There is benefit to him, obviously. Not everyone has the same needs or use case. I think you're still missing the point of the video, it is not to say "you should do this or I did it because I had to"... he did it because he wanted to see if it COULD be done, that's it. Yes you can use this or that, yes he ruined the water resistance (there is no waterproofing here). Who cares though? It's his device .. it's not yours, it's not mine. The video was neat from a technical point of view.
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iPhone 7 Modded to Include Fully Functional 3.5mm Headphone Jack
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There is benefit to him, obviously. Not everyone has the same needs or use case. I think you're still missing the point of the video, it is not to say "you should do this or I did it because I had to"... he did it because he wanted to see if it COULD be done, that's it. Yes you can use this or that, yes he ruined the water resistance (there is no waterproofing here). Who cares though? It's his device .. it's not yours, it's not mine. The video was neat from a technical point of view.
Dear Allen,
Thanks for proving what we all knew all along. The excuses they gave about making room and water proofing were all total BS. It was all about making money off of BT headphones/earpieces.
I hope Apple is listening.
Thanks for proving what we all knew all along. The excuses they gave about making room and water proofing were all total BS. It was all about making money off of BT headphones/earpieces.
I hope Apple is listening.
Just gonna chime in here... I only plug my AirPods in about once a week as well.
With ~24 hours of playback, I could listen to them for nearly 5 hours every day Monday - Friday if I wanted to.
I don't listen to them that much each day though, so they last well into the weekend and sometimes all the way through Monday of the next week.
Carry on.
LOL @ 'ancient' comment... just so wrong. You're pushing a narrative that didn't exist until Apple was dumb enough to remove the jack and all of a sudden you now have this opinion. Incredible.
Your attitude is pretty insulting. I suggest you try to come to terms with the fact that not everyone is going to do things exactly like you. Right now you're stuck in your own bubble.... or Apple's bubble, really; their way or the high way.
This is ridiculous -- press harder. iPhones can play lossless audio files (shouts to Flacbox). iPhones (at least those with headphone jacks) can be used with expensive cans and pre-amps. It's an audio source, and a ubiquitous one. What, you think everyone who cares about good sound quality carries around a separate dedicated (apparently non-Apple?) music player?
I care about music and sound quality and listen to music exclusively on my iPhone (still have a 6). I have expensive Bluetooth headphones and only use them to exercise because they sound a lot worse than my expensive wired headphones (and the Bluetooth connection also craps out/has frequent interference, both in my car and with those headphones). Don't pretend that there aren't iPhone users that care about sound quality (or being able to listen to music with wired headphones while simultaneously charging your phone without needing an aftermarket dongle). It's a niche -- which is why Apple chose to press forward with this strategy for many reasons (accessory sales among them) even if it would anger some people. And this mod is pretty silly. But it's a real problem, and I would switch when upgrading my phone this year over it if I weren't so deeply invested in Apple's walled garden.
Define huge? From my understanding they only saw a 1% drop in sales over the year, unless I misunderstood their earnings report. This is similar to previous churn so I am not sure the headphone jack is that impactful.
Also, My finding humor in the effort should only be taken as an opinionated chuckle. The tech guy in me appreciates the effort / engineering to make it happen, but I still find it humorous that one would invest so much time and money into something so trivial (again my opinion).
As an aside, Being a classic guy, I still miss the 30 pin Dock connector with dedicated audio pins. But, it was time to move on back then, and that is a different debate.
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Approaching 200 posts with this, obviously hit a nerve
Except, he apparently didn't enable the ability to charge and listen at the same time. He seemingly just eliminated the dongle. So in order to charge and listen at the same time, you'll presumably still need a dongle, or multiple dongles to that. Now if he got all the electronics form inside that Belkin Dongle, plus the 3.5mm headphone jack, then maybe he would have accomplished something useful here ...
