Exactly. Audio has to be converted to analog at some point and unlike video, there’s pretty much no benefit to kicking that process further down the chain. There’s a clear business benefit if you’ve created the proprietary standard and are the sole source of a new required component, but that’s not actually good for users. That’s an additional expense and inconvenience for the user who is seeing nothing in return.
Someone is going to come out with an adapter that’s a pass through. They are leaving money on the table if they don’t (even if it’s not Apple).
Interestingly, AAPL is up slightly on a flat day. When the presentation ended it shot up (relatively). So while every Apple Reddit and forum on the internet is full of angry people, investors liked what they saw.
as someone who says he is out of the android+apple arms race every year and then goes to buy the biggest version of the latest model(s), i say it this year with conviction: i’m out.
Was there any ipad/ipad pro news?
No. March seems to be the time for the iPads again.
We don’t believe you :). You know you want to see the latest features for yourself.
I’d bet money the next iPad has no headphone jack. And it wouldn’t surprise me the new MacBooks likely being announced next month omit it as well. The only reason they might keep it on the MacBooks is it doesn’t make a lot of sense to introduce a Lightning jack on the MacBook only for headphones. (But not everything Apple does makes sense.)
If removing the jack actually led to some kind of innovation, that would be something else. But in this case it doesn’t. Leaving the jack in the design does nothing to facilitate the ability to use Lightning headphones or improved wireless. It just saves a very small amount of space.
The only way to see the move to force either Lightning or wireless headphones as anything but a ploy for Apple to be able to sell a chip to go into every set of headphones requires you turn up the Apple Reality Distortion Field to full power.
Also, if Apple was really interested in moving the industry forward, it would have been with a solution that didn’t involve a proprietary Apple connector/chip that competitors could also utilize.
If the port supports that. It may be modal – you may not be able to do audio if the pins are being used for charging.
I did not mean offense, that comment was not directed at you or most of the people here. Apple forums tend to get a large amount of people who hate Apple and everything they do durning Apple events. At least one poster here made it clear they fell into that category.
I do find it amusing the amount of people who would already never buy an Apple product that seem to watch these events though. I never watch Samsung events and couldn’t care less what Samsung is doing. Although I do read about Android events since the two copy each a lot and I want to know what Android is up to.
That’s an interesting question, because I see it in exactly the opposite way: given the other factors that already interfere with the sound quality, I want to optimize anything I can to keep it as high as possible. I use an RCA connector from the dash to my FIOO device in the car.
And no offense at all, its just a different perspective.
I am really disappointed that Apple didn’t make a “non more black” joke with the two iPhones black.
Well, they are a corporation that is supposed to be turning a profit and answering to shareholders. They move a huge sector of the industry when they make decisions like these. While their courage comment was pathetic, I’m confident their risk assessment teams are aware they could lose a significant share of iPhone users with the decision. They’re lucky enough to have the cash that allows them to take more risk, but so you really think they would have made this decision if they didn’t have some tech roadmap or financial projection that pointed to it eventually paying off? It’s a big risk to take to gamble like that with a flagship product…
Do we have a topic for easing the transition from the iPhone to Android? The removal of the 3.5mm jack means I have to switch.
I don’t like bluetooth headphones. I have several pairs of very nice earbuds, and I’m not giving them up for something with lower fidelity that has to be charged. I’m not interested in carrying an adapter, either.
Also, one of my colleagues has a beautiful new Samsung that has me staring longingly at its bezel-free front. As soon as they start shipping the new version with non-exploding batteries, I think I want one.
Man… so much money invested in iTunes music, though. That’s gonna sting.
Not sure if its still a thing, but just make sure you unregister iMessage since that was causing a problem for switchers a year or two ago. Your phone carrier can transfer contacts etc I believe, and iTunes music does not have DRM so you can use it outside of iTunes.
You can get iTunes match and download it all DRM-free.
Thanks for this! Good to know!
Yeah… thanks, Leeabe and Stusser. If I can transition my contacts and music, the change is a heck of a lot less daunting.
Who might that be? Do you have any quotes to back up your assertion? Are you going to run away from yet another statement?
Apple make the best smartphones in the world. I’m not sure how that’s relevant to the iPhone 7 announcement where the only thing of note beyond the duo camera on the 7+ was the removal of the 3.5mm jack.
Must I write an ode to Steve Jobs and Apple before having the temerity to lament a design choice?