I only use BT. Having a dangling cord is a deal breaker for me. If I couldn't use BT, I wouldn't use anything.
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When will Apple abandon the headphone jack?
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I only use BT. Having a dangling cord is a deal breaker for me. If I couldn't use BT, I wouldn't use anything.
I agree - I'm no audiophile either but I had the Jaybirds blue buds and although they were very decent they don't compare to my wired in ear monitors. My absolute favorites are Shure 535's. I've tried a few others but nothing comes close to these.
What does bluetooth vs wired headphones have anything to do with what the OP ask?
In my opinion it will be around for a while. I use a credit card swiper and a variety of other industrial tools (airflow meters, pressure testers, etc etc) plugged into the 3.5mm jack more then headphones. Then there is a large variety of medical tools that plug into at well although I don't use any of them.
In my opinion it will be around for a while. I use a credit card swiper and a variety of other industrial tools (airflow meters, pressure testers, etc etc) plugged into the 3.5mm jack more then headphones. Then there is a large variety of medical tools that plug into at well although I don't use any of them.
I think it'll happen eventually but I highly doubt it'll be the 6S that removes it unless it's a redesign which I doubt it will be. I'd be pretty upset because I have beats executives that I absolutely love...even more than that it's an absolute pain in the neck with the car to setup different bluetooth settings and etc. The auxiliary cord is plug and play. It'd make things a lot less easy for me. I also have a Bose Soundlink mini which I love. Bluetooth works great on that. I'm sure beats would make a 3.5mm to lightning or whatever if that happened. I'd manage. We're moving to a wireless world and apple wouldn't do it without their reasons. I can't see it making devices noticeably thinner. Thought they could've made the 5s a little bit thinner and they did so with the 6/6 Plus. I'm extremely satisfied with current thinness of the device but i'd much rather them fit a bigger battery or whatever they can into the current enclosure. Thinness was extremely marketable with the original MacBook Air when other laptops on the market were heavy and thicker. It's getting less and less relevant at the point we're at. Love the retina MacBook but I don't want devices getting much thinner than that. Need to find a perfect balance of thinness and structural integrity.
Not anytime soon, the iPod touch and iPad Air 2 are thinner and still have it.Just want to start of by saying it's not something I want them to do, but I was just thinking... There are two things Apple is seemingly obsessed with. Making devices thinner, and plugging up as many holes as possible. Can't help but think that's the next thing to go on iPhone and we will be limited to either lightening capable headphones or Bluetooth. Thoughts?
EDIT: ugh, misspelled abandon and headphone in title.
When a Bluetooth stereo headset with mic costs no more than a pair of EarPods.
While the Lightning port is being used for digital headsets, there's just too large an installed base of analog headsets with conventional plugs to ignore. If 90% of users need a Lightning to 3.5mm headset adapter, Apple would be under pressure to provide an adapter as standard equipment... it's cheaper for Apple to keep building the headset jacks into the device.
While the Lightning port is being used for digital headsets, there's just too large an installed base of analog headsets with conventional plugs to ignore. If 90% of users need a Lightning to 3.5mm headset adapter, Apple would be under pressure to provide an adapter as standard equipment... it's cheaper for Apple to keep building the headset jacks into the device.
I agree that these are definitely nice Bluetooth earbuds with good sound but they don't compare to my wired ones. I bought these and did love the freedom from going wireless but after having a set of wired in ear monitors, I couldn't go back.
I've thought the same thing myself. It gets my vote but I'd like to see it happen in order to increase battery life rather than to make the device thinner. The headphone socket takes up a fair amount of space inside the case, relatively speaking, so if Apple were to remove it there would be some extra volume inside the case to use for battery. Obviously that would involve a lot of shuffling around and changes to the other components but that is done on every iPhone iteration anyway.
As for the Bluetooth issue, removing the headphone socket doesn't necessarily mean removing the ability to plug in wired headphones. I believe that the lightning connector supports analog output (http://store.apple.com/uk/question/...ugh-the-lightning-connector/QT74TU27YJD4A27PX) so Apple could sell a lightning-to-3.5mm adaptor for people who want to continue using their wired headphones and that could also still support an in-line remote control that might be on the headphones. Personally I would leave the adaptor plugged into my headphones all the time so I wouldn't really notice any difference in how I use my phone when listening to music.
Interesting round of pro and not so pro about blue tooth audio here. I'll just say that if you like what you bought (BT headsets) then enjoy.
I have mostly on my iPhone CD quality files and only a handful of 256 AAC. For me in most cases, if I want to really enjoy the music, I prefer a decent headphone set wired. When the time comes where I might start running/jogging I'll sacrifice some playback nuance for the convenience of BT.
As for not hearing the difference - well that is quite possible given most people don't buy medium high to high end head phones so they simply don't know what they are missing and, most people (I know) really don't care.
I have mostly on my iPhone CD quality files and only a handful of 256 AAC. For me in most cases, if I want to really enjoy the music, I prefer a decent headphone set wired. When the time comes where I might start running/jogging I'll sacrifice some playback nuance for the convenience of BT.
As for not hearing the difference - well that is quite possible given most people don't buy medium high to high end head phones so they simply don't know what they are missing and, most people (I know) really don't care.
no i said earlier i cannot use earpieces .. it constantly drops from the ears.. I need headphones to have firmly sticked to ears ..
Apple has always had a deep integration with music. I really doubt they will be eliminating the headphone jack anytime soon. It would really annoy me if they did
The Lightning connector can provide digital audio output. An adaptor would have to include a digital to analog converter for the headphones and an analog to digital converter for the microphone - not a difficult task, but not a good engineering, economic, or political solution when the vast majority of headsets sold (or included with the product) are still analog.
I use the jack daily and so do everyone I see at my university. I understand the benefit of Bluetooth, but they can be high and if you have too many BT devices running you can get interference.
They don't need to go thinner until they use better materials.
They don't need to go thinner until they use better materials.