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Removal of iPhone 7 Headphone Jack Was Essential for Water Resistance, New Camera System
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Ha ha thanks for making me laugh.
Pity their phone is a POS. Let me know when they have 3D Touch, better cameras, dual-cameras, superior performance and a better OS. Thanks I'll be waiting.
If the 3.5mm jack is 50 years old, how come they didnt mention one word about the lightning connector providing better audio quality?
How come even high end headphones use the 3.5mm connection and deliver amazing sound?
The ear is analogue so using a digital connection won't really improofe anything...
I think this change is just very inconventient and not due to courage or anything else but due to wanting to keep the pone thin while also adding the new home button and waterproof capabilities.
How come even high end headphones use the 3.5mm connection and deliver amazing sound?
The ear is analogue so using a digital connection won't really improofe anything...
I think this change is just very inconventient and not due to courage or anything else but due to wanting to keep the pone thin while also adding the new home button and waterproof capabilities.
"Give it away" - the phone starts at £600 in the UK, hardly giving anything away - Apple have actually taken away the ability to use your headphones and charge at the same time without purchasing other accessories, they've taken away and are charging more for it.
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Spoken like a true Apple Fanboy, the S7 is a great phone, has the best camera currently on the market (in a phone), performs very well, is more waterproof AND keeps a 3.5mm jack. It's a great phone, you're just blinded to it. Huawei also make a good phone with those dual cameras (Leica branded ones). You can easily pick anything off of the new iPhone list you made and apply it to other phones. Let me know when the iPhone has an advanced OLED curved screen (next year). Thanks, I'll be waiting*
*See what I did there?
Oh so you aren't getting better performance, a better camera, better battery life and more storage then?
Except headphones can now have adaptive noise cancelling and finer controls while still retaining the same excellent audio quality.
Plus, Apple's vision isn't for lightning headphones. It's all about wireless. Their new wireless chip is supposed to provide better battery life, more consistent connection and better audio quality than anything currently out there from a wireless perspective.
Amazing to see the number of people here defending the removal of the headphone socket.
Does anyone remember when the first rumour of this appeared on MacRumors? And if there was anyone at all back then who thought it was a good idea?!
Does anyone remember when the first rumour of this appeared on MacRumors? And if there was anyone at all back then who thought it was a good idea?!
You get that with every new model of every device ever. It's not exclusive to the iPhone.
It doesn't. You wouldn't trust it.
Apple probably have more thorough tests. You see what they did with the Apple Watch's in the keynote.
Anyway, that phone needs to be water-resistant, for anytime it catches fire.
I did. It is a port that in had **** audio quality in most phones which makes Bluetooth a viable option. The people who wants high audio quality have been using external DACs/amps through Lightning for a while now.
But that's one of the biggest problems for a lot of people by making everything wireless - Apple can say "better battery life" but they themselves quote 5 hours. That's not even enough for most long-haul flights! That's pretty poor in-fact. They've added more complexity and flaff as a solution to a non-existent problem (wired headphones).
I've been designing some new Bluetooth speakers and I refused to accept anything less than 12 hours battery life at a reasonable volume which should suffice to get most people through a day. 5 hours for such a device would get me some terrible reviews!
Maybe they should have put something more useful in the new found space than their taptic engine.
I have to agree on this, was the taptic engine really the most important thing to put in?
The S7 and S7 Edge have had no issues with waterproofing (the Active did) - Apple themselves still won't offer warranty for water damage on the iPhone 7, wouldn't that also be a concern regarding it's waterproofing? You can try it in water but if it fails you're not covered.
I get over 20 hours out of my new bluetooth Bose headphones. Lose one of the new air pods that would suck and no running with these. I believe it's a backward step Apple.
I've heard a lot of comments from some weirdo's complaining about always hating that 3.5mm hole and are glad it's gone - I'm surprised really since it's been replaced with a bunch of holes that serve no purpose!
It wasn't essential for making the phone water resistant, Samsung sells a phone with the 3.5'' jack and was able to make it waterproof.
Schiller gave another reason: they had to make room inside the device for other components. And that's true on the iPhone 7, while they have more space on the Plus and of course plenty of space on the iPad. Let's see if they remove the jack from iPads and Macs as well.
Schiller gave another reason: they had to make room inside the device for other components. And that's true on the iPhone 7, while they have more space on the Plus and of course plenty of space on the iPad. Let's see if they remove the jack from iPads and Macs as well.
Ah well, looks like an iPhone SE for me then I'm out.
Oh please. They don't tout those JD Power awards for nothing, they want to be atop customer satisfaction. The fact is, it is a risk to remove the headphone, not a cash grab. No one is going to buy the airpods, we're all going to use the same headsets that come with it now. Nothing to see here.
That's exactly what I did last week to replace my (battery failing) iPhone 6. The SE's great.
Hope you realize that a wireless chip, no matter how efficient it is, consumes more battery if you turn it on then if it is off. So i think your argument does not stand. Turning on the wireless chip functionality on just to listen to music while i am on train/bus or car does not make much sense imo.