That is true but it also shows that people today are more willing to move away from cords. I know I haven't used wired headphones in over 2 years and it's an absolute pleasure at the gym, running etc without a damn cord getting in the way.
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Predict how Apple will attempt reasoning the lack of the headphone jack
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That is true but it also shows that people today are more willing to move away from cords. I know I haven't used wired headphones in over 2 years and it's an absolute pleasure at the gym, running etc without a damn cord getting in the way.
I have Bluetooth headphones that I rarely use. I keep higher end, wired headphones in various locations, and I don't like bothering with charging the Bluetooth headphones. Granted, I'm not a runner. I do work out with a Bluetooth speaker, and my car has Bluetooth, but I'm not interested in a Bluetooth-only setup, because there still a lot of scenarios where I prefer/need wired.
Fair enough but I do believe Bluetooth is the future and Apple is leading the charge.
Charging them for me isn't an inconvenience. When done using them I just plug em' in for use next time. My current earbuds (Jaybird X2) I use for quite a few uses before charging them. It's a pretty minor inconvenience. And when I run, I have no cords to worry aboutI do still want the Bose Noise Cancelling ones tho, for when I travel! I just am not ready to drop $300 on them yet!
I have a hard time following you, when you contradict yourself. You literally say that it isn't an inconvenience, and then three sentences later, you admit to it being an inconvenience. Having to charge yet another thing is not ideal. Just saying...
I'm clearly in the camp of wanting to keep the headphone (and mic) jack. I use mine quite frequently. And I don't understand another poster by saying that Apple would be pushing the envelope by losing it. Unless they are debuting a revolutionary new way to experience music, there is no envelope pushing. Bluetooth has been around, and audio through the lightning port has been around. These aren't new things. And, right now, I don't believe Bluetooth to be a suitable alternative. My biggest issue isn't necessarily the quality, as most people are listening to compressed audio through crappy headphones anyway; my biggest complaint it the lack of reliability. Sound cutting out is completely unacceptable and something I often experience with Bluetooth audio. All in all, we'll just have to leave with whatever... Life goes on.
Hopefully hi-fi in Apple Music is part of it along with a push for higher fidelity music. Not that the headphone jack wasn't capable of it, but it gives them more marketing flexibility.
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You are right. iPhone 7 dropping the headphone jack will mark the death of the 3.5mm jack.
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You are right. iPhone 7 dropping the headphone jack will mark the death of the 3.5mm jack.
I don't think so. The headphone jack is far from death as we also have speakers, computers, cars, etc. Just like the usb. Usb 3.0 will live quite a while.
Does anyone remember the first iPhone, which required an adapter to use just about any set of headphones other than Apple's headphones? People threw a fit. I can't believe we're back to using adapters again on a device carried in a pants pocket.
Many people claim that Apple made CD/Floppy drives obsolete. But no one mentions that USB flash drives which replaced them were open standard and everyone could use them freely.
Apple is replacing open standard 3.5 mm jack with their proprietary lightning port. Many people do not seem to have an issue with that and are ready to be Apple's b****. So you cannot use newer lightning port enabled apple earphones on any android device or even on your standard PC or even an iMac. That's laughable just as the sound quality of bluetooth earphones.
Now idiots like LeTV (LeEco) have launched their own CDLA standard USB-C earphones. So soon, we will have 10 different headphone standards floated by 10 different manufacturers. So if one day you want to jump ship from Apple to Android or vice versa, you have to re-buy all your favorite accessories.
My hate is directed at the above point.
The Nation of Capitalism has decided after 15-20 years of giving you more, more power, more capability, more choices that "Less is More for More Money". Example - many years ago I worked for New York Telephone - best training, best product and best people and service. Now - if you try to call Verizon Repair you can't! They have actually eliminated 611-Repair for Landlines and you can't call them directly anymore. You must have a computer and if you're resourceful you may actually locate a Verizon phone number buried in their site -which will only get you a call-back not a person. Verizon actually wants you to test your own line when you're paying for Maintenance.
So, there it is ... this is the year Apple will rape you to see how much you can stand - take away that jack without significant battery-life gain, without improved sound quality, without improved connection status and more charging requirements with more drain on your battery, patience and pocket.
When a Company doesn't involve their Customers in end-product decisions they start to loose validity - as though they're still offering ground-breaking technology that everyone wants and needs.
The core of the Apple I'm afraid is rotten!
So, there it is ... this is the year Apple will rape you to see how much you can stand - take away that jack without significant battery-life gain, without improved sound quality, without improved connection status and more charging requirements with more drain on your battery, patience and pocket.
When a Company doesn't involve their Customers in end-product decisions they start to loose validity - as though they're still offering ground-breaking technology that everyone wants and needs.
The core of the Apple I'm afraid is rotten!
How am I contradicting myself? I was responding to another post (person) who was asking me how in the heck I thought wireless was better etc. Telling me others clearly care about the lack of the headphone jack. I responded to them by saying I don't find wireless to be the huge pain he/she had described. So no, not sure how I'm contradicting myself.