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The issue is not that they got rid of the headphone jack. The issue is they went with a solution that is not industry standard. In the past, when they got rid o
by electic 10y ago
The issue is not that they got rid of the headphone jack. The issue is they went with a solution that is not industry standard. In the past, when they got rid of something it was either in decline (e.g. floppy) or something industry standard was taking off (e.g. SSD).
The wired headphones are not industry standard. That leaves you buying expensive bluetooth headphones. For me it s a big problem, because sometimes I unplug my headphones from my phone then plug it into my laptop or into another device. Now we have no solid industry accepted wired headphone connection socket. That is a shame.
The real truth here is Apple makes solid revenue of dongles, wires, docks, and now headphones. By creating their own walled ecosystem for headphones, they gain more revenue. If this wasn't the case, they would have a regular old USB jack at the bottom of the phone. They don't.
- strictnein 10y agoExactly. "Courage" would have been abandoning lightning and becoming more open with a USB-C port.
- surge 10y agoOr even two USB-C ports, then you could have USB-C headphones.
- twiceaday 10y agoMy phone aside, none of my sound sources or speakers take either Lighting or USB-C. I would be in wired dongle hell either way. But all of my devices take bluetooth and I already use it for everything but my headphones...
- twiceaday 10y agoApple does not want you to use wired audio with iPhone 7, that's all there is to it. All wired options will be inconvenient _by design_ because Apple does not want you to use them. Apple wants you to use wireless headphones (over Bluetooth, an industry standard). If you don't want that experience then buy a different phone. That is the situation with iPhone 7. Framing it by quickly dismissing Bluetooth and griping about how inconvenient the wired options are misses the point.