There's a pot/kettle moment... Why are you bothering to be so forceful? Just move on...
I'm not being forceful at all. Merely disagreeing with you... If anyone's being forceful here, it's you. Time to move on...I started this thread I can finish it. Why are you being forceful?
I'm not saying sit down and take what they are giving you but I am saying it's a difference in voicing your opinion vs. crying and complaining.
345% above previous iPhone 6 and 6+ pre orders first 3-4 days by some carriers. Not bad... Not bad at all
It would appear that the Lightning port is actually outputting an analog signal if connected to a Lightning to a 3.5mm adapter, which means that an internal headphone DAC is still used on the iPhone 7. This is really shaping up to be the dumbest change Apple ever made.Wireless headphones are nothing new. They have been available for many years and work with pretty much any Bluetooth phone sold in the last decade. They are not necessarily expensive - check out these for EUR20: TIE Bluetooth 4.1 oordopjes kopen? | Bax-shop . They don't have to look like ear-tampons - Motorola sell these: https://www.amazon.de/VerveOnes-Wir...ag=techracom00-21&ascsubtag=UUimUvbUpU2813459 .
And the great news is that they work with phones which *have* a 3.5mm socket! So there was no need for Apple to remove it!
Personally, for the reasons I mentioned above I'm not interested in wireless headphones. So I will have to use a clunky adapter with my phone that I will quickly lose. Or buy some headphones that only work with my phone - I don't see any likelihood of the lightning connector appearing on (Windows) laptops, planes, TVs, etc any time soon. I really cannot see how this is a step forward.
BTW, I have a technical question - I see claims that the output of the lightning socket towards headphones is digital. That would mean the headphones, or the adaptor, must include a digital to analogue convertor. Can anyone confirm whether that is the case, or whether lightning actually outputs analogue audio for headphones. Thanks!
It would appear that the Lightning port is actually outputting an analog signal if connected to a Lightning to a 3.5mm adapter, which means that an internal headphone DAC is still used on the iPhone 7. This is really shaping up to be the dumbest change Apple ever made.
The Lightning connector end of the adapter is too small to house a DAC and unless Apple figured out how to do curved PCBs/chips the 3.5mm end isn't housing a DAC either. I'm certain the signal is analog.Or there is a DAC in the adapter.
If by only removing the jack from the iPhone has made Apple fit more in it, which we all by now know it did, than there is no need for anybody to complain about leaving the DAC in the iPhone, for now. And like I said, it's not clear yet if there is a DAC in the iPhone 7 or not.
Or there is a DAC in the adapter.
If by only removing the jack from the iPhone has made Apple fit more in it, which we all by now know it did, than there is no need for anybody to complain about leaving the DAC in the iPhone, for now. And like I said, it's not clear yet if there is a DAC in the iPhone 7 or not.
Yet another dongle to carry around with the rest of the Apple crap.Apple is GIVING AWAY adapters with the iPhone7... Sheesh...
Here's something I've been tracking. Sellout of IPhone 7 Plus. 48 hours. Sellout of iPhone 6s Plus. 8 hours (or less depending on what new agency you trust most...). Seems Apple made a mistake here folks. Deal with it. I hope Apple will.
Yes. Maybe not now, not next year, but it definitely needs to be gone.
These aren't facts.
For you? Sure, I don't argue with that. If you don't want the jack, Good. I have no beef with that. Wireless is cool, no doubt. But, if you have a problem with those that WANT the jack, yes, then I have a problem with that. From what I see, 50% of iPhone users WANT the jack. So, to me, take it from the 7, keep it on the 7 Plus. There is PLENTY of room for it on the Plus version. Apple made a bad move here. Alienating 50% of their fans. WTF? What company does that. OK, yeah, MS did it with the Start Menu, but they learned their lesson and brought it back. Hopefully Apple will do the same.
Apple can do it any way they want! It's up to you, whether you buy their product or not. It may have been a bad move for you, but a good move for Apple. They're still gonna sell millions of iPhones.
This is why I always like to have an exit strategy:
I do love Apple devices, but I am always very conscious of the fact that this may not last. When IOS7 was released, my phone and iPad (at the time an iPhone 5 and iPad 4) were bricked... in the middle of final exams, everything was on there and I couldn't access my Apple ID to retrieve anything.
I left Apple.
Of course I made the mistake of choosing Samsung and that cluster#### left me with a bricked Note 3 and a broken Note Pro... which had me run back to Apple with the release of the iPhone 6.
Now I know very little about the 7 Plus, I haven't received mine yet.
But I have an iPad Pro and Pencil, and on that level, all is well on the Apple-Evilguppy honeymoon.
But the third wheel in that relationship is Apple's pissed poor performance when it comes to launch day.
I am not amused.
I mean, sure, at the moment, I can hardly complain, Apple has been running around like a headless chicken so fast and furious that they managed to push up my delivery date twice and I am now getting my phone Wednesday, so I have no complaints.
But, for ME, my head, my stress management and my basic inner peace, I have decided this is the last launch day upgrade I every try.
I will never buy another Apple device during their launch period ever again.
I will get my iPads in the fall and my iPhones in the spring, this way I will never again have to deal with the disappointment of not getting my device on launch day and I will never again have to run around adjusting my schedule for a date that keeps moving.
That was my issue so I came up with a solution that works for me.
Now if the technology itself was a problem, I'd have a few options but here's what I would do:
If I decide I don't like the 7 Plus I will exchange it for a 6S Plus, because it will give me better performance than the 6 Plus I currently have and it will give me a good 2-3 years to plan and decide if I just want to skip and wait for future devices to be more to my liking.
Or, if it's really that bad and I have to rethink my affiliation with Apple products, then I have a couple of years to try, test and decide on other brands and get reacquainted with meting outside of the Apple ecosystem.
But make no mistake: Apple is Apple and they make their products with a certain idea in mind.
That appeals to many, hence Apple' ridiculous success.
But sometimes what appeals to most doesn't work for us personally and that's why it's important to always have a plan B.
I do not believe for o e second that Apple is making a mistake, hell, even IOS10 is a tweaked descendant of the hated and reviled IOS7.
Of the few freedoms we still have in this world, choosing our tech products and not be tied down to one company is still one of them, so use it.
But if you go Android, please avoid Samsung like the proverbial cooties, because THEY know how to screw customers better than anyone else in the tech world... except for Blackberry, of course. ��