Touch ID is first generation, no 3D Touch (I know some will say they don't need it). It's a great one hand device but It's harder to go back to a small screen in this era.
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Ah okay. I guess for someone still on 5s it is less obvious lol.
I think your screen size is worth noting but fairly subjective.
If I was coming off at disrespectful I'm sorry, guess for me it's harder to go back I'm using a 6 plus and to me it's normal I guess lol
polee said--"I bought an SE last week. Not sure if I could do without the headphone jack. Also tired of carrying large phones. Am so happy with my smaller phone...Small is Beautiful!"
I agree with you 100% and won't go back to a smaller screen. But, it is still only our opinion. My son and his wife will never go to a large screen. I have touted my Plus's to them and they have no interest. Are on the web a lot and watch videos. They have 6's and will get the 7's being on a 2 year cycle. Sure millions of others agree with them. Thought about getting my wife an SE at year end. She only has a 5 compliments of her son. She will never get a large screen either. But, is a minimal user.
I agree with you 100% and won't go back to a smaller screen. But, it is still only our opinion. My son and his wife will never go to a large screen. I have touted my Plus's to them and they have no interest. Are on the web a lot and watch videos. They have 6's and will get the 7's being on a 2 year cycle. Sure millions of others agree with them. Thought about getting my wife an SE at year end. She only has a 5 compliments of her son. She will never get a large screen either. But, is a minimal user.
Once I made the jump to 6 Plus, I can never go back to a smaller screen. I thought it was huge at first, but now other phones look so much smaller. I have older eyes as well, so that makes a difference to me.
It's possible that the higher prices are in part to combat the predicted fall in iPhones sold. After all, market share is only the means, but profit is the ultimate end goal.
99% of the people isn't gonna care about the removal of the 3.5mm jack (because that's how many apple users use apple earbuds or headphones of less than 20 dollars), so why should Apple give in to the few that do care and have invested in good headpones, that's not how you get profit...
Prices could go up or process could go down or prices could stay the same.
If they go up they could lose sales. My local grocery raised the price of yogurt from 50 cents to 65 cents. A month later they lowered it to a "new low regular price" of 50 cents (which was, of course, the old low regular price). I didn't buy yogurt while it was 65 cents.
Raising prices to combat lower quantity sold won't be a good idea of it decreases the quantity sold even more. Every missed sale (especially from new customers) is a missed opportunity to earn revenue from Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud storage, iTunes movie sales and rentals, etc. Apple is still a primarily a hardware company but the shift toward more services revenue is noticeable.
Good point about wifi. In dense urban areas it can be a real problem. Likewise for LTE. When I'm at the beach on a hot weekend afternoon, it can be impossible to carry on a simply text chat even though I have a full signal. I suspect BT will have similar issues when a room full of BT devices are all competing for the same airwaves. It's clearly a problem that one can only assume is at the top of the list to solve as wireless devices proliferate exponentially.
And yes, the smart connector. I suppose it's still possible they will include it in the announcement Wednesday, but it seems unlikely given the leaks.
The only comment I take exception with is "the fact that wired headphone will always sound better".
I don't know why it would be that wired headphones will always sound better. If interference issues are eliminated, and the data stream is lossless, and power isn't an issue, then the sound reproduction will be as good as the equipment converting the data to analogue, regardless what side of the transmission it's on. Since headphones don't need the kind of equipment external speakers do to reproduce adequate sound, I can certainly imagine a day when wireless headphones equal the wired ones for even the most discriminating ear, and in the very near future.
Same here. The biggest treat will be watching the angst fest going on here right before our eyes from those with phones from other manufacturers, whining tiny rants about the removal and how Apple is so doomed because of that.
I'm the same way, but I understand that some are much happier with smaller phones. (I say phones rather than screens because I think that a small phone with a large folding display could be attractive if it becomes possible technically.) It comes down to the ability to use the phone with one hand—I can do it with my 6 Plus, but it's not easy—and ease of carrying it around in a pocket. My iPhone is too large for most pants pockets, and I struggle to find shirt pockets that are roomy enough.
Not at all disrespectful, just wanted to be clear on the outdated tech you referenced.
I wanted to be sure the processor and front camera were not what you were referencing.
Sorry, only comes in 88 GB. It's a piano, man.
