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iPhone 7 May Feature Thinner, Waterproof Body With No Headphone Jack and Wireless Charging
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I have zero issues with apple removing 3.5 i actually dont remember last time i used headphones plugged in. I have a nice set of bose bluetooth headphones (yes i know people will slam me for quality, i produce music so i know what good quality sounds like) but on iphone that is stuck in your pocket quality does not need to be the main concern. Also if the lightning port supports digital quality like which in theory it should then it would benefit all the audio quality junkies.
However, if apple is only removing 3.5 port just to make the phone thinner without putting extra battery where the port went or making the phone waterproof then it is kind of a useless feature.
However, if apple is only removing 3.5 port just to make the phone thinner without putting extra battery where the port went or making the phone waterproof then it is kind of a useless feature.
Easiest wired solution: a $20 Lightning to 3.5mm adapter.
Easiest Bluetooth solution: a $20 Bluetooth receiver dongle
http://www.amazon.com/Mpow-Streambot-Bluetooth-Streaming-Smartphones/dp/B00MJMV0GU
I'm using one now that I mistakenly ordered when I was trying to buy the MPOW Bluetooth transmitter for use with my old 5th generation iPod Video and Bluetooth headphones (which works great by the way). Here's a link to the new model which is both a transmitter and receiver!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P20TFWM
Basically, I plug this little device into any audio input from the aux jack in rental cars, or speaker systems, or I can plug a regular pair of earphones into it. Works great turning my Apple earbuds into BT wireless ones.
i didn't even know such things existed, not to mention could be so inexpensive until I went looking for legacy equipment. If Apple does this, the cost of such devices will drop as demand rises, and the quality and technology will improve. Not to mention they will sell them at the Apple Store and wherever iPhones are sold, so it will be hard not to know about them.
And here's the best part going BT -- in the car, no more fumbling with the aux cord, BT connects automatically. When you plug into a sound system, you can walk up to 50 feet away and control the music from your iPhone. Likewise for the headphones ... You won't be tethered to your device anymore -- when you're making lunch in the kitchen, you won't have to carry the phone around with you to have a conversation -- truly hands free.
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Buh buh but I thought everyone said the 6S was the phone to get, so much better than the 6, so much more of an improvement than the 5S to 6 jump 
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?Yeah, the problem here is that this innovation is actually a move backwards. Remember the good old days when listening to audio from your phone required a proprietary set of headphones?
Or the good old days when using headphones meant you had to sit within the distance of your headphone cord to your equipment? Or had to buy and extension if you wanted to walk around a room while you listened to music? Or had to buy an 1/8" plug adapter to use or industry standard 1/4" headphones, or later when 3.5mm plugs became the standard, another 1/4" plug adapter to use with legacy or pro equipment?
i'm sure if they ditch the 3.5, there will be some sort of splitter to allow you to charge and listen to music at the same time
I would count this change as a given at this point. One only needs to look at the new AppleTV remote and see the writting on the wall. It uses a ligtning cable to charge and it has solved the loose connection problem seen on earlier iPhones with the lightning charger falling out easily. If people want a trully water-resistant/proof device, this relic from the Walkman era has to go. You can opt for a mini-headphone to lightning adapter if you want to continue using legacy gear.
I can't even say how stupid this comment is. You can use your Beats headset with our without a headphone jack, so why "can't you wait", for what?
iPhone 6S - 7.1mm
iPhone 6 - 6.9mm
iPod Touch - 6.1mm
Oppo R5 - 4.85mm (link) -> no headphone jack
It seems there's still room for improvement with the headphone port in place, but not that much. The iPhone 4 was the worlds thinnest phone at the time, now they probably want to do it again.
And no, using bumps does not count.
iPhone 6 - 6.9mm
iPod Touch - 6.1mm
Oppo R5 - 4.85mm (link) -> no headphone jack
It seems there's still room for improvement with the headphone port in place, but not that much. The iPhone 4 was the worlds thinnest phone at the time, now they probably want to do it again.
