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Re: iPhone 7

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Post by Cookingboy »

Snowdax wrote: post #666
theshrike79 wrote: post #536

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's in the exact same price range as comparable wireless earbuds, like the Jaybird X2 You're just comparing them to shitty wired $5 chinese earbuds from Amazon in your head. $160 isn't even expensive for earbuds in general, more like lower mid-range.

I don't want a Jaybird so that's not a winning argument for why I would want these. I'm comparing them to my $90 noise cancelling over ear headphones that, while yes no exactly top tier, don't require their own charging infrastructure and have much better audio quality than stock apple. I may as well have an entirely separate MP3 player that costs me a good bit less than $160 than deal with this BS.

Just because you personally don't like wireless headphone doesn't mean Apple's overpricing theirs.

Most pure wireless headphones cost more than $150. Are you the target audience? Probably not, but for people who are looking for that type of solution Apple's pricing is very reasonable.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by Shanea93 »

ptaffs wrote: post #487
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…

Bulging camera -> broken glass. For two years I've been using a Galaxy S5 with bulging camera and twice I have broken the camera glass needing replacing, it's the first thing to hit the surface when i rest the phone on a table and takes a lot of stress. Of course I could be more careful. It has also scratched and so there's more lens flare, but I'm tired of replacing it. My wife's iPhone with flush camera is much les…

Anecdotally, my Nexus 5x has a large, central bulge for it's camera and the sapphire glass doesn't even have any scratches on it after almost a year with no protector over any part of the phone.

It's a shame they're discontinuing the line, the build quality of this phone is immensely good, it shows me the quality Android phones _should_ have.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by gigatexal »

The lack of the headphone doesn't bother me. I am excited to see what the future holds for digital audio out. I don't care for the airpods though.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by davidf18 »

primitivesuave wrote: post #582

I found the WhatsApp integration the most intriguing part of the announcement. By allowing calls from WhatsApp to also be received, I am assuming they are making the native calling/iMessaging API available to any iOS application. While messaging with iMessage, Facebook messenger, WhatsApp, etc. can be done over WiFi only, calling is traditionally reliant on a cellular provider. The new iPhone only requires a WiFi net…

NYC is getting a lot of free WiFi via Google (Alphabet) subsidiary

https://www.link.nyc

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by lucb1e »

Pxtl wrote: post #572

I do hope that this will push Bluetooth technology forwards - on my android devices bluetooth audio sound-quality is poor and skips when you launch resource-intensive applications. Also, the UI for syncing and selecting bluetooth devices is generally mediocre and confusing.

I have no such issues with my Bluetooth headphones on Cyanogenmod.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by mulmen »

Unklejoe wrote: post #211

Can the 3.5mm to Lightning adapters be legally produced without paying royalties to Apple for using the Lightning connector? On a related note: I wonder if one reason for eliminating the jack is to close that open interface which some devices like the "Square" were using. I'm not sure how much of an impact this has though; it was just a thought.

I hadn't thought about the Square with the loss of the headphone jack, that's an interesting change. Can the Square device be adapted to use the Lightning connection? Maybe Bluetooth?

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by x_foo_x »

byebyetech wrote: post #665
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…

>>Can't charge while listening. This is huge.

*listening via lightning...

Apple doesn't want everyone to switch to lightning. They are banking that bluetooth will eventually be the 90% even 99% standard among consumers. I tend to agree.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by tedmiston »

tptacek wrote: post #233

I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that cameras are nice and so are Retina displays but what we'd really like to see is a big splashy page about whatever's new with the Secure Enclave Processor in the 7. Not because there's anything wrong with the 6! Ivan Krstic's talk about Apple platform security at Black Hat was probably the best talk of the whole event. Nobody is delivering seamlessly integrated chips…

I found the talk (though I don't pretend to understand it all), video & slides are online if others are interested.

Behind the Scenes with iOS Security

Abstract - https://www.blackhat.com/us-16/briefings.html#behind-the-sce...

Slides - https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Krstic.p...

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLGFriOKz6U

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by lucb1e »

ctz wrote: post #76
msoad wrote: post #22

I buy a new iPhone every year. I think phone utilization is so high that around $1 a day is nothing for it. Compare it with cars clothes and other things

Very long years or cheap iphones where you live.

Commercial space travel shares things up a bit.
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