Apple rips the headphone jack out of the 10th generation iPad

[iMore.com]

With the introduction of the 10th generation iPad, Apple has removed the headphone jack from its base model. Full story from the iMore Blog...

 

[Annie_M]

Thank goodness for dongles! LOL!

 

[Wotchered]

Looks like I’ll be buying the iPad 9 when I need a new one !

 

[Annie_M]

I usually use my AirPods with my iPad Air 4. However, there has been an occasion where I forgot to charge them and needed to use wired earbuds. I have an Aux to USB-C dongle/connector that works just fine.

 

[FFR]

Guess the author hasn’t noticed the market shift to wireless.

 

[Up_And_Away]

Guess the author hasn’t noticed the market shift to wireless.

There was a celebrity spotted several months ago wearing wired headphones. It's obviously a trend, pay attention /s

 

[Wotchered]

There was a celebrity spotted several months ago wearing wired headphones. It's obviously a trend, pay attention /s

Just proves that not all celebrities are crazy !

 

[Up_And_Away]

Just proves that not all celebrities are crazy !

Ummm no it doesn't. I get there may be people who prefer wired headphones. To each their own. Some people prefer non "smart" cell phones too. Understanding that wired can enhance sound quality, the tether of a wire to the source is a substantially! lesser user experience than being wire free. And what TWEBs can do because of the power source, SOC software and integration is SD vs 4k60

 

[Wotchered]

Ummm no it doesn't. I get there may be people who prefer wired headphones. To each their own. Some people prefer non "smart" cell phones too. Understanding that wired can enhance sound quality, the tether of a wire to the source is a substantially! lesser user experience than being wire free. And what TWEBs can do because of the power source, SOC software and integration is SD vs 4k60

Twaddle !

 

[Up_And_Away]

Twaddle !

Oh what tripe!

To each their own..

 

[Ledsteplin]

These writers kill me with their wording. "Rip it out", like they're mad or something.

 

[Up_And_Away]

These writers kill me with their wording. "Rip it out", like they're mad or something.

Funny and true. An Apple engineer just grabbed a pair of needle nose pliers and just yanked it out!

It’s understandable that a few will be unhappy with it yanked! out but there’s an important flip side to the coin: every square millimeter of real estate inside compact personal electronics is highly valuable. Even more critical is real estate that requires a physical opening on the device’s housing. it may not seem like much but it can be the difference in changing the overall design.

 

[Annie_M]

It seems like some of the writers seem to have adopted using over dramatic tones to grab our attention!

 

[Just_Me_D]

It seems like some of the writers seem to have adopted using over dramatic tones to grab our attention!

I, too, have noticed.

 

[EdwinG]

It seems like some of the writers seem to have adopted using over dramatic tones to grab our attention!

And sadly, it works

 

[FFR]

And sadly, it works

By works… you mean alienate the existing reader base until they get their news from another more credible source.

Edit:it’s also a bit odd imore didn’t cover apples q4 22 earnings results.

 

[Annie_M]

By works… you mean alienate the existing reader base until they get their news from another more credible source.

Edit:it’s also a bit odd imore didn’t cover apples q4 22 earnings results.

That is definitely odd! as a regular viewer of the “iMore Show“, there is always considerable discussion about writing about that. They would sit in on the report and it was long and very detail oriented. I am really surprised that none of them have written about it yet.

 

[Wotchered]

If overexcited titles like that were on a video, they would instantly, and in my view,correctly, be labelled Clickbait !