And no, using bumps does not count.
Here's how it goes...
Rumors: many complain and say they'll never buy an Apple product again.
Launch... many complain and proclaim disappointment and "fail".
3 Months later... iPhone sells at record numbers and Samsung announces their version of the same.
2 years later... everything people complained about 2 years prior they now accept as the "norm" and claim Apple stole the idea from someone else.
This is how it works... accept it.
Ding Ding Ding! we have a winner!!!
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The battery life could be better. It would nice to only have to charge an iPhone every other day instead of everyday.
moving forward means that I need another cable to charge my head phones? talk about innovative - another device to charge.
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no they are not fantastic, they sound as good as 30 dollar head phones, battery lasts 6 hours, and the sound when watching videos still lags even with the update.
There decent, but not 200 dollars decent. and to charge them I have to bring another cable along. They are perfect for what you said.. the gym.
My biggest problem with the lightning connector, is that the socket for it on the iPhone is a lint/dirt trap, and the connector indirectly because of its design, compacts all of that just to the bottom. This eventually ends up blocking the cable from completely sinking down in the socket and making a complete connection. Apple needs to figure out a way to fix that before removing the headphone socket.
If this is true... I can see Apple selling a case that has a headphone jack and lightning cable, similar to the iHump.
Sad.
Sad.
Some of us don't want to sacrifice quality for convenience. And it would be a major inconvenience to buy more dongles and make things more complicated than they need to be.
u wat? Can't wait to get the iphone 7+ since I am using the 6+ right now.
I have the bluetooth beats so not sure where you would plug into a 3.5 mm jack?
Why waterproof sooo important ?
are you one of these ppl that forgetting your phone in your pocket before you going for a swim? or when you drooping it in the street, it always falling into a puddle ? coz few rain drops won’t kill your phone…
By taking the 3.5mm jack away, it wont make the iPhone 100% waterproof, for this its need to be 100% sealed box… if they’ll take itaway, its for other reasons.
From all the rumors, wireless charging will be the most interested one. for these how says its useless, i disagree - indeed you can’t use it while you charge it wirelessly, but anyway I’m not using while it lies on the table, so why not to charge it while its there? anyways its not that they will cancel the lighting charging option if you want to charge your phone while you doing other things.
are you one of these ppl that forgetting your phone in your pocket before you going for a swim? or when you drooping it in the street, it always falling into a puddle ? coz few rain drops won’t kill your phone…
By taking the 3.5mm jack away, it wont make the iPhone 100% waterproof, for this its need to be 100% sealed box… if they’ll take itaway, its for other reasons.
From all the rumors, wireless charging will be the most interested one. for these how says its useless, i disagree - indeed you can’t use it while you charge it wirelessly, but anyway I’m not using while it lies on the table, so why not to charge it while its there? anyways its not that they will cancel the lighting charging option if you want to charge your phone while you doing other things.
you mean there's no Bluetooth connectivity with the airline's entertainment? or that you are not allowed to use wireless headphones on a plane? Because I've used my Jaybird's on several flights already
Apple doesn't need to remove the headphone jack to make the phone waterproof, or at least resistant. My moto g can be completely submerged and still work fine, and it's got a usb port and headphone jack.
I wouldn't go swimming with it. But it means I don't worry about getting caught in the massive rainstorms my area gets. I feel OK about taking out my phone in the rain to look something up while walking to work. I could even take my phone in the shower with me, but that's crazy talk.
I wouldn't go swimming with it. But it means I don't worry about getting caught in the massive rainstorms my area gets. I feel OK about taking out my phone in the rain to look something up while walking to work. I could even take my phone in the shower with me, but that's crazy talk.
What other device uses a lightning connector? (thats not an apple product, or a handful headphones)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector)
Of course, if this turns out to be true, chances are that the (current) USB to Lightning wire wont't work with the new Lightning port...