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Upcoming 2018 iPad Pro Could Be 5.9mm Thick With No Headphone Jack
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I feel if Apple wanted to make the sacrifice to remove the headphone jack, they should have started with the basic iPad line and make it as light and cheap as possible. Media consumption and simple, trivial tasks like you just described would be a good match for a normal iPad.
But for a device labeled pro, it should be a bit more than a one-two trick pony and keep the jack, especially one of the very few pro fields the iPad is used is the audio segment and there the jack is more than welcomed. Apple managed to pi$$ off their pro customers in the desktop market, irritated quite a few with their latest MBP, so it seems they are quite on track with their iPads, too.
Personally, I don't think the 3.5mm jack will be removed from the iPad Pros. There's really no compelling reason to do so (there's no lack of space, and no waterproofing really needed). The USB-C thing is even more unlikely. Look at the reception of the USB-C only Macs. Not good. Meanwhile, iPads have already an ecosystem around lightning. Dropping that for USB-C would not be wise.
Parts removed by removing the headphone jack include: the jack itself, ribbon cables, the DAC, and any power modulating components for the DAC, plus design time to incorporate these components. I'm sure all of it was removed to increase the profit margin of the product, because the price will remain the same or go up, while the cost to manufacture goes down. Tim Cook's Apple is certainly good for business and shareholders!
I just wish for an additional USB-C port. This would make the iPad Pro much more like a laptop. One USB-C is certainly a welcome addition.
I just wish for an additional USB-C port. This would make the iPad Pro much more like a laptop. One USB-C is certainly a welcome addition.
What a stupid statement! Apple is now the authority on audio. They are a gadget company now, even their iPhones are fantastic gadgets.
"We don't need no thought control" - especially by Apple.
As long as the iPad has speakers it's going to have a DAC (and related sundry).
(I don't care if they drop the headphone jack, though. A dongle is fine with me)
Next they are going to remove the speakers
Why it’s so hard to release two models, one with and another without this, and let customers decide which one it’s better
Guess the first trillion dollar company would go bankrupt if they did that
Why it’s so hard to release two models, one with and another without this, and let customers decide which one it’s better
Guess the first trillion dollar company would go bankrupt if they did that
Lol, I’ve never heard of “conditional existence”...
Pretty sure that things either exist or not- they don’t exist “for many people”.
For the record- I don’t mind at all using an adapter for my headphones, as I’m not interested in the trade-offs currently in wireless (less an issue of sound quality in my case, than added bulk in over the ear sets, which are already a bit much, & the need to charge yet another device).
At any rate- I do agree that wireless provides “good enough” quality for most use cases, but remain grateful of the simple solution for those of us that may have a carefully curated collection of quality “legacy headphones”.
Silly, they have the so-magical-it-doesn't-exist-yet AirPower pad thingy for that. /s
The compelling reason is they're going to make more money by removing it. It really is that simple.
At least your kids have their own iPads. Most parents let the kids share their iPad, or the one family iPad. And even if you did buy them their own set of AirPods, or other BT headphones, they would not be able to share the same audio source from one iPad. So no watching movies together in the backseat on long trips, or on the airplane, in the hotel room, etc. And to add insult to injury, there is NO WAY to split the audio output of a Lightning port to allow two Lightning headphones to share the same source. So even if you bought a pair of AirPods for you and your spouse, and gave the kids your Lightning headphones from your iPhones, they wouldn't be able to use them -- even if you wanted to buy a $50 adapter, they don't make one. The ONLY way to share the audio from an iPad without a headphone jack then, would be to use the Lightning to 3.5mm adapter, a 3.5mm splitter, and two 3.5mm pair of headphones. And even then, you still need the $50 adapter to allow the iPad to charge while they watch movies, listen to music or audio books, or play games on those long trips.
No. the only parts removed are the jack and cables connecting it. Everything else is needed for the built-in stereo speakers. The jack likely could easily fit in the rumored bezel space remaining, if the positioning is changed to a corner, or if the case material were thinned out just to accommodate the barrel of the jack.
Wired headphones contribute more to environmental waste. Removing the headphone jack discourages the use of wired headphones.
I've had many wired headphones fail in less than 1 year, including sports earbuds that cost more than $300. Mainly due to winding the wire up to store it away breaking the connection to one of the sides. Those broken headphones have precious magnets and materials but I end up throwing them away. The only wired headphone that survived more than 1 year was my Bose QC15, but that's because the wire is replaceable (which I did 3 times). I ended up dumping my QC15 and got the wireless version.
My AirPods are still running great after more than 1 year (and recently I've been running more than 4 miles every single day compared to 1-2 miles a week in the previous years). If the battery degrades, Apple will happily recycle and reuse the materials (especially the cobalt in the batteries).
Adding choice to a product creates complexity. I'm sure you're well versed in BT vs wired headphones, but to the 7 and 70 year olds out there buying their first iOS device, it creates confusion. Wireless is obviously the future, so Apple wants to push that to the user.
Could not disagree more. See above.
Headphone jack is still a single purpose, transporting audio.
Square created a lighting version of their reader, and their old one still works with an adapter.
Great, but we're not talking about the iPod shuffle. and we're most definitely never going to charge/sync an iphone/ipad via headphone jack.
Apple doesn't believe lightning is better than 3.5mm for listening to audio. They believe wireless is better for audio. That's why they removed the 3.5mm.
I don't know what you're responding to with that. You mentioned something about removing the lightning port too, but I said they still need a port for HDMI to projectors.
I don't believe setting an iPad on a QI charging mat makes sense. It's too big and QI is too slow for the bigger iPads if not placed correctly. Imagine trying to align the QI mat at the center of the iPad. Very annoying.
Physically impossible. Pencil is too thin to have charging coils on the body. And it's not intuitive.
I own several professional cameras. They don't transfer fast. Most pros take out the SD card because it's faster. It's also the reason why Apple upgraded their adapter to transfer files from SD faster for their iPad Pro lines.
Let me be clear, wired headphones are going away. Wired iOS devices will still be here for at least the next 5 years.
Doesn't make sense. Third party repair shops dump their broken parts into the trash. Apple recycles the broken parts when repairing. It's greener. And wired headphones are not greener (see above)
Wrong. It's to improve the UX.
So much nonsense and false claims in one post - each carefully tagged.
The issue is, with concern to the iPad, there zero reason to remove the Jack.
Too many words. It's like saying "PIN Number"...you don't really need the "Number" (or in your case, the "completely" since 100% covers that).
The world has plenty of bigger environmental issues than whatever you're claiming wired headphone contribute to. Not sure what device you are posting from, but I guarantee it too is contributing to environmental issues either with it's use or manufacture. Better throw it away, now!
I was simply showing how ridiculous it is to say that something is false and not provide any support detail as to why he was making that statement.
The world has plenty of bigger environmental issues than whatever you're claiming wired headphone contribute to. Not sure what device you are posting from, but I guarantee it too is contributing to environmental issues either with it's use or manufacture. Better throw it away, now!
Except, the device I'm typing on is extremely useful. Headphone adapters, however, will likely end up in the landfill or recycling plant without being used one bit by many customers. It's bad enough Apple ships 200 million+ Earpods a year, but I'd wager it gets more usage compared to headphone adapters.