iPhone 7 Suppliers Prepare for Dual-Lens Camera, Possible Stereo Speakers

lederermc said:
So much for listening on earphones AND charging the phone at the same time... Having the music player stop when taking a picture with the camera was bad enough (on iPh6*). Apple's starting to suck big time.
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Yeah, it reminds me of the USB port on the new MacBooks that are used for data and charging, just not at the same time unless you get an adapter. Dumb design. Really, really dumb design.
 
mazz0 said:
Great, stereo on portrait mode, about a cm apart. Sounds useful. </sarcasm>

Why doesn't the earpiece function as a speaker? Then you'd have stereo in landscape, when it might actually be useful?
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I agree. Dumb. They probably don't do the latter because the earpiece would take up too much room to be effective enough to be a speaker, especially a matched speaker with the bottom. However, in terms of freeing up space and eliminating redundant functions, changing the earpiece to the only speaker on the phone makes a lot of sense -- unless there was a real risk of putting it up to one's ear in the wrong mode and blowing someones hearing out. But I'd think the same kind of sensor that turns off the backlight would server the same purpose. Good idea!
 
farewelwilliams said:
stereo speakers..

if you listen to music regularly through iPhone's loud speaker, you're just a douchebag.
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Or a parent. I play music all the time on my phones for my daughter. Sometimes it's a song she likes to brush her teeth to. Or an impromptu dance party wherever we are. Do you think your assertion might be unwarranted? Maybe you should go back and delete your comment? What do you think?
 
BillyMatt87 said:
The 3.5mm is an industry standard
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industry standard doesn't mean anything. So it is Windows, so it was blackberry. So it was the floppy disk, so it was the monochrome monitor. And before all of that, the horse was the industry standard.
I want them to keep the 3.5mm jack, but saying that they shouldn't remove it because it's an industry standard is preposterous.
 
Infinitewisdom said:
Yeah, it reminds me of the USB port on the new MacBooks that are used for data and charging, just not at the same time unless you get an adapter. Dumb design. Really, really dumb design.
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How is that a dumb design? They don't have room for more than one port. If I had to fault Apple here, it's for not including a pass-through connector in the box. When Apple replaces the 3.5mm jack on the rMB with a Lightning connector, at least there will be another multi-function port capable of USB 3.0 speeds, and they may even offer it as an alternate charging port.
 
BillyMatt87 said:
No headphone jack?


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No its not..............
 
CmdrLaForge said:
Looking forward to iPhone 7. I might get it. A real headphone jack would be nice.
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I in the same position as you. I really am getting hyped for the iPhone 7, but I'm still on the fence. The removal of the headphone jack is a decision I'm still iffy on, I'm not sure how I feel about it quite yet.
 
This photoshopped iPhone picture will be used so much it will become the new "iPhone 6 laying in the grass picture" that MR used for every iPhone article a couple years ago lol
 
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I got a Nexus 6 on black friday for $200 and use it as an ipod touch type device (except it has a beautiful amoled 6" display). It has dual front facing speakers and makes a big difference. I use it for watching netflix as Im falling asleep, so it's not just a "douchebag" thing.
 
I think it's silly to tout an analog audio connection to headphones inferior to a digital one, especially since the speakers in headphones that inherently create the audio that you hear are analog. Digital speakers don't exist.
 
I'd rather keep the headphone jack than have stereo speakers, but who am I kidding – I'll buy one regardless. I wanted more battery over a thinner phone, too, and it didn't stop me from buying an iPhone 6 on launch day.
 
Stereo Speakers are nice. My Nexus 6P' stereo speakers are so much louder than the iPhone 6S Plus'. It's a good thing. Sometimes, you need to show a video to a group of people, so using headphones is not an option.
 
More proprietary connectors and adapters - all part of Apple's entrap and exploit business model.

Stereo audio (especially with front facing speakers) greatly improves the video watching experience, where you're much less likely to want or use headphones. HTC, Motorola and Huawei/Google have all shown that stereo speakers and headphone jacks are not mutually exclusive. Of course, Apple will probably claim they invented iStereo (tm) if/when it appears in an iPhone...
 
Only took 8+ years, but not sure how relevant the dual speakers are - I usually BT to my car, headphones or external speaker if I really want to listen to it. Not happy the 3.5mm jack might be removed, but I do love my picture taking on the iPhone - so they can make that a bit better.
 
Wireless charging and waterproof would be fantastic new features, esp. in such a thin package. Stereo speakers doesn't really grab me because speakers that small, that close together it's really in gimmick territory. I'd rather have one really great sounding bigger speaker than two mediocre smaller ones. I have to think most people use the speaker for the speakerphone feature not to rock out. So a single less distortion prone speaker would be my preference.

I'm already over and emotionally prepared for the headphone jack removal as long as there is non-clunky adapter.
 
samcraig said:
Or a parent. I play music all the time on my phones for my daughter. Sometimes it's a song she likes to brush her teeth to. Or an impromptu dance party wherever we are. Do you think your assertion might be unwarranted? Maybe you should go back and delete your comment? What do you think?
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Nah, delete your comment.

Everyday, someone at the gym blasts the Jack U + Justin Bieber track on their phone. If you've ever listened to "Where are U now", you'll know my pain. My assertion is warranted.

Your daughter doesn't care about stereo. If you're doing impromptu dance party on an iPhone loud speaker, stereo speakers isn't going to enhance that dance party all that much. But, for the person at the gym blasting annoying music - this upgrade only discourages the use of headphones.

nviz22 said:
So I am a dbag for listening to music in my own room while I am not disrupting other folks? Seems legit.
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referring to that idiot at the gym for blasting justin bieber dubstep every day on his iphone
 
farewelwilliams said:
Nah, delete your comment.

Everyday, someone at the gym blasts the Jack U + Justin Bieber track on their phone. If you've ever listened to "Where are U now", you'll know my pain. My assertion is warranted.

Your daughter doesn't care about stereo. If you're doing impromptu dance party on an iPhone loud speaker, stereo speakers isn't going to enhance that dance party all that much. But, for the person at the gym blasting annoying music - this upgrade only discourages the use of headphones.



referring to that idiot at the gym for blasting justin bieber dubstep every day on his iphone
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So because one person you encounter offends you , you're dismissing stereo speakers? Ok.
 
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