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Spec Sheet Shows iPhone 7 Plus With 256GB Storage and Lightning EarPods
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It's not false outrage for those who do it, but it's not a compelling reason to keep the built-in optical drive or the headphone jack.
No people like me have expensive headphones and don't want to use a crappy adapter that you have to remember to always have with you and replace when it no doubt breaks regularly (by design probably)
The removal of the 3.5 Audio Jack alongside the issue of not being able to charge the phone while listening to music confirms fast charging in the iPhone 7.
Apple wouldn't be daft enough to overlook something like that without some sort of solution.
Apple wouldn't be daft enough to overlook something like that without some sort of solution.
That's the argument here. It's likely not going to be Apple's at this keynote.
In fact I wonder if Apple even talks about what's included in the box. Just as they wont talk about what's not included on the iPhone. They will talk about their audio innovation and improvement. And while I'm expecting wireless improvements, there are still going to benefits to wired headphones for Lossless HQ audio, which allows them to focus on the advantages to moving the audio circuitry to the headphones. All of which sets up the introduction of Lightning audio without discussing the earbuds which will never live up to the hype Apple is likely to create around them.
Why not leave the adapter attached to the cord you are already carrying around?
If you have expensive headphones surely you are already using an external DAC/headphone amplifier, since the built in is terrible.
I do this Every.Single.Day. And have for years. I work in corporate type setting (with a bunch of cubes). Walking up and down the office, I also see other people Every.Single.Day with both charger and headphones plugged in.
Obviously a small example and I'm not even saying that Apple should cater to just my office and its users. But for everyone here thinking that is absurd that people have different uses of their phone than they personally do is a little ridiculous.
Nope... I've wanted to do this several times with my lightning headphones or the camera connector kit for my external DAC with my iPad Pro. It is quite annoying that I can't keep listening to my music when iPad needs to be recharged.
Disagree sorry , most people I see daily don't use the Apple ear pods. Quality rubbish so people but their own.
Yep. Millions of people in a corporate environment do this daily.
I can see you love moaning that much you've resorted to making things up in order to moan about them.
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Phone --> Computer --> Headphones
Problem solved. Next.
What's the compelling reason for getting rid of it? With optical, it took up a lot of space and wouldn't fit in ultra thin laptops. This iPhone doesn't seem to be thinner than, say, iPod touch. So why?
Are Apple going to build a lightening port into the new Mac's?
They should have gotten rid of the lightening port and replaced it with USB-C instead.
They should have gotten rid of the lightening port and replaced it with USB-C instead.
I travel a lot for work. I'm in LA the last 3 weeks. I was surprised how many people at the gym use *wireless* only. (It's hard to find anyone wired.)
Not to mention wireless fits better with freeing up the watch from the phone as well.
Not to mention wireless fits better with freeing up the watch from the phone as well.
But your use case is via third party products and using Apple's products in a way they were not intended. If the third party Lightning headphone makers had thought this through, charging and listening would not necessarily be a problem. The same is true for your external DAC kit.
Apple is introducing an integrated product, likely with new MFi specs. They're not the kind of company to overlook this problem which is simply solved. This is all it would take -- reverse this and there's you're solution -- headphones plug right into the passthrough port on the power cable:
Like this:
Or this ...
