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iPhone 7's Secondary Speaker Holes May Be Purely Cosmetic
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that's not OEM.Nothing new here.
Even cars have dual exhaust exits but only one with an actual exhaust pipe...
Age of the looks fellas...
At least your mom used plastic paneling. My dad used contact paper printed with fake bricks! That was for the kitchen backsplash. For the rest of the kitchen he used dark green "wood paneling" that was also contact paper!
It's still there to this day, though the fake brick did get covered over with orange flowers. The 70's were so cringe-worthy all around. As for these alleged fake speaker holes, well of course it wouldn't be the first time I've seen such a thing, and not just from Apple. But if it is all true, I would not be surprised. Even Samsung Note 7 which everyone including myself keeps comparing to the IPhone 7 disappointed loyalists by failing to include specs everyone was expecting Samsung to include. From politics to flagship smartphone releases, 2016 is shaping up to being a huge ball of wth?-ery.
HAHAHA!!!
removes the headphone jack to make the phone thinner/ phone stays same thickness.
removes the headphone jack because they need the space/ doesn't put anything in the empty space.
removes the headphone jack because they want to make it more waterproof/ puts lots of holes to let the water in more easily.
removes the headphone jack to make the phone thinner/ phone stays same thickness.
removes the headphone jack because they need the space/ doesn't put anything in the empty space.
removes the headphone jack because they want to make it more waterproof/ puts lots of holes to let the water in more easily.
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Why is everyone assuming they are replacing the headphone jack space with nothing? Clearly internal components can fit there (battery, logic board, antennas)
It won't be called the iPhone 7 nor iPhone 6SE. It's called the iPhone Air
Air isn't nothing. Airflow is good for thermal conditions.Why is everyone assuming they are replacing the headphone jack space with nothing? Clearly internal components can fit there (battery, logic board, antennas)
Guys... let's have a real discussion about the potential use of the headphone jack space. I see a lot of bickering and not a lot of rumor discussion. Here's a shot of the iPhone 6S with the headphone jack space highlighted green. This is what will be removed. Note the red space on the logic board that was designed with consideration to the full depth of the headphone jack assembly. Above that red box is where the taptic engine lives (you can see the outline on the case).
So bear with me here. Imagine that the logic board no longer needs to be as wide/tall as the headphone jack at the bottom there. The new limiting feature will be the lightning port, which is much shallower than the headphone jack. So I'd imagine the low hanging fruit would be to move the logic and circuitry in that red box there, down to the area of the green headphone jack. This in turn allows them to push the taptic engine further down, which in turn allows them to add a larger battery.
I have no knowledge of what Apple plans on doing, but simple deductive reasoning leads me to believe at the very least, it allows them to shoehorn a larger battery in the same space. Isn't battery life the thing that everyone complains about the most around here? I suspect pretty soon it'll be the headphone jack...
So bear with me here. Imagine that the logic board no longer needs to be as wide/tall as the headphone jack at the bottom there. The new limiting feature will be the lightning port, which is much shallower than the headphone jack. So I'd imagine the low hanging fruit would be to move the logic and circuitry in that red box there, down to the area of the green headphone jack. This in turn allows them to push the taptic engine further down, which in turn allows them to add a larger battery.
I have no knowledge of what Apple plans on doing, but simple deductive reasoning leads me to believe at the very least, it allows them to shoehorn a larger battery in the same space. Isn't battery life the thing that everyone complains about the most around here? I suspect pretty soon it'll be the headphone jack...
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Why is everyone assuming they are replacing the headphone jack space with nothing? Clearly internal components can fit there (battery, logic board, antennas)
Or instead of adding unit cost, how about "thinner"? In the bet between filling created space with more battery vs. using it for thinner, my money is on the latter every time.
God i am so disappointed.... apple what is wrong with you?
Tim Cook is a disaster
I don't get why they would do this. The space that the audio jack with D/A electronics will leave some space. Why would they leave that unused? And fooling people to believe there are two speakers will only make people pissed of when they realized it's a dummy
You got it all wrong....it's to sell more dongles. The profit margin on those are insane!!!!
If they aren't changing the external form factor, I can't think of any other reason to get rid of it this year.
If the speaker were able to produce bass frequencies in the first place...
You probably won't notice the actual stereo image, but two speakers move twice as much air. So there should be an increase in top end volume.
Nothing new here.
Even cars have dual exhaust exits but only one with an actual exhaust pipe...
Age of the looks fellas...
It's an aftermarket kit on what looks like a CLK 55.
The CLK 55 does use a single 3" pipe that splits at the muffler.
Here is a factory exhaust from a CLK 55.
Yes there is: you get stereo audio instead of mono. Even if it is a narrow stereo image it is still way better than mono
Anyone notice D12 below? Seems to indicate a strobe lens and LED on the front of the device. I haven't heard anyone talk about this...
If both speakers are fully functional, then I'm fine with that if their not Stereo. If one of the speakers is set to be a microphone and mimic a speaker, this would annoy me.