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Possible iPhone 7 Lightning to 3.5 mm Adapter Surfaces in New Photos
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It is fake. The connector piece is free hanging inside the plastic cover. How lazy one can be to not use a drop of hot glue to make it look like it is centered. Cheap sensationalism.
OP was wrong to complain about adapter, but you ruled out dongle, which I think is wrong also. The added functionality is you can plug a 3.5mm cable into your phone where before you couldn't. Dongle fits .. just as well as adapter.
run-on sentence incoming....
...over the lazy hardware designers and aggressive corporate cost-cutters that think one port is the way while passing the cost of apple authorized (which they get a financial piece of) adapters and chip enabled dongles to the consumer. We saw these shenanigans with the macbook and now the already minimal micro-computer we now call a phone. instead of giving the rest of the world and industries that use these products a good 3 years to adapt they force us to adapt with single port devices.
Aside from the wonky lightning end piece, looks plausible. I don't even care though. I can't wait for noise-cancelling headphones I can run off the lightning port instead of charging a battery pack every night.
The problem is, the adapter cannot be less long than the jack port, so a 2 part solution allow you have a much shorter piece plugged into the phone, shorter than the jack itself.
I can just see me now.
My bluetooth headset has run out of juice and is charging.
So I go get my 3.5mm set.
Now where did I put that dongle???
My bluetooth headset has run out of juice and is charging.
So I go get my 3.5mm set.
Now where did I put that dongle???
tears of joy and sadness. the path of innovation is littered with pearly white adapters and dongles, funded by those stuck in the past.
what an idiotic idea Apple! Seriously, what the **** is happening to them? We all know jacks are still widely used and carrying a dongle adaptor or whatever is just ridiculous. I'm generally more happy with news but this one really is an unnecessary feat.
Looks bogus.
I would expect such an adapter to also have a female lightening port to allow simultaneous power to the phone.
I would expect such an adapter to also have a female lightening port to allow simultaneous power to the phone.
They'll ship it in the box. If you all treat your cables with no care, yes, you would need to buy another.
They'll probably also make a Lightning to 3.5 mm adapter - with charging integrated.
I use the Lightning to VGA adapter while charging.
Works perfectly.
I'm a diehard Apple fan but I'll be holding onto my 6sfor as long as it lasts. If Apple continues making stupid moves during that period I'll end up switching to Samsung
I expect that would be sold separately.
I actually don't know anyone who charges while using headphones.
Obviously some people do this, but possibly not as widespread as comments here would have one believe.
^^^ This.
Male-Female Lightning inline to allow charging, and the 3.5mm jack at a 90 degree angle, tight to the bottom of the phone.
Only if the DAC is built into a dongle.Actually you are adding functionality I believe...
There is no analog audio on the Lightning port if memory serves.
So you're not adapting anything, you're adding analog audio functionality over a 3.5mm jack to the iPhone.
So dongle is correct by your own definition and adapter is not.
Before long Apple will be pressed to break out income data from dongle sales at this rate!
If however like many Android devices such as the LG V10 and HTC 10 they come with DAC hardware built in, or the Moto Z which is doing similar adapter to USB C with the DAC being in the phone, then the cable is merely an adapter.
I suspect for cost purposes the cable will be merely an adapter.
One of the advantages mentioned of the lightning headphones was it could carry digital audio (not sure if that's the right term) and headphones could use custom DAC for better audio processing, the sound quality would be much better compared to that of 3.5mm jack.
With this adapter, wouldn't you lose that? More over you have extra adapter to carry with you. The only upside is you can use your old headphones and possibly slightly bigger battery.
With this adapter, wouldn't you lose that? More over you have extra adapter to carry with you. The only upside is you can use your old headphones and possibly slightly bigger battery.