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Re: iPhone 7

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Post by wayfarer2s »

slantedview wrote: post #108
slg wrote: post #5

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…

Pros for wireless: no wires. Pros for wired: better fidelity, no batteries to charge, lighter weight, more headphones to choose from, cheaper headphone options, no adapters to lose, can listen to music while charging. Be bold.

Another pro for wireless is that you get more space inside the phone, which means more room for chips, batteries, etc. And you have to consider things like headphone jack make it harder for your phone to be waterproof since that's one more place you have to figure out how to seal.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by strictnein »

BurningFrog wrote: post #155
acomjean wrote: post #42

Earlier 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…

I expect iPads will still have the headphone jack. It doesn't have the space issues of the phone.

Maybe. Macbooks have more room for ports too, but they only put one port on those.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by excalibur »

davidiach wrote: post #45

I was really impressed with the new camera. It seems to me this was a bigger improvement than what they usually do.

I'm still kind of dumbfounded that the 7 Plus has two cameras side-by-side and apparently ISN'T using them to capture 3D images. One would think this would be the best/most obvious application.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by [deleted] »

slg wrote: post #5

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…

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Re: iPhone 7

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Post by raesene9 »

k2xl wrote: post #17

Honest question - Aren't IPhones already pretty water resistant? Unless getting dunked in water, I haven't heard of anyone having any issues with water damaging their IPhone.

until now they weren't officially water resistant. I'm guessing that'll make a difference if you have a warrenty repair and the phone has been wet..

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by [deleted] »

Longhanks wrote: post #113
ng-user wrote: post #58

> "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.)

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Re: iPhone 7

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Post by cm2187 »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #19
slg wrote: post #5

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 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?

iPhone headphones (ligtning), Android headphones (USB-C) and laptop/desktop or any old device (audio jack)

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by m_eiman »

csours wrote: post #57
usaphp wrote: post #16

Earlier 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?

I've had these for a while and they're very nice: https://usa.denon.com/us/product/portableaudio/noisecancelin...
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