vince_jt

Again?  Didn't he leave Star Trek, American Gods and something else due to creative differences?  What's the deal, is this guy a jerk or something?

The EarPods don't stay put in my ears, they drop out.  I'm talking about one's with cords obviously, but the pod design on wireless is clearly the same except for that.

thrang said:

I simply don't understand the complaint about the missing headphone jack. I suspect a vast majority of people listen while taking mass transit, walking, exercising, biking - all instances where you don't need to be charging and listening at the same time.

Further, how LONG can people listen to music? All day while working? I've not seen a work environment where you're not talking to people, answering the phone, or getting up for meetings throughout the day. In most cases, no one has their headphones in at all, or perhaps for a short time during a break or lunch. So again, there is no issue charging during the yawning gaps of downtime.

And I hope you don't drive while wearing earbuds.

The adapter complaint is a non-issue. I've had a Belkin adapter on my Sennheiser earphones for several months, since the Senns 3.5mm pin cannot reach the iPhone through the charging case. I put it on once, and have never taken it off. No issues of forgetting it or losing it. My Senns essentially are three inches longer, thats it.

So for the few percent of people that listen to 10 hours of music straight a day, or will be switching their ear buds among several devices constantly, I suppose there is some legitimate agitation. Just like there were a few percent of people who lamented the loss of floppy and CD media. But this is no reason to delay progress.

I like to charge my phone in the car (required lightning port) and use the phone as an input into my car stereo at the same time (requires headphone jack). Especially if I am on satnav. People who do this can not do so anymore. Likewise, if I 'do' want to listen to music whilst at work, I am unable to keep it on charge at the same time. Admittedly I don't see this as a big issue compared to the car. In either scenario, Apple expects me to buy an unnecessary Apple Lightning charging dock or similar to accomplish what was an easy thing to do until now.