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Confused about what earphones come with the iPhone 7. The standard analog ones (since an adapter is included)? Feels very backwards... unless I'm missing something... Also, no new MBP is very disappointing.
> "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.)
Edit: Looks like you wanted to say this, but made a typo.
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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?
$160 for the AirPods? My goodness those are expensive.
As a side note, they're noise-canceling and also work as a (non-bluetooth) headset. I was expecting them to find a solution when you lose them, which is the first gripe people will have with them. Even if it's something along the lines of "come to the store, you'll get new ones for free, but we'll deactivate the old ones".
Where'd you get that from? That would be awesome if true.
I still can't get over the headphone jack. Apple does have a good record of abandoning technologies at the right time (floppies, CDs, Flash, etc) but the biggest difference is that those technologies were all on the downward slope of their popularity when Apple made the move and all had solid replacements available at the time. The headphone jack is just as popular today as it has ever been and it is still more conve…
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…
> "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?
Both the airpods and the case can be charged together.
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I think they are really shooting themselves in the foot if they don't open up and license the W1 chip to any manufacturer that wants it. If the only way forward is to buy poor quality AirPods (I'm assuming that they audio quality, like with the EarPods, is 'okay', but not great considering the price) or even more overpriced Beats, then this is a really user hostile move. Yes, you could use Bluetooth, but I'm guessing…
>> "poor quality AirPods" ...you haven't even used them yet...
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I thought they might replace the headphone jack with a USB-C connector. Then they could do the same thing on the MacBook and it'd have two USB-C ports. But instead they chose Lightning, so now we have iPhone headphones and Android headphones. Why did it have to be this way?
> Why did it have to be this way? We could have a world where Vulkan was the one stop shop graphics API anywhere. Instead, we are in this situation where everything but Apple products supports / will support it. Why did it have to be this way?
We knew it was going to happen, but I am still disappointed the 3.5mm jack is gone.
They provide the lightening-to-jack adapter for free in the box.
In any case even with a bundled adapter I feel that removing the jack is a pretty sketchy decision.