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iPhone 7 to Include Five Colors, IPX7 Water Resistance, Dual 12MP Cameras on Plus Model
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Why would you not be able to use the Lightning headphones on other devices with Lightning ports?
While it seems that USB-C is becoming a very widely used standard (not least because USB got smart enough that is doesn't need cables with two different plugs at each end to ensure you connected only devices that could communicate with each other), USB plugs used in phones have changed many times over the last 15 years: from USB Mini over USB Micro to now USB-C to name only the most common ones. On top of that many companies used their own variants (Sony and Panasonic come to mind).
Where the USB-C standard stands out compared to earlier USB versions is that (as mentioned above) it uses the same plug on the computer end. Since ports on computers tend to have a longer life than ports on peripherals or other devices, USB-C is likely to last longer based on this alone. Moreover, USB-C got smarter in that it can charge in either direction (eg, a computer can be charged via its USB-C port and can charger other devices via the same USB-C port), and it can include other protocols from analog audio to video signals.
For anyone that's been waiting a few years, I guess this sounds like a good upgrade. Pretty tame for Apple, though that's their MO lately. This will be the very first time I haven't gotten the new iPhone - just no good reason to this time around. Neither was the last one.
This is why a lot of Americans are in debt. Everyone that "liked" this comment, how many of you have everything paid off? Like my 1.6 million home, 20 watches each costing $20,000 and up, just brought 2 BMW last month paid off. Yes I really could buy that $50,000,000 latest yacht but it's stupid cus i already got 1 already, yes it's 5 years old but it's paid off. I feel so bad for everyone just showing off that they can buy this phone but yet it's through monthly payments through your carrier. And yes the yacht cost more than the house but who cares. It's all paid off. Do I go show off and say, because we can. Only little kids do this.
In before earpiece speaker gate blowing people's brains out
I imagine it will use the proximity sensor to disable speaker mode when too close. I hope so anyway!
I get it now by Steve Jobs going thermo nuclear on Android now by removing the Jack. So evolutionary. Lol
I'd say on computers, Ethernet is the successor to the 56K modem port. And haven't used an Ethernet port in the office in five years on my laptop. Things are different for desktops, they stay in place and it thus doesn't matter much how many cables they are connected to. For stationary devices the same will be true for audio connections.
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Is Bluetooth an Apple standard?
I agree. Getting the latest and greatest is a want not a need. Would I die if I don't get the latest? Prolly not and prolly not if I keep this same phone for 4 years. Lol
It's only his/her opinion, which you cannot change. You like controlling other people? You mad?
I've already got bluetooth headphones for the gym and theyre a pain remebering to charge them once a week. Maybe if theres no cables to plug in could have a stand on my desk and just a case of putting them onto the stand at night to charge.
Water resistant is going to be pretty dope. Cue all the YouTube swimming videos, and complaints from people who took it below one meter under water and break their phones, then sue.
Also not enough from 4s either. Haha
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Actually even from a 4s and still find no reason to upgrade...just my own opinion.
Same here. I've just taken out a new 12 month SIM only contract on my iPhone 6 instead of getting a new one.
In some cases the stands and splitters are MORE convenient. For those who use the 3.5mm jack to play audio in their car, but want to charge at the same time, a splitter with audio out and a passthrough lightning port means each time you get into or out of your car you only have to unplug one thing instead of two. A stand on the desk or bedside table also might be more convenient than a loose cable.
The iPod has been dead for many years now.
To generate interest in wireless headphones and boost adoption of them.
Sometimes, the best way to predict the future is to invent it, and that seems to be precisely what Apple is doing - taking an active hand in shaping the way we consumers listen to our music.
Unless the iPhone 7 Plus offers a better camera than the S7, a higher resolution screen than the 6S Plus, 3 or more gigs of RAM, solid water resistance, and a bunch of new iOS 10 features, I don't think the asking price is going to be in my best interest.
They don't! I think I will be on a 3 to 4 year cycle. Some folks view paying a monthly installment for the latest is like a car payment that you always have to satiate their desires for something they perceive to be sleek and awesome. For others the reality is settling in that small, incremental changes do not warrant a purchase every year. I think that is contributing to the decline of sales in mature markets. That is why Apple has their "iPhone Upgrade" program, to entice folks to get a new phone each year.
My iPhone 6 still works great so why change? My only incentive to change is not the technology or features but to get the larger screen of a Plus. Plus, I am unlikely to buy the iPhone 8 next year until whatever "clusterf-gate" issues are solved with a new product. (The same reason I won't immediately buy a new MacBook Pro this year when they released-something is always fubar).
More money in the pocket and even better device later down the road.