The phone still has speaker for listening to phone calls and that speaker requires digital to analog conversion so you're not really getting rid of an internal DAC. Also, the biggest part on any device isn't the audio jack, I'd wager it's the battery.
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Samsung Mocks Apple's Decision to Remove the Headphone Jack in iPhone 7
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The phone still has speaker for listening to phone calls and that speaker requires digital to analog conversion so you're not really getting rid of an internal DAC. Also, the biggest part on any device isn't the audio jack, I'd wager it's the battery.
In terms of "getting over it" with the headphone jack, the CD drive might be the right analogy, but then again, 15 years later we still haven't gotten over the abandonment of the VGA jack. In business and academia, I still regularly see people desperately casting about for a VGA dongle before a presentation. All of those people really wish Macbooks still came with a VGA (or HDMI) port built in. Removing that was a bad idea at the time, and has remained a bad idea for over a decade. Apple can't set technology standards any more (and anyway, they don't even want the lightening connector to be a standard) and removing the headphone jack means that people are going to have to buy and lose special headphones and dongles for many, many years to come.
Are you sure about that? Everything I've read online tells me that using lightning headphones will give better audio than the regular headphone jack. Is everyone just lying? Or am I missing something?
To be honest, it looks like a really nice phone with some interesting features. If Apple thinks I am going to run out and buy a new iPhone because it doesn't have a headphone jack as a feature, well then they may as well stop updating their phones like they have their computers.
Removing the audio jack because its 50 years old is like removing the steering wheel on a car just because its 100 years old. Get over old technology, its the digital age. Drive your car with a joystick.
There is absolutely no need to remove the headphone jack. Why?? It will make the iPhone thinner? So the camera can protrude more? Silly. Just shows in what direction Apple is heading.
I mean, that contradicts your statement that "I want the highest quality audio I can get" (direct quote). You're not going to get that from the headphones Apple includes for free with the purchase of your phone. There's certainly gigantic room for improvement on the pack-ins (they're still really bad, unfortunately), but I think perhaps your expectations are skewed. EarPods, lightning or otherwise, are not going to provide the quality you claimed to want.
I am absolutely 100% certain. They are not being honest that is for sure. You have 4 components. 1: The file 2: The DAC 3: The amp 4: the speakers.
If you are using the same DAC and the same amp and the same speakers for the test... then there should be no difference in audio. The wired headphones that come with your iphone will support ANY bitrate audio. Yeah the drivers sound like crap, but you can go all the way up to 24bit/192Khz if your DAC and audio files support it. Making the argument that some new connector has better audio quality is completely unsubstantiated, ignorant and total marketing garbage.
Apple removing the headphone jack won't force you replace all of your headphones with wireless ones. It's already been rumoured the iPhone 7 will comes with a Lightning to Audio Jack convertor, which no doubt they'll sell separately for £25 too - one for each of your headphones.
There is only one correct analogy. The power cord. It's ancient, yet ubiquitous. Lets get rid of those and have Apple design us new ones, then sell us adapters so we can plug in our old lamps! Yes this is that dumb.
Yeah right, just like a whole industry is springing up to support Airplay. 99% of Wifi equipment supports Blutooth instead. If you really want Airplay speakers you have a very very small range of speakers to choose from.
As lone as someone remembers to post this video down the line when Samsung copies Apple in removing the decades old headphone jack....
Why do you think was attacking the iPhone 7? some of the the flagships that was launched recently does not include the headphone jack, but the reason you don't know that! because you're stuck in Apple's bubble!
I agree with some of the posters here..that guy sucks! Samsung should fired him!
Correct, in this case the higher quality is achieved by using expensive external DAC. But that's not my point. Notice that in this video the tester used iPhone that DID have the 3.5mm jack (even when he used lightning port). I am just saying that the removal of the jack will not change the audio quality from the lightning port (which the poster to who I replied somehow implied).
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Macrumors is the last place I would go for a real test of audio quality. That video is worthless except for headphone jack hating zombies. I come here for rumors, not uneducated opinions about audio.
I know people that produce vieeos
And when Apple removes that one component their manufacturing costs will go down. However, as per standard apple marketing practices, their product price will not go down. That means more profits that the executives will park overseas so they can avoid paying taxes but still get mega bonuses from.
And when Apple removes that one component their manufacturing costs will go down. However, as per standard apple marketing practices, their product price will not go down. That means more profits that the executives will park overseas so they can avoid paying taxes but still get mega bonuses from.
Fastforward 1-2 years from now when Samsung also removes the 3.5mm headphone jack. They do this time and time again. Mock then follow. And look like a jackass (pun intended)
Removing the audio jack because its 50 years old is like removing the steering wheel on a car just because its 100 years old. Get over old technology, its the digital age. Drive your car with a joystick.
Good analogy. Don't remove the Steering wheel and replace with a joystick, remove and replace with AI - car that doesn't need a driver.
The headphones that Apple includes are trash. That trash is fine for the majority of people though. You seem to prove this. Those people will never hear a difference between the included and some good headphones.
Before you spend more that $25 on a new pair of headphone to replace the Apple EarPods please check your hearing just to see if it is worth it. There are some websites like the Philips Golden Ears challenge. The included headphones seem to be enough for your ears.
Do you not realize that going to Lightning does the exact same thing? It moves you to an external DAC and Amp, be it built into the cans or the cable. Same result and simpler than using 3.5mm jack + separate external DAC + Amp components.
Funny people hating on Apple about removing it are now defending Apple because Samsung mocked them
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Who said the Samsung fingerprint doesn't log into sites and apps? Surely you haven't tried an s7.
Hehe... Nope. Speaking only personally, I may be scrambling to look for an adapter, but I still don't wish I had a VGA port in my laptop or iPad - I wish the business or who ever would replace their ancient, outdated projectors with something I can cast my screen wirelessly to. I don't want a legacy port just to satisfy people who use legacy equipment. In the same way I don't wish OS X or iOS still supported Apple Talk so I can connect to a client's printer.
Not necessarily assuming you get to pick your headphones separate from your DAC and AMP.