This week on AI: No 3.5mm jack on 'iPhone 7,' Tidal takeover talks, Apple vs. Spotify & more

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  aaron sorenson Posts: 37member

  July 2, 2016 1:52PM

  better come with a top notch pair of beats head phones for free!

  

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  gerrit Posts: 29member

  July 2, 2016 3:04PM

  Amidst the rumors I have realized the only electronic thing I own that I like and use more than my iPhone are my Bose noise cancelling headphones. And I routinely swap them to use on my MBP and PS4, so the wire's staying.. I guess my phone is gonna have to change =(

  

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  reme Posts: 74member

  July 2, 2016 5:21PM

  A great big F.U. to Apple!  The headphone jack is a ubiquitous connection across electronic devices, this is no small thing.  We have a houseful of expensive Bose noise canceling phones/buds that we use when travelling, allowing us to charge and listen, arriving at our destination with fully charged phones.

  The headphone jack is also a multi-function interface that other products rely on, we use credit card readers, wind meters, podcasting external mics with this jack, let alone all the audio connections to various speakers/cars where a simple plain audio solution is preferred to Bluetooth or some dumb Apple adapter cable.

  I also use Bluetooth headsets every day but they aren't and never will be my sole preference.

  I was OK with Apple creating the lightning connector, its more robust than the crazy 30pin, however, they really should have embraced USB-C like they embraced emerging standards in the past.  But no, they created a proprietary connection, charge the world royalties, gave us nothing special in return and frankly began to alienate me as a consumer.

  Dropping the audio jack will be the last straw, I will force my family away from Apple for this next generation and probably future generations.  I'm surprised no pundit is willing to call Apple out on this proposed step.

  Apple is a big dog, but this dog is beginning to smell.

  

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  rich gregory Posts: 121member

  July 2, 2016 7:13PM

  If it helps there are quite a few devices like that will take a bluetooth signal and let you plug your headphones in and receive your audio. I used this until I started using Bose over-the-ears headphones.
  
  I bought something like this one-
  
  
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hifi-Bluetooth-4-1-Wireless-Music-Receiver-w-Battery-Touch-For-Phone-Tablet-PC-/311426844999?hash=item48827c8947:g:spQAAOSwyjBW3JC4
  
  The touch controls on this one work even through your pocket, which means I stuck it in my BACK pocket to avoid accidental skips. 
  
  Assuming this rumor is true and Apple doesn't supply something to appease y'all this is a handy option.

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  macseeker Posts: 552member

  July 2, 2016 8:51PM

  I've been reading about articles of lightning to 3.5 mm jack adapters.

  

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  soli Posts: 10,038member

  July 2, 2016 10:08PM

  macseeker said:

  I've been reading about articles of lightning to 3.5 mm jack adapters.

  When—not If—Apple removes the 3.5mm headphone jack, and if they don't include a universal standard that all vendors can use in all use cases (Think MFi Program and the Lightning connector/port) we'll surely see more* of these complex** adapters on the market.
  
  While I'm glad the 3.5mm jack is starting to be obsoleted, ideally I'd like to see Apple utilize a universal and/or open wired standard that will allow headphone makers to cater to the entire market; but that seems extremely unlikely, for a variety of reasons.
  
  * These already exist.
  ** Standard headphones are missing components needed for converting digital to analog and amplification.

  edited July 2016

  

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  nolamacguy Posts: 4,758member

  July 2, 2016 11:29PM

  reme said:

  A great big F.U. to Apple!  The headphone jack is a ubiquitous connection across electronic devices, this is no small thing.  We have a houseful of expensive Bose noise canceling phones/buds that we use when travelling, allowing us to charge and listen, arriving at our destination with fully charged phones.

  The headphone jack is also a multi-function interface that other products rely on, we use credit card readers, wind meters, podcasting external mics with this jack, let alone all the audio connections to various speakers/cars where a simple plain audio solution is preferred to Bluetooth or some dumb Apple adapter cable.

  I also use Bluetooth headsets every day but they aren't and never will be my sole preference.

  I was OK with Apple creating the lightning connector, its more robust than the crazy 30pin, however, they really should have embraced USB-C like they embraced emerging standards in the past.  But no, they created a proprietary connection, charge the world royalties, gave us nothing special in return and frankly began to alienate me as a consumer.

  Dropping the audio jack will be the last straw, I will force my family away from Apple for this next generation and probably future generations.  I'm surprised no pundit is willing to call Apple out on this proposed step.

  Apple is a big dog, but this dog is beginning to smell.

  1) it's a rumor. 2) you don't even know what the advantages could be. 3) plenty of pundits have complained about it despite not knowing. 4) cool story bro. 

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  kamilton Posts: 283member

  July 3, 2016 5:03AM

  The future is wireless and it'll be okay.

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  bwik Posts: 565member

  July 4, 2016 1:08AM

  The news of Apple exiting the 3.5mm headphone / audio device market is pretty negative.  If they think I am going to buy only Apple certified headphones, they can forget about that idea right away.
  

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  mac_128 Posts: 3,454member

  July 4, 2016 4:51AM

  bwik said:

  The news of Apple exiting the 3.5mm headphone / audio device market is pretty negative.  If they think I am going to buy only Apple certified headphones, they can forget about that idea right away.
  

  Nope. Your headphones will be agnostic. The cable will need to be licensed, just like most of the cables you currently use with your iPhone.

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