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bet they bring back the jack in iphone 8
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> already well implemented in Android Yup. I remember the original iPhone/iPad announcements where many features were fairly innovative. Now applauded feature announcements are for features already out on Android phones.
Show me an Android phone that will provide the hassle-free experience Apple promises with those AirPods. That's the most innovative part of this event for me.
One major thing I haven't seen anyone mention about replacing wired headphones with wireless is that as far as I know, you're not supposed to use wireless headphones on a plane. I don't think you'd actually get hassled by a flight attendant but who knows.
I'm not even upset about the headphone jack. Whatever. I'm really upset because you won't be able to do the following: 1.) Audio+GPS+Charging in non-Bluetooth Car. 2.) Listening to music at desk and still have enough charge for the Audio+GPS for the drive home. 3.) No more listening to music/audiobooks as I fall asleep because in the morning the iPhone won't be charged for my desk usage the next day unless I wake up…
> Audio+GPS+Charging in non-Bluetooth Car. I can do this with iPhone 6 already. And could do with iPhone 5. In a 2013 model year car. There is an USB port in my car, connect lightning cable and thats it: phone is charging, music is playing.
I've been trying out $49 Android phones lately after using an iPhone 6 Plus for over a year. Android is getting to the point where most users will not really notice a difference between Android and IOS, even on a very inexpensive device.
Having had experience recently with top-end Android devices, I'd beg to differ. Functionally an Android device is roughly equivalent to an iOS one, but the design, UI, responsiveness etc. is IMO miles apart.
It may be a matter of subjective taste but I would recommend that anyone reading the above and considering switching spent some serious time using Android first.
To all: it's Lightning [R], not lightening. Go ahead. Call me a nitpicker.
Noun:
A drop in the level of the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis.
Verb:
[1] To make or become lighter in weight, pressure or sensitivity.
[2] To make or become more cheerful or less serious.
[3] To make or become lighter or brighter.
[4] To emit flashes of lightning; flash with lightning. (rare)
None of these things is similar to charging your iPhone.
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> 3.) No more listening to music/audiobooks as I fall asleep because in the morning the iPhone won't be charged for my desk usage the next day unless I wake up and plug it back in during my sleep. Can you really sleep with earbuds in? In that use case, I use the device's speaker.
My wife won't let me sleep with the speaker, so I've adapted to have 1 earbud in depending on which side I want to sleep on. It eventually falls out and tomorrow I seek to the last place I remember in the book and repeat ;)
For comparison, here's how HN reacted to some previous iPhone launches: iPhone 6s: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10193201 iPhone 6: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8292029 iPhone 5s: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6361558 iPhone 5: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4512316
Similarly, this year iPhone SE got even more upvotes (567) than all of these https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11330226
Maybe due to an upswing in HN traffic? Lack of other news today (it has been slow)?
I'm not sure this release was particularly exciting.
They just solidified the iPhone SE as the best product they offer. No way to charge the iPhone7 and use wired headphones at the same time. A camera wart so the phone isn't flat like the SE. The loss of extra battery by going with a wart over a thicker, easier to hold phone like the SE. I'll be sticking with my 5S, and my wife is no longer upgrading her 4S to the 7 as we were planning. We love our iPhones, but we do n…
This is an honest question, I have continually upgraded my iPhones for years and this new phone doesn't speak to me either but you are on much older hardware, what about the new phones doesn't speak to you?
Personally I am considering a move to the SE because the form factor of the 6/6s is still too big in my opinion and the 7 doesn't seem to offer me anything I actually need or want.
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> 3.) No more listening to music/audiobooks as I fall asleep because in the morning the iPhone won't be charged for my desk usage the next day unless I wake up and plug it back in during my sleep. Can you really sleep with earbuds in? In that use case, I use the device's speaker.
Sure can! http://www.sleepphones.com/ I wear these each night and listen to relaxation videos such as ASMR [0]. Many people in that community use these. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_re...
I'm a big fan of SimplyNoise / SimplyRain, and also have a little one-line bash script colored noise generator that I use these days [0]. ASMR seems like a similar idea.