Still no MacBook. What a shame.
I didn't really expect any computer announcements during the iPhone event.
iPhone 7
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Re: iPhone 7
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't get over the headphone jack either. Another dongle to loose. Tons of headphones obsoleted. Can't charge while listening. Laggy audio. more batteries in the world. They're ok with a bulge for the camera but not headphones? I work in a lab and a phone with headphones is standard equipment on the commute and work (for at least part of the day). I would seriously move off iOS if I was making music with it. If onl…
> Tons of headphones obsoleted. They do provide the lightening-to-jack adapter in the box for free.
I sure hope they don't force their customers into an extra 100+$.
Re: iPhone 7
#123AirPods - so is walking around with a thing in your ear cool now? Around here it certainly still signals "I am a jackass"
Especially when they look like this: https://s.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2016/09/apple7-...
I think they looking fucking awesome. What don't you like about them, people only see the stem?
That said I would not just walk around like an asshat with them in all the time or anything.
Re: iPhone 7
#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
USB is a good counterexample, though. They started pushing USB for all peripherals before anybody else, and before there was a good market for peripherals that supported it. The market emerged soon thereafter, though, and other companies were ditching their parallel ports, etc., within a year or two.
Except USB was a standard. Lightning isn't and it doesn't appear that the W1 chip is either.
They say that the Airpods work with Macs too, so I assume they use bluetooth? W1 could just be their custom Bluetooth chip
Re: iPhone 7
#125Re: iPhone 7
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
And to say it was about "Courage". No, we all understand that it's a way for them to make more money selling their horrible headphones and licensing lightning to headphone makers.
Why would they include a 3.5 mm adapter then?
As a stop gap. Also, it's not clear whether or not the included headphones are 3.5mm or lightning, so they might simply have to include one.
Re: iPhone 7
#127Re: iPhone 7
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can complain about this, but I have recently bought two pairs of headphones, LG tones and JayBirds, and they are both bluetooth. I really do not see myself going back to wired headphones ever again, so this move is pretty timely.
I myself have about a thousand dollars invested in high-end headphones and earbuds (Sony DJ cans, Extreme Isolation EX-29 for the open office, Sennheiser earbuds for the commute) that I have no intention of replacing or buying a dongle for.
You don't need to buy a dongle - it comes with one.
Re: iPhone 7
#129> "Up to 5hr. of battery life on one charge" How the fuck is it acceptable to completely remove the jack and replace it with this 'superior' technology?
It's not like they're shipping a free adapter. You could also use a Bluetooth headset of your choice that has a bigger battery. Or you could just buy a different phone. It's their product, what is "acceptable" is up to them. (Yes, the first part is sarcasm.)
They are. Did you watch?
Re: iPhone 7
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
> "but the biggest difference is that those technologies were all on the downward" Most of my friends are using bluetooth headphones nowadays.
I've tried a number of bluetooth headphones, none of them have had the sound quality of wired. Songs would skip, quality was not great. Are there bluetooth headphones that don't skip nowadays?
My bluetooth headphones (sennheiser urbanite XL) skipped on an android phone (LG G4) but work great on an iphone.