So you're at the gym for so many hours that it runs down your phones battery to zero???? So you have no possible way to charge it somewhere else after your workout??
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No headphone jack = no iPhone 7 for me
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Exactly. No matter how careful you are, you end up catching that wire with your hand.
Also, not sure how accessible the power outlets are near treadmills and ellipticals in a gym.
So, you're basically saying that you're probably never gonna buy an iPhone again? Because that jack is surely gone for good. Well, okay. Have fun with Android then, I guess.
I might have to look into the Galaxy Note 7 after the recall is done.
Nah. It does a pretty good job of staying in ear.
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I will.
So you want apple to mass produce millions of phone that will cater to the 0.000000001% of people who MUST be able to charge their phone and listen to wired headphones while running on a treadmill. You got it dude!
Don't need the dock for that, just the adapter ... and maybe not even that. Unless your friend's system is prehistoric, it's likely going to have BlueTooth and/or be AirPlay enabled.
Oh and keep in mind the adapter is free with the phone.
So, for free, you already have three possible alternatives for playing music on your friend's system. Besides, your friend is probably smart and has an iPhone 7 which means he has an adapter at home, too.
That will be fine for a year or 2 at most until Samsung and others also remove the jack.
As a veteran of yanking that wire on the treadmill before I finally broke down and got some JayBird X2's: sometimes it stays in the ear .. but that comes at a price. If it stays in the ear, then your phone is a good candidate for being flung somewhere. If neither the earbud, nor the phone move because of how well they're anchored, then all that force has to be absorbed by something ... the headphone wire/connection points ... which will ruin those headphones after one or two good whacks ... or worse, the 3.5mm jack itself in the phone.
If you're running on the treadmill and catch that wire, there's a lot of force going somewhere.
Okay. I still don't get why you feel that urge to write so many postings about not liking the removal of the headphone jack instead of just buying another phone and/or staying with your previous iPhone? It's not like you'd be forced to buy one after all...
Did you shake your fists at the sky and say "damn you Apple. Damn youuuuuu" like an old man?
I think your disapproval could have been expressed in any of the other threads about this issue
You realize it's a 3rd party dream? Theres a reason why Apple has more accessories than anyone. Charging cases with aux ports will be your one solution for all your complaints. Cords with Aux and Lightning ends will be there for everyone asking for the Aux in your car, more chance to give sh*t to your android friends for not having iPhones, or get CarPlay.
This whole nonsense over the headphone jack is sooooo annoying. I'm sorry if your life revolves around it soooo much, but I stopped using Aux in 2010 the moment my car stop needing one. Same exact complaints didn't phase me when Apple got rid of optical drives.
I say good riddance and welcome the change with open arms.
This whole nonsense over the headphone jack is sooooo annoying. I'm sorry if your life revolves around it soooo much, but I stopped using Aux in 2010 the moment my car stop needing one. Same exact complaints didn't phase me when Apple got rid of optical drives.
I say good riddance and welcome the change with open arms.
Apple reads sales reports, not message boards. Don't buy the phone. Buy a Samsung and send Tim and email with photos of your Samsung phone and receipt if you want to send a message.
No one here can do anything- and probably doesn't care.
wireless headphones. Problem solved. I got some cheap ones more than a year ago for when I run. They sound great. No issues.
FYI, I had a note 7 and returned it. Battery recall aside it's a laggy phone. And signal strength is weak. Gorilla Glass 5 seems to scratch and crack easily and the phone has it front and back. I really liked the phone but the performance! Ugh.
FYI, I had a note 7 and returned it. Battery recall aside it's a laggy phone. And signal strength is weak. Gorilla Glass 5 seems to scratch and crack easily and the phone has it front and back. I really liked the phone but the performance! Ugh.
I actually did this.... then I was like "There's an adapter...cool" crisis averted!
Whew!
And on that topic, I have a few pairs of Bluetooth headphones. One that cost $400. One workout pair of jaybirds that were recently $200 and a pair I bought for my girlfriend that cost $30. The pair I bought for only $30 sound as good as my jaybirds. Craziest thing. So the barrier to good sounding audio on Bluetooth isn't high. If you can buy an expensive phone, you can afford good sound.
And for those that are curious, look up AYL headphones on Amazon. They're some of the top rated on the entire site
Bluetooth sounds worse and a splitter just adds an inconvenience.
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Samsung is probably checking the direction the wind is blowing.
If lot of people disapprove, then Samsung will keep the headphone jack.
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In a year or 2 when you are running on your treadmill with wireless headphones on you'll look back on this little hissy fit and find it silly. I know its hard to accept change and move forward sometimes but then you'll be fine. like when people were up in arms over the floppy disk drive, then the CD drive... I admit Apple tends to remove things maybe a year or so too early but it forces you to be ahead of the curve quicker thats all. I've been using my jaybird X2 headphones for a year now and I will never go back to wired.
I'm picturing this guy looking like he's on life support while he's on a treadmill. Charging cable, headphone cable, heart monitor, pen on a chain thing he got from the bank.. lol. Go ahead and "vote with your money" or do whatever one-liner post you can think of. Nobody cares. Go buy some android galaxy. I hear they're exploding with sales right now.