https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczko wski/inside-iphone-7-why

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What a hog.

By not giving users an analog output as an option and keeping the signal chain digital, you can start to enforce copy protection on audio like what is already done with HDMI (HDCP) and disallowing analog output on protected content unless it is degraded to a much lower but acceptable (to the content owner) quality.

>>56485597
The iTunes music catalog has been DRM-free for nearly a decade.

>>56485661
What if they detect a copyrighted song on lets say the twitch app? they can do everything at this point

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IT'S THE HEADPHONE JACK, IT'S HOLDING ME BACK

IT'S ALL HIS FAULT

>>56485587
I mean, that's quite a bit of space in an already packed device

>>56485700
That's more of a problem for Twitch/Amazon to handle on its own. Apple isn't in the business of policing other companies' services unless they get out of control, in which case it can enforce App Store rules and pull the app.

The audio output that customers use is irrelevant to all this.

>>56485514
>that anyone who has ever dropped an iPhone in the toilet

what

>>56485820
If a modern phone shorts out, it's most likely due to the headphone jack. That's the only jack that's always powered.

>“The idea that there’s some ulterior motive behind this move, or that it will usher in some new form of content management, it simply isn’t true,” [Schiller] says. “We are removing the audio jack because we have developed a better way to deliver audio. It has nothing to do with content management or DRM — that’s pure, paranoid conspiracy theory.”

>"Schiller" says.

>>56485820
It's pissphones lucky day

>Apple
>giving a shit about camera or battery life
i call bullshit

>>56485848
>better way to deliver audio

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Oh no

It's a meme innit? Now every phones will not have a headphone jack

@56485843
>headphone jack
>powered

u wut m8

>>56485950
How do you think headphones are able to push out sound without using a battery or plugging into an electrical outlet?

>>56485744
She faces into the shadow with her back in the light.

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>remove headphone jack

>charge $160 for crappy wireless apple earbuds

genius

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>and the kind of water resistance that anyone who has ever dropped an iPhone in the toilet has long wished for.

Guys how much do you think pissphone was being paid to shill apple on /g/?

so is the device thinner because the jack is gone?

>>56486004
this gif is entrancing

i can't stop watching it

>>56485975
Anime magic

>>56486040

No.

>>56486040

No. It's the same size. We'll find out what they filled that small space with later though.

>>56486073
>later
$159.05

>>56486073
NSA chip :^)

>>56485514
>buzzfeed
You just know they are being paid to say all this

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TRS (tip, ring, sleeve), has been around since 1880. TRRS, the 4-conductor variant for smartphones with stereo output and a mic in, has been around since 1998. It has been a Universal Standard on every form of device using headphones for output. Way to fuck things up, Apple! Now we'll have to buy a Lightning - TRS adaptor and remember to carry it around. Douche Nozzles U Are!

>>56486148
Paczkowski is known for getting big scoops on Apple rumors and access to Apple executives for post-Event interviews and fluff pieces.

>“Remember, we’ve been through this many times before,” says Schiller. “We got rid of parallel ports, the serial bus, floppy drives, physical keyboards on phones — do you miss the physical keyboards on your phone? … At some point — some point soon, I think — we’re all going to look back at the furor over the headphone jack and wonder what the big deal was.”

will /g/ ever recover?

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>>56486253
This is what /g/ wants the iPhone to look like, but also with a 30-pin iPod connector, full-sized SD/CF/MMC multi-card slot, and Iomega Zip drive.

So is this thing actually properly water resistant, with an IP rating? Are Apple saying that they're unaware that water resistant audio jacks are a thing? My phone is IP68 and has a headphone jack (with no flap).

If Apple really cared about battery life and the camera they'd simply make the phone a couple millimetres thicker. Shit, the thing already has a goofy camera bump, they should just make it even.

>>56485975
That's like saying a serial port is powered.

>>56485514
>— that’s pure, paranoid conspiracy theory.”
whenever someone in a position of power calls something a conspiracy theory, it immediately perks my ears up and makes me more inclined to believe they're doing something to fuck people over because i know all these shitbags are slimy as fuck

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>>56486253
This coming from the fags at apple who don't even allow expandable sd slots. Why do people insist on paying more for less?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVTrazT99Ps

>>56486431
>Why do people insist on paying more for less?

They're paying for something that works well and doesn't take a half-assed kitchen sink approach.

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>>56486476
Why wouldn't you want expandable memory?

>>56486509
Because I'm not a hoarder.

