Buzzfeed:
Apple is no stranger to killing things people use all the time — and even love. But the headphone jack? It’s on a whole other level than disc drives or ports named after their number of pins. The headphone jack predates not only Apple, but computers themselves. And it is ubiquitous. So, when you’re killing a century-old standard around which the entire audio industry developed, it’s wise to take precautions.
Another good look at Apple’s reasoning behind killing the headphone jack.
The adaptor I will need is a small hub that allows charging and listening to wired ear buds at the same time. Either audio jack earbuds or lightning plug earbuds.
Now, THAT is a good story with an explanation of the reasons and res advantages of removing the jack. The presentation sorely missed the point, blathering on about the fact that the 3.5 mm jack was old, that it wasn’t wireless and some BS about courage. THIS linked article outlined real, definite benefits. It helps that Paczkowski is a real reporter who actually did real journalism there.
you mean like this year-old dock?
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MNN62/iphone-lightning-dock-black?fnode=42
no, he was granted access so they could make those in depth statements.
as for the brief moments Schiller had on stage to discuss the same, you mustn’t have been listening when he said space was at a super premium and since consumers want new features & tech hard decisions had to be made to make room.
Good riddance. Sick and tired of carrying wires and cables. Even the wire between my ancient Jaybird buds was a huge hassle.
With the W1, Apple has taken control of their own destiny in short-range wireless connectivity. No more reliance on a hardware partner to design chips and OEM them.
It’s quite possible that the iMac and Mac Pro updates also need to wait until W1 production ramps up. If the W1 is that good, Apple should put it in all devices that currently use a generic Bluetooth chipset. Better efficiency, better integration into the “Apple experience,” and possibly lower cost per unit.
So Apple should probably put the W1 in a near- future Apple Keyboard, Magic Mouse etc. That would be yet another reason to announce desktop Mac updates in October.
If space is at such a premium, why add a stereo speaker? They’re too close together for the stereo effect to matter. Not to mention, instead of one speaker that’s rarely used, you have two.
Not that this will placate the hatas, but the iPhone SE, 6S and 6S Plus are all still available. Brand new, with AppleCare and a mini jack.
Pretty sure they didn’t add a speaker, they just made the earpiece speaker active and louder for the second channel when the phone is being used in speaker mode.
I’m actually surprised that no one at Apple thought of doing this before.
And personally I use the speaker on my iPhone really quite often. It’s the best way to deal with phone trees (“Press ‘1’ for [blah], press ‘2’ for [blah2]…”). Plus I use it when I’m listening to a podcast or audiobook when I’m getting out of the shower or getting dressed, or moving about in the kitchen. It saves me from having to put powered speaker docks in various places.
I was listening. I heard that… but it felt like a generic, PR level statement. IN a 2 hour presentation, Phil could have added a paragraph there saying much of what the post said. Whining? gee, sorry for talking about the TOPIC OF THE DAMN POST.
What do I think about the move? Eh. It’s a bit too early as Apple usually does with these things (on time would be when they’re able to price the Airpods ~$79 which is a MUCH easier replacement price). But in 5 years very few people will be using wired earbuds. What annoys me about this entire thing hasn’t been the decision but the rationale for it and how they explain things. The actual rationale makes a lot of sense, again per the article. The explanation on stage sucked and was at odds with what they actually did.
Perhaps the real value proposition is in next year’s phone, the one rumors suggest is a real design overhaul? Whether it really wasn’t ready for this year or is being perfected for the 10th anniversary iPhone, perhaps the real element they wanted to add in exchange for the headphone jack is in that phone. And Apple just started the transition a year early. Perhaps by next year, the angst will have petered out and won’t be there to taint the next uber-iPhone.