW, anyone else wish Apple would have gone to USB-C/TB-3 on the iPhone 7?