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I was seriously considering switching to iPhone for my next phone after my S.O. had a terrible experience with Google customer support, but my car doesn't have

by qmalzp 10y ago

I was seriously considering switching to iPhone for my next phone after my S.O. had a terrible experience with Google customer support, but my car doesn't have Bluetooth. I don't plan on getting a new car for at least another 5 years, so if I want to listen to music in my car, iPhone is ruled out.

zimpenfish 10y ago
If it has a 3.5mm input socket, there are many Bluetooth to 3.5mm receivers that would work (like this TaoTronics TT-BA08 I'm using right now). Obviously if you don't have a 3.5mm jack, that doesn't help.
lloeki 10y ago
Guess what, I switched, only I bought a 6s instead of a 7. It's not like you could pretend the 6s is a useless slab overnight.
dpark 10y ago
If you're going to leave a cable in your car (I'm assuming that's the plan) just leave a lightning to 3.5mm cable.
- zimpenfish 10y ago
  Which the iPhone 7 handily comes with (and clones are readily available on Amazon although YMMV as to their quality, obvs.)
__david__ 10y ago
Why? My car doesn't have Bluetooth and my iPhone 7 works just fine, and charges while listening to music and everything. There are already headphone/charging splitters you can get on amazon made just for the 7 (though I'm still using the same setup as my 6).
hollander 10y ago
You don't have to buy a new car to get a different radio. And if your car has a 3,5mm jacket (here we go! ;-), you could use the Chromecast Audio to cast to the car radio with your new iphone without that 3,5mm jacket. You need a local wifi network for the CC, so you have to setup a wifi hotspot with your phone. Then you make the connection. The downside is that you cannot use car stereo buttons to skip to the next song. And you probably need double usb-charging for the CC and the phone. That's quite a lot of work to setup each and every drive, but for longer drives it might be a good option.
- SysArchitect 10y ago
  This still has the issue of not being able to use your car controls to control the music, but: https://www.amazon.com/Antec-Portable-Bluetooth-Receiver-Headphones/dp/B00V3A0WYK/ https://www.amazon.com/Antec-Portable-Bluetooth-Receiver-Hea... Pair this with your phone, and plug it into power. When your car turns on, it powers on, pairs with your phone, and spits audio out over 3.5mm to the car stereo. Comes with a 3.5mm male -> 3.5mm male plug for this purpose.
mhurron 10y ago
The SE still exists with a headphone jack and it doesn't look like an iPad held up to your head.

by qmalzp 10y ago

zimpenfish 10y ago

If it has a 3.5mm input socket, there are many Bluetooth to 3.5mm receivers that would work (like this TaoTronics TT-BA08 I'm using right now). Obviously if you don't have a 3.5mm jack, that doesn't help.

lloeki 10y ago

Guess what, I switched, only I bought a 6s instead of a 7. It's not like you could pretend the 6s is a useless slab overnight.

dpark 10y ago

If you're going to leave a cable in your car (I'm assuming that's the plan) just leave a lightning to 3.5mm cable.

zimpenfish 10y ago
Which the iPhone 7 handily comes with (and clones are readily available on Amazon although YMMV as to their quality, obvs.)

__david__ 10y ago

Why? My car doesn't have Bluetooth and my iPhone 7 works just fine, and charges while listening to music and everything. There are already headphone/charging splitters you can get on amazon made just for the 7 (though I'm still using the same setup as my 6).

hollander 10y ago

You don't have to buy a new car to get a different radio. And if your car has a 3,5mm jacket (here we go! ;-), you could use the Chromecast Audio to cast to the car radio with your new iphone without that 3,5mm jacket. You need a local wifi network for the CC, so you have to setup a wifi hotspot with your phone. Then you make the connection. The downside is that you cannot use car stereo buttons to skip to the next song. And you probably need double usb-charging for the CC and the phone. That's quite a lot of work to setup each and every drive, but for longer drives it might be a good option.

SysArchitect 10y ago
This still has the issue of not being able to use your car controls to control the music, but: https://www.amazon.com/Antec-Portable-Bluetooth-Receiver-Headphones/dp/B00V3A0WYK/ https://www.amazon.com/Antec-Portable-Bluetooth-Receiver-Hea... Pair this with your phone, and plug it into power. When your car turns on, it powers on, pairs with your phone, and spits audio out over 3.5mm to the car stereo. Comes with a 3.5mm male -> 3.5mm male plug for this purpose.

mhurron 10y ago

The SE still exists with a headphone jack and it doesn't look like an iPad held up to your head.