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Re: iPhone 7

#881

Post by krisdol » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:17 AM UTC

mwalkerwells wrote: post #598

What are they going to do with the 3.5mm audio jacks on Macs? So Apple removes the 3.5mm audio jack from the phone & adds a lightening port to the mac? It makes me imagine how nice it would have been to ditch both the 3.5mm & lightening port & replace it with a USB-C port across product lines. Obviously that would have been even more drastic in many ways, but I can't help but think that they have painted themselves i…

> What are they going to do with the 3.5mm audio jacks on Macs

I imagine the audio industry would revolt if it was removed.

Re: iPhone 7

#882

Post by gchokov » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:19 AM UTC

matthewmcg wrote: post #284

tdy721 wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never use a case for my phones. Honestly, I kinda like the way phones "wear down". It's mine, and I scratched it up a bit, no problem.

Same. It reminds me of the "brassing" you see on well-used cameras that have a black finish over metal. The coating wears off in a distinctive way with heavy use. Example: http://leicaphilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/BP-M3-5414...

LOVE IT!

Re: iPhone 7

#883

Post by Animats » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:21 AM UTC

Yawn.

Here's an ad for the 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Aire. (Available "with two four-barrel carburetors!" Two-tone paint! Tailfins!) There's about as much difference between the new IPhone and the N-1 model as there was between the 1956 and 1957 Chevys.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-HelvOG5RE

Re: iPhone 7

#884

Post by kalleboo » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:26 AM UTC

panglott wrote: post #467

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…

Floppy drives were still going strong when Apple killed them, as were CDs. Apple briefly made a candy iMac that had neither a floppy drive nor a CD drive nor any other kind of removable drive...I always wondered what you were supposed to do if you had hard drive problems...Target Disk Mode, I guess, if you had another Mac. Apple wants to make a thinner phone and eliminate wires. If you want to use different headphone…

> Apple briefly made a candy iMac that had neither a floppy drive nor a CD drive nor any other kind of removable drive

They never made a candy iMac without a CD or DVD drive. They didn't drop optical until the current design of aluminum iMacs in 2012.

> I always wondered what you were supposed to do if you had hard drive problems

When they dropped the optical drive with the first MacBook Air, they shipped it with the OS on a USB drive http://www.iclarified.com/images/news/16130/55529/55529-500....

Re: iPhone 7

#885

Post by gchokov » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:35 AM UTC

qaq wrote: post #437

I think Apple needs to add a few younger people to their executive team, because it seams they no longer can even pretend to be exited during the presentation.

Or not

Re: iPhone 7

#886

Post by malloryerik » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:37 AM UTC

What about the mic for voice calls?

Re: iPhone 7

#887

Post by questionr » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:44 AM UTC

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…

does anyone know whether the mere use of the 3.5mm drains batteries? I presume so.

Re: iPhone 7

#888

Post by ForFreedom » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:50 AM UTC

importantbrian wrote: post #588

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 don't think removing the headphone jack is going to be as big a deal as everyone here makes it out to be. I have a pair of bluetooth headphones I use for the gym and I love them. In fact all the headphones I see at the gym anymore are wireless. The only thing I hate is having to charge them. If battery technology keeps improving there will be no advantage to wired headphones. Even from a sound quality perspective t…

1. Removing the headphones is not what people are complaining but unable to charge the phone and use wired headphones is one thing people are complaining about.

2. USD 160 for a AirPod! thats too much and the design really is not up to the mark

Re: iPhone 7

#889

Post by ForFreedom » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:52 AM UTC

kartD wrote: post #24

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…

The iPhone ships with lighting to 3.5mm adapter so Apple has heard users... Kinda

right now can one charge and hear music?

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by piyush_soni » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 5:54 AM UTC

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…

A very, very common scenario for me was to listen to music in my 2009 car (on long drives) through AUX cable, while still charging the phone through a car charger. It seems that time is gone now.