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They're just doing this for publicity. Plz stop giving them irl (you)s. Don't buy it and move on.

Can someone explain how Bluetooth audio could be superior to an audio jack?

>>56485514
>https://www.buzzfeed.com
Nigga, I ain't clicking that shit.

>>56486253
>do you miss the physical keyboards on your phone?
absofuckinglutely. I held onto my craphone for years until it actually fucking died because no new phones on the high end had physical keyboards. That was the best shit ever.

Removing things that work for no fucking reason when an objectively better standard in almost all ways does not exist is "progress' for the sake of it, or at worst milking consumers. In this case it's both.

>>56485843
>If a modern phone shorts out, it's most likely due to the headphone jack. That's the only jack that's always powered.

are you saying that if the headphone jack is shorted out like a kid sticking a paper clip in there or if the wire for your earphones accidentally shorts like dropping something sharp on them, your phone is surely going to die?

are you retarded?

>>56486567
If the drivers in the headset are good then it'll be better, and you don't have to deal with the jack getting damaged.

That being said, I have never heard good audio out of any of Apple's headphones.

>>56485514
>that’s pure, paranoid conspiracy theory
How about this one.

They removed it so they don't have to use an expensive DAC.

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>>56485514

>>56486638
They still need a DAC for the new stereo speakers.

>>56485587
Someone clearly has no perspective on how these devices are packed to the fucking micron

>>56485514
>Oh no stop the presses, Apple just killed the audio jack!
>Thats it guys its official the audio jack is dead RIP 2016
>If your phone has an audio jack its an antique phone now lol!


Fucking hate applefags holy shit

>>56487087
Apple customers will tilt the entire consumer market in favor of wireless headphones.

Wired headphones will disappear into the prosumer/pro/audiophile market.

>>56486649
haha holy shit is that really the adapter?

Fucking hell it looks sillier than I thought it would. I don't even know what I was expecting either.

I wonder if they will make iPads and macbooks without it as well

>>56485514
>“The idea that there’s some ulterior motive behind this move, or that it will usher in some new form of content management, it simply isn’t true,” [Schiller] says. “We are removing the audio jack because we have developed a better way to deliver audio. It has nothing to do with content management or DRM — that’s pure, paranoid conspiracy theory.”
Ahhhhhahahahahahah and Apple fags will eat this shit up

>>56487256
That was exactly how they showed it in the conference, they made it white with black plugs on either side, fucking bizarre.

>>56487333
Apple is all-in on wireless audio now, so yes.

>>56486661
>>56485752
I think he's referring to how much space sometime like the taptic engine (for 3D touch, a feature nobody uses) takes up in comparison

Wonder if they work with non-apple wireless headphones. If not then i'm gonna laugh so hard, enjoy ur 100$+ extra payment

>>56487465
Bluetooth support is the same as before, and AirPods are Bluetooth-based.

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>>56487505
>mfw my 1$/month android shitphone on plan does errthing I want
what besides pretending to have not saved your mcdonalds wage to buy one to pretend to be rich does an iphone serve for?

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>It was fighting for space with camera technologies and processors and battery life

This is pure bullshit, the headphone jack has been a part of the charging port assembly since the 5. It takes up zero extra space, since the internal part is about as long as the home button was tall It's barely longer than the charging port itself.

>>56487408
>all in on wireless
>ships iphone with wired earphones

no

Ok apple what did you add in it's place then?

>>56487607
$159.07

>>56487594
In a couple of years, AirPods will become the standard pack-in headphones, once the manufacturing cost comes down enough.

>>56487607
>>56479647

Will there be some sort of adapter to be able to charge your phone and use earbuds at the same time?
Would this have been as big of an issue if they would have added an extra lightening port or just seen even more of a jew move?

>>56487661
For what purpose?

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Man that headphone jack sure is useless. Wonder if we can do something with it.

>>56487087
Me too, they are all the fucking same. Followers. Pathetic.

>>56486375
Which it technically is

>>56486355
the kickstand is the genius part

how come other phones are water resistant and have a headphone jack?

>>56486355
> that pic
That's fucking great, desu

>>56485514
The pursuit of thinness was a mistake.

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>>56486355
holy kek

>>56485869
The cameras always get better than the last model

>>56485514
>the 3.5mm jack was preventing Apple from including a decent camera
Tell that to every other phone manufacturer who has been including both for years. Fucking hell, not only do they practically steal from people, they then lie to their faces and demand praise for fucking them over.

