Not changing the form factor was about money, that I concede. But removing the headphone jack wasn't.
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Not changing the form factor was about money, that I concede. But removing the headphone jack wasn't.
He removed a vent, not the sensor, you can put a vent else where in the phone or make a jack/vent combo and it would be fine. The taptic engine is still in his modded phone.
You do know how a barometer works, right? Also, wasn't saying he messes up the taptic engine. I was saying Apple didn't think the headphone jack was important enough to keep.
What math are you using? Apple brought new product to their lineup (wireless headphones) and at the same time removed the headphone jack. People were left with option to use random bluetooth headphones or get into "amazing" Airpods family. It has absolutely positive financial effect. Even if they wouldn't sell any Airpods, in theory they save few cents from each headphone jack not installed.
or buy a dongle.
Also apple acquired Beats long before the headphone jack was removed. So technically they sold wireless headphones before the decision as well.
Let's break down where the space went.
A) Larger taptic engine
B) That barometric vent
I suppose you're asking why we need a barometric vent. The answer is simple. If we want the phone to both be waterproof and have a working barometer, the vent was needed.
And yet more profit to Apple from same original decision.
They're not going to risk 60-something percents of their business over accessories.
Sure, I have no details why larger taptic engine is used or what are the reasonings behind it but there are plenty of phones with barometric measurements with waterproofing along with other functions and their respective hardware needed. Its all about arrangements and the space it needs, right? What if I say that iPhone was 1-2mm longer would they all fit?
This is amazing. If only Apple could swallow their pride and bring back the headphone jack. (Or at least replace Lightning with USB-C so that we can have corded headphones that actually work on multiple devices with no adapters).
I fully agree with your points, but this is a fight you won't win. People choose perceived ease of use to sound quality.
I said perceived and not actual ease of use. Especially when you factor in the cost of BT headphones and the need to charge them.
Cassette tapes were much the same situation back in the 1970's. Worse sound than an 8-track, but you could record more music on a cassette tape. Of course you lost a lot of sound quality because you made the tape yourself and with a cheap tape deck, but the cassettes WERE smaller and more portable. So what if they all had a loud hiss in the background that even Dolby systems couldn't get rid of entirety. For most people music is something that plays in the background.
Not this nonsense still
This lack of ports stuff is a REAL issue for a LOT of us. If I didn't have such an investment in Apple software I'd be long gone. I think it's OK for some people to say, "oh - well I never needed that port, so I'm OK with it being gone", but it's NOT OK for people to tell others they DON'T need something.
I never saw a single person complaining about the iPhone6S "I love it, but wish there wasn't a headphone jack on it", nor did I ever hear people complaining about their Macbook Pro having ports.
If people just keep bashing others who complain when Apple makes their offerings worse, they're just contributing to a declining level of Apple products.
Right now, Apple is a monopoly like AT&T - I have just 2 options - (1) use an enormous pile of dongles or (2) walk away and leave. Thanks goodness Samsung has more sense than that.
Only those 4 ports are directly compatible with hardly anything right now. And its been almost a year since they were launched and the situation has not changed a bit. You need an adapter to plug anything into those 4 ports. If you are okay with dongles sticking out of your laptop for basic compatibility, then good for you.
That moment when you realize Apple's customers have become more innovative than Apple
Not really a kind comment. Why do people climb mountains? He had a desire to complete a project and through his perserverance and knowledge he did it. Has the poster ever done anything significant?
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And in a years time he’ll be modding AirPods completely oblivious to the irony. Props to him for his brilliance, but wires are dead.
It saw thousands of views from Reddit yesterday, one of the 10 most visited sites in the world, and made the front page there, racking up more than 669,000 views. Yes, it clearly lacks coverage.
The joke. You missed it.
So you don't know that USB-C is not good standard since the same connector does not work with all manufacturers across the board. If it would work as intended, then you could charge your macbook with any USB-C charger but that is not the reality. Maybe in the future they will fix the standard but even then we don't know how Apple will reflect the changes.
