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Re: iPhone 7

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Post by ForFreedom »

dmix wrote: post #117
plg wrote: post #13

AirPods - so is walking around with a thing in your ear cool now? Around here it certainly still signals "I am a jackass"

Once it becomes widely adopted I doubt this will be much of a social issue. The value they provide is real. It's not some gimmicky thing. Tangled wires are extremely annoying and happens nearly every day I use them. Plus the wire gets in the way going jogging or caught on something with normal usage, etc etc. Lots of benefits to having wireless headphones. Talking to yourself with a non obvious headset will always be…

I never have the tangled wire issue. 1. You can either wrap it around in the box it came in or 2. wound it in a circle and it stays as is.(That is how I put in in my laptop bag)

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by slowmotiony »

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…

How much do you listen for charging to be an issue? I have the beats solo 2 and I change them like once a week for half an hour. Hardly an inconvenience and I listen to them almost every day.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by [deleted] »

hmate9 wrote: post #292

I won't be buying the new iPhone but I thinks removing the headphone jack seems like an extremely small problem. The main issue seems to be that you now can't charge and listen to music at the same time. How often do you actually do that? In the past 5 years I have probably done that once. For those of you who do think it is an inconvenience, I bet there will be a product on the market in 2 weeks that eliminates this…

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Re: iPhone 7

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Post by sschueller »

theshrike79 wrote: post #536
artmageddon wrote: post #3

$160 for the AirPods? My goodness those are expensive.

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.

But the Jaybird are attached to each other so you don't loose them that easily and they work on any phone. Do the Apple wireless AirPods work on any phone? or only devices that pay the W1 licensing fee?

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by yborg »

j45 wrote: post #387
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 if aptX support has arrived in the iPhone for bluetooth devices? I have been increasingly using devices like the Sony SBH80, or SBH54 and they work seamlessly for the most part already between my phone and laptop. I don't think the headphone thing has been thought thru but their wireless jump to the W1 seems to be at least in part bluetooth 4.x based which itself is a far superior technology to even…

Very good question. It's basically incomprehensible why Apple doesn't support the codec in iOS, especially since the other issue that replacing wired headphones with Bt is that the sound quality is inferior - even with aptX support.

I'm very surprised that I have seen almost no mention of the fact that Apple didn't just remove an "outdated" interface and inconvenience their customers, they also simultaneously reduced the quality of their audio experience.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by jug »

Surprised to see them not move from Lighting to USB-C with this. Now we'll have a new generation of EarPods that won't fit their new generation of MacBooks. It seems disjointed for how coherent a company like Apple tends to be, now that they had the opportunity to unite their product line better with purely digital audio.

Was USB-C supposed to be their future or not...? It sounded like it when they introduced the MacBook. Do their teams communicate well with a lack of strife?

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by stormbeta »

randomsearch wrote: post #749

I have two thoughts on the headphone jack: 1. Most of the use cases being discussed here are irrelevant for the average iPhone user. Charging and listening at the same time is not a thing for most users. I know there are perfectly reasonable scenarios where it is useful, but most people don't care. Regarding battery life: personally, I use my iPhone quite a lot, often with bluetooth headphones, and I have had to char…

Even as someone who uses bluetooth headphones 100% of the time, I'm still pretty unhappy with this as they don't even support the industry standard for high quality bluetooth audio: apt-x (or if they did, I must've missed it somehow).

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by r00fus »

harryh wrote: post #532
SurrealSoul wrote: post #25

Honestly if you had an iPhone 6 why would you upgrade? Better battery life is cool, and it being waterproof is novel. However, its basically the same phone for the end consumer.

Totally agree. I've purchased a new phone in even numbered years going back quite a while but I'll be passing this year especially with a bigger redesign rumored to be coming next year for the 10th anniversary.

If you're on an upgrade plan, it makes no sense to wait - just upgrade each year.

Re: iPhone 7

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Post by vincentkriek »

mikeash wrote: post #824
jonlucc wrote: post #658

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You jest, but only the first adapter is free. Subsequent adapters will be $9.99.

Super extreme nitpick, it's listed at $9.00 on Apple's store: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMX62AM/A/lightning-to-35-... I must say, I'm a bit shocked at the price. I wouldn't have expected Apple to sell a paperclip for under $19. Their Lightning to USB cable, which seems like it must be strictly simpler than this adapter (no DAC!) costs $19.

I don't think this cable contains a DAC. I would imagine they use some pins of the Lightning connector to transport Analog audio. They still need a DAC for the speaker and such.
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