Yep, and the key is nobody said it was going to be seamless or easy, hence the adapter in the box for NOW. But in the future, we'll look back and laugh at the 3.5mm jack.
First the 3.5 inch floppy, now they're taking the jack off.
[doublepost=1481406825][/doublepost]
No. Apple have dragged your wallet further into their eco system with the dead end lightning connector.
Samsung did this particular job properly.
There's a standard called bluetooth and Apple is leading the way in battery life (and UX) for headphones using this standard: 24 hour battery life, 10 minute charge time.
And
more importantly we'll have real wireless charging in a few years. This means never needing to
manually charge your headphones.
This is the future. And nobody is going to want wires in this future.
You could play it safe and stagnate and let headphone manufacturers play it safe and stagnate. Or you can say "f*** it" and
nudge people into buying wireless headphones for their next purchase (with an option to stick to wired if they must)—while also forcing manufacturers to step up their game by setting the standard for bluetooth headphone UX.
Apple chose the latter.
Now, their execs may look silly, patting themselves on the backs for such a "courageous" decision, but as far as consumer tech goes it
is courageous. It's not "saving someone from a building burning" or "jumping in front of a bullet" courageous, but it's a risk and they took it.
[doublepost=1481407290][/doublepost]
The Lighting connector is outdated technology. Apple should have went with USB-C, like the MacBook Pros.
I agree (although I personally dislike USB-C). I'm not sure what they were thinking with pushing lightning headphones. Wireless is the future.
Providing a wired alternative seems like "playing it safe" to me. Very uncourageous. Either go all the way or don't at all.
[doublepost=1481407805][/doublepost]
Whereas all the HiFi forums I read seem to raise serious reliability issues with Bluetooth audio devices....
Fact. Bluetooth does not deliver the same quality as a hard connection.
Fact. Bluetooth works fine in "sterile" environments, but place it in the middle of a city or apartment block and you'll start getting connectivity issues.
Not to mention all the battery issues. Have people forgotten batteries wear out, so the environmental impact will be huge. Not to mention consumer waste.
This was not done to make life better for you. It was made to make money from clueless consumers.
Yeah and anything but FLAC is worthless...
Whereas all the HiFi forums I read seem to raise serious reliability issues with Bluetooth audio devices....
Reliability in what sense? My Parrot Zik headphones are perfectly reliable. Never had an issue.
Fact. Bluetooth does not deliver the same quality as a hard connection.
Perhaps on older headphones, but I doubt anyone could tell the difference with the latest gen of wireless headphones.
Fact: Bluetooth bandwidth is constantly improving and I believe the bandwidth is
at least 250-300kbps. For 99% of consumers bluetooth is not going to be the bottleneck for audio quality.
We're going to reach a point where we have enough wireless bandwidth to not be be a bottleneck in quality for anyone incl. "audiophiles"—especially when we have wireless charging, allowing greater power consumption.
Still, my Zik's are brilliant and I highly recommend them. I produced music for several years and have a better than average ear for audio quality, and I don't notice any significant flaws in the sound quality compared to my wired headphones. I listen to music in 200-300kbps anyway (whatever Apple Music is, I really don't care and neither do most people).
Not to mention all the battery issues. Have people forgotten batteries wear out, so the environmental impact will be huge. Not to mention consumer waste.
Yeah so let's go back to phone with cords.
This was not done to make life better for you. It was made to make money from clueless consumers.
Wake up sheeple!
[doublepost=1481408051][/doublepost]
You don't seem to understand. If I pay for a device, I would want it to have things that I do use build to it rather then unnecessary stuff for me, particularly design wise. So yeah, am happy with the change on the iPhone 7, having an ancient port removed . You on the other hand are not happy about the device having something that you need or want, removed. Well then.... here is one solution. Do not pay your money for it, rather then crying. Pure and simple.
The problem is all manufacturers are going to follow suit, and the minority who want outdated tech are going to be left behind. The tyranny of consumer capitalism
Let's all buy simple phones with keypads and no screens in protest, so we can communicate like it's 1999!
