I realise that Apple is stubborn and will not alter the decision. Having said that, I fail to understand the logic, the lack of commitment to function.
1. Now, if you buy the iPad and are on the road, you need a lighting and an usb-c if you carry iPhone and iPad.
2. iPad battery lasts much longer than any bluetooth headphone, so, I now have to carry a headphone charger and wait while my headphones recharge . . .
3. It is getting time to upgrade the kids' iPads. On the plane, for example, they often share the same device to watch movies together.
4. If I do want to charge the iPad and use wired......?
5. I could continue....
Yes, I know there are dongles. For example, I can purchase the $9 dongle, and attach the headphone splitter. I can buy a separate dongle, I assume that lets me charge and listen. I can buy a dongle . . . . Assuming that no dongles are left anywhere or lost in transit, offices, hotel rooms, etc.
It seems to me that function has become much more complicated.
Yup. I just picked up a rental car this weekend, and in the cup holder was a Lightning to 3.5mm adapter the former renter presumably left behind has they plugged their iPhone into charge, and couldn’t use their headphone jack. They’re probably not very happy when they went to plug in their noise canceling headphones on the plane and realized they were dongleless ...