That seems to be a very infrequent use case. And going forward I'd say Apple is probably going to push wireless for audio.
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That seems to be a very infrequent use case. And going forward I'd say Apple is probably going to push wireless for audio.
For all of you who plug in their phones into the charger "all the time" and also have headphones plugged in, are you seriously going through your battery that much or do you just love plugging your phone in all the time, be it at your desk by your pc or just at home or hell near an outlet?
IMO thats bad for the phone and a lot of unnecessary charging unless your really going through your battery THAT much. I am for one excited that the headphone jack is going away, increases water resistant / water proofing ability and I dont have a problem using an adapter. I like the fact that lighting connected headphones can have a DAC built in AND I use bluetooth headphones anyway, So I'm not concerned at all about the change.
IMO thats bad for the phone and a lot of unnecessary charging unless your really going through your battery THAT much. I am for one excited that the headphone jack is going away, increases water resistant / water proofing ability and I dont have a problem using an adapter. I like the fact that lighting connected headphones can have a DAC built in AND I use bluetooth headphones anyway, So I'm not concerned at all about the change.
I'm looking forward to whoever it's gunna be at the keynote to drop the H-jack bomb. I can't wait to hear the justification... and the audience response. THATS gunna be the highlight of the event. This will be worthy of a box of popcorn. Entertainment at its finest.
They will add Lightning ports to all Macs after the headphone jack is removed from the iPhone.
I wouldn't call it a deal breaker but it is something I do.
I don't listen to music but make a lot of phone calls and it is really convenient to have the headphone so my hands are free and I can type on the keyboard and use the mouse. Sometimes I need to charge the iPhone so I'm using the lighting port for that.
Of course I can live without the headphone jack, I'm not on the phone 100% of the time.
Since I make a lot of calls I have my headphones always connected during the day, without the 3.5 jack I'd have to plug in and out the headphones at least twice a day, not a big deal but it is an inconvenience. And I don't really care about audio quality while making phone calls, so a lighting headphone won't be better
Really? You think the iPhone 7 should be spherical in design perhaps? It's a phone. It's intended purpose dictates a particular design standard.
You can't say "wireless is the future, here are some wired headphones".
They have to claim "THESE wired headphones are better". Which is a harder case to make, since all it's really doing is moving the DAC to the other side of the plug.
Including the adapter is not only an acknowledgement they made a mistake removing the headphone jack, but also encouraging customers to continue using their old cheaper 3.5mm equipment, possibly without ever even trying the new Lightning earbuds also included in the box.
if there's an adapter in the box, my bet is that it will be a 3.5mm (source) to Lightning headphone adapter, which many customers will need to use their new Lightning headphones with their old legacy Macs, iPods, and iPads without Lightning jacks. This adapter could be extremely cheap in that it merely passes through an analogue signal to the headphones, which through a smart chip, instruct the Lightning circuitry to bypass the DAC and send directly to the headphones. It just doesn't make any sense that they would convert an analogue signal to digital just to get it into the headphones and then convert it back to analogue.
Then keep your 6. I'll be upgrading to a 7+. The problem you have won't affect me, and I want the new dual-lens camera as well as the 3D Touch features.
I was just saying that if you decide to upgrade to a 7, you (but not everyone!) will have a problem that needs to be solved, and there is a solution available already. Likely Monoprice will be able to help if you don't like Apple's dock.
They likely will from the Retina MB. There's no room for both, and a Lightning port offers so many more options to a single-port challenged laptop.
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If they really are including an adapter in the box, this is what I'm expecting.
lol apple if you think I'll be purchasing a iPhone 7.
As a hardcore Apple fanboy for the last 20 years or so I'm done.
Apple is a fashion company now, a brand for idiots to fawn over and for people to make it in a status symbol. Plus no headphone jack? Screw that. I have lots of headphones and I don't want to use another adapter, how many stupid Apple adapters do we need? At one point I had a stack of adapters to use my iPhone in my car. One to switch the iPod cable from FireWire to USB power, one to switch of from 30 pin to Lightinjng one that will me use the adapters with a Apple branded case.
I'll use my 6 Plus till it dies, but my next phone won't be Apple.
The bottom line is Apple makes crappy products these days and they don't even care anymore. I don't care anymore either.
Good bye.
As a hardcore Apple fanboy for the last 20 years or so I'm done.
Apple is a fashion company now, a brand for idiots to fawn over and for people to make it in a status symbol. Plus no headphone jack? Screw that. I have lots of headphones and I don't want to use another adapter, how many stupid Apple adapters do we need? At one point I had a stack of adapters to use my iPhone in my car. One to switch the iPod cable from FireWire to USB power, one to switch of from 30 pin to Lightinjng one that will me use the adapters with a Apple branded case.
I'll use my 6 Plus till it dies, but my next phone won't be Apple.
The bottom line is Apple makes crappy products these days and they don't even care anymore. I don't care anymore either.
Good bye.