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OnePlus Again Pokes Fun at Apple's Headphone Jack Removal During OnePlus 6 Announcement
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Earlier today in the gym I was using my wired earbuds to connect to the TV monitors that are installed on bikes, treadmills etc. and I thought: "How would I do it with BT earbuds?".
Even so, with AC+ the X cost me $1500 :O
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Funny story. My sister was trying to listen to something on her computer at work and said, "oh I will just use the headphones that came with the iPhone X" (of course she didn't have the adapter).
If Bluetooth is the future and in particular Apple Airpods, (which by all accounts do not fall out even with the most vigorous of activities) why do on-stage performers not use Airpods or other Bluetooth earphones as their IEMs ?
I was just pointing out that the days of the 400$ flagship are dead and buried.
Edit: And that adapter wouldn't have helped your sister. The headphone adapter is for plugging traditional headphones into the X. It does nothing for lighting to 3.5.
What a narrow viewpoint to think EVERYONE is an audiophile and carries around a portable, battery powered DAC just to listen to music on their $500+ headphones.
The headphone jack may be dead to you people who think you have golden ears, but for the majority of the people just want to plug in their "crap" headphones without needing to have that ridiculous adapter handy.
The point being made here is that there should be room for BOTH jacks to appease everyone.
re: included Airpods...I wouldn't be caught dead with those ridiculous things dangling from my ears. Stupidest looking thing Apple has made. At least make them black so they don't stand out!
Agreed,, but I was addressing the posters comment about the headphone jack being dead. Not iPhones in particular. There are jack-less Android phones, also that just come with a USB-C port.
Quite the reverse. Courage doesn’t always mean you’re right. But ditching the headphone jack was indeed a courageous move, just as the OP design and jokes are the opposite.
That reminds me. I'm kind of miffed that the roughly 900$ Pixel 2XL only comes with an adapter and no headphones while the P20 Pro has both, a thin case, and a pre applied screen protector.
I don't miss the jack either, Robbie.
Each and every quarter, since the launch of the iPhone 7 (6), Apple has sold multi-millions of iPhones. Sales HAVE NOT been negatively impacted by the lack of a 3.5mm mini jack.
I don't miss it and apparently, the millions of iPhone 7 (and later) buyers haven't either.
Those complaining have a need to complain about something. I'm sure Apple considered this super micro-slice of the iPhone market and correctly decided to ignore them, just as it did when they abandoned 3.5" floppy drives and optical drives.
Continued complaints are, at best, tiresome.
I do the same thing - external DAC/amp for my laptop. But the headphone jack allows me to use the same headphones with my phone.
Edit- And an adapter is a no go as I would be constantly disconnecting it and it would easily get lost.
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You might not think so if you were a PC person. Where we stand depends on where we sit.
Last year CD and vinyl outsold digital downloads.
And btw, pre-recorded cassettes were always poor quality compared to vinyl and cd.
Hilariously wrong
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More interrupted unorganic totally irrational space? Uh ok
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Gaining? Lol you’re not gaining anything. You’re losing the space to the notch. Screens have never ever meant to have odd shaped spacial interruptions like that. What if TVs came with notches? Macbook Pros? Movie theater screens?
To get as much usable screen area on the device that is practically possible given the current level of tech?
I like to thin of is as EXTRA screen space, and not a notch cut into a screen.
Without it, those areas would be just dead blank zones, at least the screen is now pushed up into the corners.
Te nice thing with this phone is, if you don't like it visually, you can turn it off and effectively have your top bezel back.
We'll be stuck with this compromise for quite a few years I imagine, until either their is behind the screen tech, or pop up from the top items, like someone else demo'd on a prototype recently.
I love my AirPods. It can coexist with a headphone jack. They’re not mutually exclusive. But alas it doesn’t make a difference. Until iMessage is on android I will be an iPhone user for the foreseeable future.
That’s open for debate, but even if you’re right it’s a 24/7 data collection device that costs you 10x what the other companies collection devices cost. And sound quality is the official excuse as to why it’s so much more expensive.
Another cheap, Chinese iPhone clone. The keynote was so awkward that hard to watch. The most interesting thing I learnt, according to latest OnePlus research Windows Phone has higher customer satisfaction rate than iOS .