Guys, relax... at least I know I should be thankful they do not plan to also remove mic and mic mesh in addition to the removal of headphone slot so that we can have two speaker slots on both sides.
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iPhone 7's Secondary Speaker Holes May Be Purely Cosmetic
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If this is true the only explanation is that Apple now works for Samsung.
Really? Wow, you best tell Samsung then because the sales hit current Galaxy is thicker then an iPhone 6S!!
If that adapter does anything to reduce the quality of my Shure SE-846s, then I'm moving to Samsung.
You all got it wrong. It's the new waterproofing! The more holes you have in the damned device the more waterproof it is!
How about keeping the very useful 3mm audio jack and screw useless cosmetics?
I didn't gloss over the 17% statistic, I in wrote it from the article and also used the example of how the iPhone has a minority unit sale share in the overall smartphone market while retaining the lionshare of revenue.
This is the same scenario. Wireless has the minority in sales but now has the majority of revenue. In addition that revenue has increased 42% yoy.
So of course just like the iPhone, in order for a small % of a item to capture a larger percentage of revenue, wireless would have to have a higher selling price. That goes without saying and I didn't feel I had to extrapolate the economics of the situation.
Your argument falls in line with everything I said. You prefer the wired. You have some high quality headphones. Etc. I get it. But you are in the minority. The masses won't care.
Wireless prices will fall. Other manufacturers will drop the jack by next year. The space inside a phone can and will be put into better use by everyone sooner than later. Even if that use is aesthetic holes, empty cooling space, size, weight whatever.
The writing is on the wall. The industry knows it and is responding. You say you'll have to rethink choices as a result. Definitely your prerogative. But by next product cycle I am confident that choice won't be found on many, if any, major phones.
Apple really needs to stop cheaping out on components this year. Maybe if they do, the Galaxy won't look so much more appealing in comparison.
But I doubt it. Tim Cook and the other wall street bean counters that now control Apple won't do anything to hurt their precious margins, even if it means gimping the phone with 2011-levels of storage on a $650 supposedly 'premium' phone.
But I doubt it. Tim Cook and the other wall street bean counters that now control Apple won't do anything to hurt their precious margins, even if it means gimping the phone with 2011-levels of storage on a $650 supposedly 'premium' phone.
THANK you. been sifting through pages of comments to see if somebody actually knew anything about cars, cringing at people bringing up the CLK as if it looks at all like one. you sir, know something.
Damn it!! Not only mine,millions of people use headphone jack every day i think you are the only one who don't care
Jony new video: " We weren't satisfied until we reduced the weight of this beautiful piece of workmanship, by removing 10 small al-u-min-ium pieces. We understand our customers want a thin and light phone. We then took those 10 pieces and re-melted them into a solid ignot for re-use in more phones. The result is symmetry, on an industrial scale. When millions and millions of customers carry these phones it will reduce the carbon footprint necessary in moving from one place to another. Apple is proud of its contribution to help prevent global warming."
Since each version is more advanced than the previous, it is innovative to suggest that the iPhone is "regressing." Did that regression include the most recent fiscal year when Apple sold a world record 75 million iPhones in just one quarter? How will the happiness meter read when Apple sells 60-70 million new iPhones by the end of the upcoming Christmas season? What will the misery index read when close to 200 million people have bought it in the upcoming year? Caution is in order when using MR posters as in any way a reflection of the real world.
Using a "revenue is bigger" argument is not good news for you... I hope you realize that... Because even though adoption is not yet widespread (as represented by unit sales)... and so you'll be the only kid on the block relying on bluetooth when the rest of the world still provides AUX cable (cars, cheap running headphones).. you still get to give even more money to Apple.
This is not a scenario in which you win.
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I really am hoping that this isn't true. If it is then it indicates that apple are moving further and further away from Jonny Ive (he's not really there anymore, let's not kid ourselves). His whole design philosophy is to take away anything that isn't essential. Symmetry isn't essential.
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I agree. I use Bluetooth for 90% time, but there is a definit 10% that occurs almost every day where I cannot use Bluetooth. Annoyingly for me, this is also the same time where I charge my phone.
Uh, my iPad Mini 2 and Air 2 have dual speakers. Since it is not a phone, there's no need for a microphone at the bottom.
I said "looked like" a CLK. Hard to tell when viewing from a phone.
The CLK uses the same exhaust setup shown in the pic. So yes, I was assuming.