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> A scourge of cheap "lightning" headphones and lightning accessories is flooding certain markets, unleashed by unscrupulous Chinese manufacturers who have disc

by e12e 2y ago

> A scourge of cheap "lightning" headphones and lightning accessories is flooding certain markets, unleashed by unscrupulous Chinese manufacturers who have discovered an unholy recipe: > True Apple lightning devices are more expensive to make. So instead of conforming to the Apple standard, these companies have made headphones that receive audio via bluetooth — avoiding the Apple specification — while powering the bluetooth chip via a wired cable, thereby avoiding any need for a battery. Ditto for minijack to lightning adapters. Wonder if this will be fixed now that Apple uses usb-c like they should have been doing all along.

rootusrootus 2y ago
> they should have been doing all along USB-C wasn't a thing when Lightning was created. And Lightning was way, way, way better than Micro-USB. Apple has been converting their iDevices to USB-C for years, they held out on the iPhone because it is a high-impact switch that would affect a lot of customers with purchased accessories (some of which are quite expensive).
- e12e 2y ago
  > wasn't a thing Might be a bit strong? > Design for the USB-C connector was initially developed in 2012 by Apple Inc. and Intel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C > Lightning is a proprietary computer bus and power connector, created and designed by Apple Inc. It was introduced on September 12, 2012, in conjunction with the iPhone 5, to replace its predecessor, the 30-pin dock connector. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector) It wasn't a thing Apple had sole control over. And they still use it for keyboard and mouse (with usb-c on the other end).
  - rootusrootus 2y ago
    The design may have been started in 2012, but the first hardware to come to market was in 2014. Apple wanted to ditch the dock connector, and Micro-USB is awful. Lightning may have stuck around a little longer than I'd have liked, but it was pretty solid technologically.

by e12e 2y ago

rootusrootus 2y ago

> they should have been doing all along USB-C wasn't a thing when Lightning was created. And Lightning was way, way, way better than Micro-USB. Apple has been converting their iDevices to USB-C for years, they held out on the iPhone because it is a high-impact switch that would affect a lot of customers with purchased accessories (some of which are quite expensive).

e12e 2y ago
> wasn't a thing Might be a bit strong? > Design for the USB-C connector was initially developed in 2012 by Apple Inc. and Intel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C > Lightning is a proprietary computer bus and power connector, created and designed by Apple Inc. It was introduced on September 12, 2012, in conjunction with the iPhone 5, to replace its predecessor, the 30-pin dock connector. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_(connector) It wasn't a thing Apple had sole control over. And they still use it for keyboard and mouse (with usb-c on the other end).
- rootusrootus 2y ago
  The design may have been started in 2012, but the first hardware to come to market was in 2014. Apple wanted to ditch the dock connector, and Micro-USB is awful. Lightning may have stuck around a little longer than I'd have liked, but it was pretty solid technologically.