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iPhone 7's Secondary Speaker Holes May Be Purely Cosmetic

Some people really thought that Apple was removing the headphone jack just so they could add another speaker? :D
 
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SpiderDude said:
Nothing new here.
Even cars have dual exhaust exits but only one with an actual exhaust pipe...

Age of the looks fellas...

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That's an aftermarket job. And a bad one, hope that is not your car, you don't buy an AMG and slap that crap on ;)
 
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acslater017 said:
How about we wait until September to find out what benefits and costs this move will have. All we know right now is the cost, and you're ASSUMING the benefit is "nothing" and deeming it a "slap in the face" because we don't know the whole picture yet. Do you honestly think Tim or Phil are going to walk on stage and go "we removed the headphone jack, and in its place, are 6 additional ornamental holes that do nothing"?
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To be honest, I don't care what they add. No headphone jack = no sale, for me!
 
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Corrected headline: Apple's products may be purely cosmetic...
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SpiderDude said:
Nothing new here.
Even cars have dual exhaust exits but only one with an actual exhaust pipe...

Age of the looks fellas...

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catalytic converter on the left, exhaust on the right. Lots of German vehicles including my BMW motorbike are like this. Come on now....
 
I hope it isn't purely cosmetic. That would be a bit lame. And it will certainly be mocked. If this is the case, then at least we know what the "gate" will be. Speaker-gate! Apple is doomed!

Though I suppose it would actually look a bit better.
 
acslater017 said:
Do you honestly think Tim or Phil are going to walk on stage and go "we removed the headphone jack, and in its place, are 6 additional ornamental holes that do nothing"?
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They will have a pie chart about the percentage of users using 3rd party wired headphones and they will claim that it is negligible. So they will say here get a free adapter if you belong to this minority because we are an awesome company
 
B.K. said:
b/c it won't fit on the next iPhone, and they'd rather have the bad publicity on a phone they know is not going to sell as well.
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Interesting thought. You could be right. If they are banking on long-term payoff, they must really not care about this iteration of the iPhone.
 
Thank you Apple for making it clearer day by day, why I should just not buy iPhone 7!
I still do hope none of these actually be real and iPhone 7 is going to be way different that iPhone 6S. But that's me!
 
Trading off headphone jack for a faux symmetry speaker grill.
Tim, Jony and everyone at apple – what are you guys smoking?

Seriously, I hope this rumor is just a hoax.
 
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Refuse to believe Apple will be this pointless

There is literally no point in taking something out to gain space and do nothing with said space
 
This may not be new for the world but it's certainly new for Apple.

I thought they were against style elements that served no functional purpose.
 
This would be annoying. Having a purely cosmetic addition and removal of a headphone jack is not just inconvenience but shows how incredibly vain a design Johnny Ive is. Apple used to be a brand where things just works. Now you have to find a way to work around this. Hope their stock tanks so they learn to be a bit more pragmatic.
 
All this over 1 rumor?

I'm thinking most people come here just to hate on Apple.
 
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