If the head unit doesn't support BT, it's old and cruddy.
In the UK, BT head units start at about £50/$60, so far better to invest in a nice new head unit.
My biggest questions personally:
1. I have a iPhone 6. This would be my 2 year upgrade cycle so do I get the 7 or 7 plus. I have no doubts the screen is superior but my god do I hate feeling devices in my front pants pocket. I'm anti-large wallets...keys..etc. The slimmer the better. I chickened out on the 6 Plus in 2014 and got the 6 instead.
2. Is Apple actually going to do the iPhone 8 next year? I'd gladly wait for that if true. My only issue is that my iPhone 6 is cracked pretty bad and i'd like to upgrade but it's usable.
1. I have a iPhone 6. This would be my 2 year upgrade cycle so do I get the 7 or 7 plus. I have no doubts the screen is superior but my god do I hate feeling devices in my front pants pocket. I'm anti-large wallets...keys..etc. The slimmer the better. I chickened out on the 6 Plus in 2014 and got the 6 instead.
2. Is Apple actually going to do the iPhone 8 next year? I'd gladly wait for that if true. My only issue is that my iPhone 6 is cracked pretty bad and i'd like to upgrade but it's usable.
As BT has matured and improved (now at 5.0) and the equipment too (early BT equipment was under engineered and flaky), eventually simply won't be true for humans hears. We're quickly closing in that. Just like 256 kb/s aac is excellent for 99.9999999999 of people who don't have superhuman ears. That's particularly the case in non ideal listening environment like cars and if you listen to most modern genre of music. If you listen to Jazz, folk, classical with the minimum of mastering, then you'll get something that actually can benefit from the best listening conditions and equipment.
In the case of Ethernet, the benefits of higher speed is tangible and will continue to be; this is not the case for our ears, eventually we won't hear the difference. That is a fact.
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i guess I'm a little more optimistic to the change since I don't know one way or another if the sound is better or not since I haven't used the proposed technology myself.
I just think it's incredibly presumptuous for you and others to automatically assume the worst of something they haven't used for themselves yet. The truth is you don't know if the sound will be better or worse as a result of the change. You don't have the information to make the claims you are making. All you know is there is a risk associated with change. Even if the change turns out for the worse there is nothing stopping Apple or someone else from advancing sound technology going forward.
The truth is that anyone can set out to and successfully defy the technological limitations people have forced onto themselves. If it doesn't work Apple can always go back to the headphone jacks as they were or improve upon the change as Samsung did when OLED arrived on the scene.
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I'd appreciate a thinner phone in my pocket. It means my pockets can remain more empty and it makes the phone more manageable in awkward situations.
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I do the same thing except it connected through the lightening port and its not only playing music, but charging at the same time. Imagine That!
1) Would be open to returning/exchanging the device? Try the plus model for a few weeks and see how it goes; if its not your cup of tea so to speak, exchange it or return it. For myself, the plus model has a very intriguing dual camera lens...but they are too heavy and large for how I use smart phones. Especially talking on them....they look a bit on the comical side I find. Yet they have the more attractive features (better screen, better camera features in OIS, and now a likely better camera system + more RAM)
2) None of us really know for sure at this point, but reports indicate Apple has something special planned next year for their 10th anniversary device. Its interesting how some of the rumoured features for the iPhone 6s are now showing up in the iPhone 7 (darker "space grey" variant, 32GB base model, repositioned antenna lines) Also Apple is purportedly switching to a "Tick, Tock, Tock" cycle (like Intel is now doing, and perhaps a bit similar to what the original iPhone, 3G and 3GS sort of were?)
I think you should just get a new iPhone now if you need one. If you don't, then no harm in waiting.
I'd expect booing, at the mention of the removal of 3.5mm plug. But much like the press asking Hillary, in the 1st time they've been able to ask her questions in 100+ days, "How was your Labor Day weekend?" and "Are you ready?" - People are simply afraid to lose their access.
Time will tell whether this is a mistake or not. I'm greatly pushing towards mistake, but Apple doesn't care about my opinions on anything - see all glued in components for Macs.
Time will tell whether this is a mistake or not. I'm greatly pushing towards mistake, but Apple doesn't care about my opinions on anything - see all glued in components for Macs.
