Report from iPhone 7 supply chain says no 3.5mm audio jack
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- Anonymous
- tue
- 05 Jan 2016
I bet loyal fans will buy it even if there is no sd slot, no earphonejack, no radio, & no customizability. Next, there will be no flash, no front camera, no home button, no cloud storage, no battery(maybe, you never know) and lesser and lesser. Pure innovation to get you to buy any additional Apple product that always goes by the name "Smart Apple (something)". Everything is sold separately.
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- AnonD-484684
- mm7
- 05 Jan 2016
Calling people idiot is really bad
But one thing : newer is not better
3.5 mm jack may be old, but the sound IS better .
Bluetooth audio is more practical / easy to use ( minus the need to refuel the battery ), but the sound is not as good as wired 3.5 .
Real Good quality bluetooh headphones also have 3.5 mm jack .
So phone should have both, so people can have the right to CHOOSE .
That is the least you could do, when you are a phone with a 800+ €/$ Tag price
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- Jose
- xi8
- 05 Jan 2016
Shamesung better not follow-up with this either.
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- mir
- t7E
- 05 Jan 2016
I think its safe to assume the that the Galaxy S8 will not have a 3.5mm jack in 2017.
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- Anonymous
- tue
- 05 Jan 2016
Copy cat Apple. Now they are trying to copy Oppo R5. Innovation slowly fading in Infinity Loop.
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- Idiot
- mZg
- 05 Jan 2016
Dr. Danger, 05 Jan 2016Ready to buy lightning to 3.5 mm jack apple smart adapter w... moreOnly 500? No problem, I ask for the gift wrapping too when I get them (an extra 50, even though im buying it for myself, but it is made from Apple paper so it is worth it)
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- Apple
- mZg
- 05 Jan 2016
Ok Apple if you really want to commit suicide than go ahead and remove the headphone port.
DOnt be suprised if a zombie apocolypse starts with zombies constitng of Steve jobs clones and yes iI can type sryg
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- Dr. Danger
- uuP
- 05 Jan 2016
Ready to buy lightning to 3.5 mm jack apple smart adapter which cost you only $100 and wait you can also buy $500 premium beats Bluetooth headphones
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- Anonymous
- tA$
- 05 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 05 Jan 2016remove the 3.5 audio jack
means thinner phone, well i can ... moreyou're right, Sir.
and just like GSMArena said "We're going back to the dark ages"
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- mehdi
- 0vT
- 05 Jan 2016
i think the headphone jack and lightning port will be mixed as one port
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- harlekkin
- ij{
- 05 Jan 2016
GuestPH, 05 Jan 2016Not just because they want for the 3.5mm headphone jack to ... moreWhat would be truly innovative: if the headphones and / or their adaptors could receive bluetooth frequencies without needing a power source. So in effect like NFC terminals activate a powerless NFC chip, if bluetooth headphones could receive sound waves and convert them into sound.
I'd never buy regular bluetooth headsets or adaptors that require charging.
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- AnonD-375713
- Pkp
- 05 Jan 2016
AnonD-362866, 05 Jan 2016Adapt or Die. Survival of the fittest. The natural progress... moreI'm curious to see how killing a standard (and pretty small and sturdy connector) is progression. Adapt to what? Thinner phones which are harder to hold and have lower battery capacity? Get used to annoyances that make no sense?
Using Bluetooth headsets works OK with the headphone jack there, I do it. I swap between my studio monitors and BT headset all the time. Forcing the consumer to have another (more expensive) device he has to buy and charge separately is not wise. Carrying adapters is "evolving"?? We did this last decade. Such evolution. I remember the adapter I made for my Z530i to accept normal headphones because the normal cord adapter was annoying (keyword here), such evolution. From 2007 to 2016.
When you say about floppy drives and such, have you realized that they have been actually technologically surpassed, unlike a headphone jack? It will just mean forcing a more expensive product on you. In fact the phone can handle having a better DAC inside itself than the adapter, so it would possibly lower the quality. Such evolution, 2007 creeps in again.
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- harlekkin
- ij{
- 05 Jan 2016
How about, let's wait and see?
I don't like the sound of it, but then again, Apple are a MAJOR music retailer - iPhones are overtaking iPods of all generations, so I'm sure they have given this some thought on how to NOT lose their loyal music fanbase.
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- GuestPH
- Pxx
- 05 Jan 2016
Not just because they want for the 3.5mm headphone jack to be removed, doesn't mean they are a backward company. I am not aiming for a world with more headphones that use the lightning port instead, I now want manufacturers to push for bluetooth headsets / headphones. Which makes really good sense nowadays, considering that most households who have techy inhabitants have bluetooth enabled speakers.
Their movement makes sense. It's just that people are always hating on what Apple does only to see their much loved Android making mobile phone manufacturers follow the same route.
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- Anonymous
- 61x
- 05 Jan 2016
remove the 3.5 audio jack
means thinner phone, well i can say decrease in battery
oh wait .... use wireless
(wireless mean more charging, and often...
battery will loosing capacity more faster
at the and we will have to buy new phone every 6 months
GREAT idea apple, i love your company)
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- Anonymous
- 61x
- 05 Jan 2016
AnonD-266770, 05 Jan 2016iDiots will still purchase them in abundance. The blind iCr... moreLOL love your comment, so true...
dangg!!! what your gonna do with your premium headset???
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- Anonymous
- DM@
- 05 Jan 2016
This is a bad joke.
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- AnonD-362866
- NHU
- 05 Jan 2016
Adapt or Die. Survival of the fittest. The natural progression of things. Evolution. Not many are comfortable with these concepts it seems lmao you can spot these people by the floppy disks, usb's and cd's they carry around :'D The same people who cried a river when they realized some droids would be dropping SD cards hehe
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- AnonD-375420
- nDC
- 05 Jan 2016
Anonymous, 05 Jan 2016As consumers, we do. So why shouldn't they?you pay only for your country tax !!!