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Spec Sheet Shows iPhone 7 Plus With 256GB Storage and Lightning EarPods
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They aren't. They do, however, plug into my new waterproof phone.
Although I won't be buying anything Apple releases this coming month, some excitement is building. Yawn factor high though. Wonder if there will be any 0.0005% discussion by Tim before kicking off proceedings. Looking forward to the first keynote from the super slick new campus in the new year.
I'd also be interested to know. It'd be great to have one charger for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Seems odd to have two different standards (Lightning and USB-C). This is true fragmentation.
I'm seeing Twitter posts pretty much confirming lightning + adapter in the box. Then Apple can upsell you to wireless.
You can bet every reviewer on the planet will mention it though, and they'll mention it repeatedly. This will dent iPhone "7" review scores hugely.
I bet sales are weak too. An uninspired rehash of a 2 year old phone which is missing absolutely vital functionality for no gain. Clearly Jony Ive is now on Samsung's payroll.
I really hope that isn't the case, but it'll definitely be interesting to see what they decide.
Another reason why I can't see 64 sticking around alongside 32 is because the sales of the 64 will suffer. If there is in fact 32/64/256, who would choose 64? 32 is a decent bump up from 16 at presumably the same cost, and if you're gonna pay extra for more storage, why pay $100 for a measly 32GB extra when just last gen, $100 more meant 48GB extra?
I could actually see $150 increments though if they went 32/128/256.
256GB would be nice but that extra 128GB is going to be expensive.
wouldn't have it any other way.
If Apple want to charge £150 for an increase from 32GB to 128GB in the UK, I'll stick with 32GB, which will be much lower than my current 64GB.
I'll just continue to pay 79p a month for 50GB iCloud storage instead and make better use of my £20 unlimited 4G data plan on Three UK.
I'll also remove apps that I never use and only keep my 5* songs on my iPhone.
Simples.
I'll just continue to pay 79p a month for 50GB iCloud storage instead and make better use of my £20 unlimited 4G data plan on Three UK.
I'll also remove apps that I never use and only keep my 5* songs on my iPhone.
Simples.
Right. For me, the 6s is plenty thin enough. If they keep getting thinner I suspect they will sacrifice battery endurance and capacity and could find the phones bending or breaking a little easier. plus, I want to be able to hold on to the thing too!
All you did is reply with insults. Thanks for just reinforcing the point I made in my original post. Come on - tell me how moving to lightning and deleting the headphone jack is an improvement for the average / majority users! I'm waiting to be en enlightened.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
The "win" would be in not making the decision to jettison the port in the first place. Not only will people NOT complain about this very real hassle but they also don't have to roll with the cost of including an adapter... though I still doubt they include the adapter if the included earbuds terminate in Lightning. Did they throw in the USB3C adapter when they rolled out the rMB with only that port? Did they throw in Thunderbolt to Firewire or Thunderbolt to Ethernet when they embraced that port? Why will it be different this time?
They have to introduce wireless charging in this model. I don't see how they can't if they are removing the audio jack. I have BT headphones but if for some reason they go dead and I'm on a flight I'd lose my mind if I'd had to choose between charging and listening to engine noise and crying babies.
It's funny. You joke, but so many people here are quite joyful of the prospect of a new dongle proliferation era, be it for an new USB-C only MBP or a Lightning only iPhone. They remind me of 4 year olds who think they are richer than their friend because they have a piggy bank filled with 200 pennies it in and their friend's only has 2 paper dollars.
Licensing fees!
Or did you mean improvement for us?
A couple hundred extra mAh and a dedicated pair of headphones for Apple products.
Apple needs your support. Together we can find a cure.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Do we want that? I mean, if Apple is going to allocate the space to a port, do we want it to be Lightning for headphone purposes or would we want another USB3/Thunderbolt combo for far more utility?
If this proves to be true, it's only taken 9 years to match the capacity of the 160GB 6th generation iPod.
How often do you charge your phone and use headphones? I don't think I've ever once needed both of those ports at the same time.