cnocbui

mac_128 said:

cnocbui said:

Firstly, it's not even close to being a relic. The age of a technology has nothing to do with it's practicality, usefulness or technical merit.  I wonder how long we have been using knives, laces and buttons?  This nonsense of analogue audio somehow being a thing of the past that has been superseded is very ignorant.  Our ears decode analogue waveforms, not digital.

Secondly, it doesn't stand in the way of a thinner iPhone.  The Vivo Air is just 5.1mm thick and manages to have a  3.5mm headphone socket.  I would say that unless you want to make a phone less than 4.5mm thick, you don't have to forego a headphone socket, unless you wan't to make the claim that Apple's design and manufacturing prowess isn't up with that of a tiny Chinese manufacturer.

Apple seemed perfectly happy to increase the thickness of the 6+ in order to accommodate force touch, something which is of far less utility than a headphone socket.

5.1mm thin:

Thanks for the diatribe, but it's not about fitting the 3.5mm opening on the edge of a device ... You do realize there's a whole connector that sits inside that case, right? It takes about 250 cubic mm of space. Space that could be used for a bigger battery and improved tech.

https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/Dx5cSswRDaQAW3L2.medium

Ah that old 'but extra space' nonsense.  You do realise that at 250 cubic mm that is only 0.38 % of the volume of an 6S?  So far the rumours are suggesting the headphone jack deletion is to make room for a second speaker, not extra battery capacity or anything else of actual use.

jbdragon said:

What would you expect them to say? But of course we do it, so what? They can talk about all these other company's, but they pay out is a tiny fraction of what a single U.S. Company is made to fork out. 765 million, but from 35 different company's. I see a story from March 6 2013, The European Union fined Microsoft $732 million. We have Apple with a 8 billion Tax bill to look forward to. For what? Following THEIR Tax laws!!! Just because they don't like it, they're the ones that created this mess. The fact of the matter is, HUGE fines for American company's, and laughable fines for their own!!!

Fining European businesses is big business for the US:

BP $4.5 Bn

BNP Paribas: $9 Bn

UBS $203 M, $883 M, $545 M

Barclays $2.4 Bn + $453 M + $3.75M

Credit Suisse $2.6 Bn

Deutsche Bank $2.5 Bn

Commerzbank $1 Bn

I hope that the EU officials will get their fingers out and catch up with the fine example set by the US, they are currently many billions behind in evening up the score.

the headphone jack is an aging relic of the analog era that stands in the way of thinner, more flexible iPhone designs.

Firstly, it's not even close to being a relic. The age of a technology has nothing to do with it's practicality, usefulness or technical merit.  I wonder how long we have been using knives, laces and buttons?  This nonsense of analogue audio somehow being a thing of the past that has been superseded is very ignorant.  Our ears decode analogue waveforms, not digital.

Secondly, it doesn't stand in the way of a thinner iPhone.  The Vivo Air is just 5.1mm thick and manages to have a  3.5mm headphone socket.  I would say that unless you want to make a phone less than 4.5mm thick, you don't have to forego a headphone socket, unless you wan't to make the claim that Apple's design and manufacturing prowess isn't up with that of a tiny Chinese manufacturer.

Apple seemed perfectly happy to increase the thickness of the 6+ in order to accommodate force touch, something which is of far less utility than a headphone socket.

5.1mm thin:




My daughter has a set of earbuds with a magnetic coupling in the cable, so I doubt Apple can be trying to patent this aspect of the design.

SpamSandwich said:

Here's an idea for Apple:  Fund a spinoff company that designs and sells Andoid phones at cost, which would have the net effect of destroying the profitability of any and all Android manufacturer.

According to Canacord on profits, China already has about 50 such companies going 24/7.

'Hey, Tashfeen. We must make sure to destroy all evidence that might help the infidels before we leave.'

'Good idea, Syed. We should destroy our phones and the computer.'

(smash, thmp, thump, bang, thump)

'Syed, what about the other phone, over there, what is on it?'

'Oh that - it only has all of the contacts in the Daesh network in the US and Canada and the the plans and dates for the attack in Los Angeles.'

'Oh, that's OK then, we can leave that one.'