I agree, but look at what every thread about Apple removing the phono devolves down to: Apple removing the jack isn't a big deal and/or you can just buy an adapter and I prefer wireless anyway, which ignores the fact that if they kept the phono jack then everyone who wanted to could still use AirPods (or whatever brand) with no loss of quality or features or convenience and for people who care about sound quality or can't justify the cost or can't recharge their BT earphones but could run down to a local shop and buy wired or plug their iPhone using the phono jack to play music at someone else's house or already have expensive headphones that work with all of their other devices including the most recent iPads, MacBooks and iMacs plus anything else that they are likely to own shouldn't have to gerrymander things just to use them.
Because the BT option loses nothing if there is a phono jack, and everyone else does if there isn't.
And don't give me the 'waterproof' statement. Lots of other phones have equal or better IP rating AND a phono jack.
The sound isn't as good.
The cost ranges from higher to much higher.
The universality with other components, even their own, isn't there.
Edit: Their, they're, there.
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If nothing else it proves that the argument that they needed the space was bull.
Same here. I went from the 6s plus to the SE and fortunately I love it. I don't think they will be pulling the headphone jack from the SE anytime soon so I can probably keep upgrading SE models as they come out.
Nope. Most studio/pro gear uses 1/4 inch stereo out not 1/8 inch 3.5mm. And connections between devices are more likely XLR connections.
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How did he disprove waterproofing again?
He probably didn't. Android phones did, however.
The sound quality has nothing to do with them being wireless or not. It only depends on the quality of the DAC in the electronics. So, if you buy cheap headphones you get ****** sound. But if you buy wireless headphones with better DAC than in the phone, you will get better sound, now at least you have a choice.
I don't get it, this is 2017, everyone walks around with a lollipop in their mouths. The headphone jack is old technology, having a lollipop in your mouth is the future. They had to remove the jack, otherwise, I wouldn't have this lollipop in my mouth. To be honest, after trying it a couple of times it's not so bad, I keep it in my mouth while exercising, running, going to work, only for casual activities, I don't care about high fidelity sound, I just want convenience. I know I could've tasted this "lollipop" before, actually since the first iPhone came out, but it wasn't until Apple forced it into my mouth that I got to try it. And for that, I'm grateful.
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Not true, Bluetooth will always compress a lossless stream.
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Not true, Bluetooth will always compress a lossless stream.
No because I have one odd shaped ear and none of the buds fit in that ear. Not to mention I find them God-Awful ugly. I use BT headphones for some activities but for sleeping I use a cheap ($10 or so) wired headphone that can get broken at will and not cost a fortune to replace.
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If he did it right it would be plenty waterproof. The 2014 Galaxy S5 had IP67 waterproofing (1 meter for 30 mins) with a headphone jack....
Pretty cool that he could pull this off.
I'm guessing the switch to lightning headphones is more about "consumer training" than about actual physical need in the iPhone 7. I'm guessing the iPhone 8 will be thinner if not the iPhone 9 where the lightning headphone will become necessary. Or another way to look at it, it's a staggered roll out of new features that go in a new direction for the iPhone, but instead of overwhelming everyone with all the changes at once, roll it out so 3rd party accessories can keep up and maintain profitability.
I'm guessing the switch to lightning headphones is more about "consumer training" than about actual physical need in the iPhone 7. I'm guessing the iPhone 8 will be thinner if not the iPhone 9 where the lightning headphone will become necessary. Or another way to look at it, it's a staggered roll out of new features that go in a new direction for the iPhone, but instead of overwhelming everyone with all the changes at once, roll it out so 3rd party accessories can keep up and maintain profitability.
Right after he puts a USB-A jack on the iPhone.
That's not a good metric to use. There are a variety of factors such as investment in the ecosystem that made buying a jackless iphone an "involuntary" (for lack of a better word) purchase.
A better test would be to offer identical model iPhones with identical pricing with the only difference being the inclusion of a headphone jack. THOSE sales numbers would be interesting.
"switches between connecting the headphone adapter to the phone by default, and then disconnecting it and connecting the lightning jack when something is plugged into it."
So after all that time and effort, he still can't charge the phone and listen to music at the same time same those of us who use lighting adapter outside the phone. HAHAHAHAHAHAH LMAO.
So after all that time and effort, he still can't charge the phone and listen to music at the same time same those of us who use lighting adapter outside the phone. HAHAHAHAHAHAH LMAO.