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> True Apple lightning devices are more expensive to make. So instead of conforming to the Apple standard, these companies have made headphones that receive aud
by rawling 2y ago
> 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.
- Pet_Ant 2y agoI can confirm as I own one of these.
- jqpabc123 2y agoThis sort of convoluted nonsense is what happens when "standards" are really more about marketing than functionality. A big part of this "standard" is to sell expensive airpods over low cost wired headphones. The Chinese deserve credit for innovating around it.
- joseda-hg 2y agoMy first though was that there might have been some quality/power difference between regular lightning and Fake Lightning, but then it jumped to me that lightning is a digital signal, theorically there's no loss right? Or is there some pseudo analog magic when converting from Lightning to 3.5mm jack?
- jqpabc123 2y agoAnalog conversion is the only way to get digital sound into your ears and your brain. Wired or wireless doesn't make much difference in the overall scheme of things as far as quality is concerned.