>>56486355
Nah, just an SD card slot, wireless charging, and a 3.5mm jack would be nice.

>>56486549
>I hate choice
FTFY

>>56488058
What, no removable battery or slide-out keyboard?

>>56487087
Should have gone all the way and removed all external connections, wireless charging and Bluetooth only and made it 100% waterproof.

The iPhone Cloud

>>56486599

Are you incapable of learning something new and/or coping with change? I imagine you hanging onto a dribbling busted shower head because it still works.

>>56488090
Removable battery might be nice, but I don't view it as a requirement. The people who want hardware keyboards on a smartphone should be burned alive.

>>56487900

Pretty sure they have a rubber flap or gasket. Rubber aint aesthetic my man.

>>56485514
>it's better to not have the option than to have it

Introducing normies to tech and internet was the worst mistake of this century

>>56485514
Why can't they just make the phone thicker and get rid of that god-awful camera bump in the process?

>>56488175
>The people who want hardware keyboards on a smartphone should be burned alive.
Fuck you faggot
>wanting 50 percent of your screen taken up by a on screen keyboard that has to rely on autocorrect to by useful in any way

>>56488228

>wahh nobody else should be allowed
>implying it was up to your NEET ass anyway

>fighting for space
It's a dumb excuse and anyone that removes a fucking INDUSTRY STANDARD STILL 100% RELEVANT GODDAMN interface is 100% retarded. Nobody cared when the floppy was killed because it was dying. Nobody cared when the CD/DVD drive was removed because it was dying. Nobody cared that a lot of things that got removed by someone or the other were removed because it was already on the way out.

But the goddamn headphone jack? THE GODDAMN HEADPHONE JACK? SOMETHING THAT IS UBIQUITOUS AND IN USE BY NEARLY EVERY FUCKING PERSON ON THE GODDAMN PLANET WITH AUDIO EQUIPMENT?

No, you fucks. Apple fucked up. Apple is trying to sell their own shit to idiots, as usual. Fuck them and fuck this retarded bullshit. I hope to fuck that bullshit like this kills smartphones.

>>56488246

You're literally hitler

>>56488169
Why do some of you have this autistic need to force other people to bend to your whims by playing to hyperbole? Are you some fucking child who can't go 5 minutes without being stimulated by something new and shiny regardless of if it works better or not? I like physical keyboards, and for playing games via emulator (which surprisingly it was able to do) it remains the superior option. Not mention everyday typing which was the primary function. I could type much faster and with less error on a physical keyboard. If there were more powerful phones with physical keyboards, I'd have gladly upgraded.

Why get rid of something with an important and superior aspect if nothing better exists just because it is old?

>>56488273
>Nobody cared when the floppy was killed because it was dying. Nobody cared when the CD/DVD drive was removed because it was dying.

Confirmed for underage and not actually living through the uproar and ridicule Apple caused on both occasions.

Wired headphones belong with the Walkman, not a modern mobile device. Stop being such a hysterical little bitch.

>>56488273

Theres a free adapter in the box. Also less that 10% of the userbase use wired headphones on a day-to-day basis.


>how dare they remove the integrated honky horn from this years bicycle models?!

This is what you sound like.

>>56488321
>hysterical little bitch
THIS
If you dont like that Apple removed the headphone jack, dont buy an iPhone 7.
Ranting on the internet and calling Apple retarded etc is nothing but a waste of your own time. Apple is a very large corporation and moves like this are planned and calculated well in advance. They made this decision for a reason. It may well be a very selfish one(money), but it is their decision to make. As a consumer you can chose to buy their products or not. Apple is willing to take that gamble. Settle down and wait and see if it was a good decision or not....hint: it will be in the long run, thats how large companies play the game.

>>56485514
>apple has such shit engineering that they can't make the phone waterproof without removing the headphone jack
>multiple companies have been able to do this with ease

Apple is really cashing in on that brand name.

>>56488321
kys

>>56488333
>>56488169
I can't help but wonder if someone is paying you to talk shit on people who actually want a basic fucking feature on a device. I bet you'll defend removing VGA on laptops too, you fucking nu-male faggot.

>>56488321
Confirmed for underage and not remembering that YES, BOTH TECHNOLOGIES WERE, IN FACT, DYING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. There was an "uproar" by normies that were surprised by it, and unaware that this technology was dying, but it wasn't nearly on the level of REMOVING SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY ACTIVE BY EVERY SINGLE FUCKING PERSON IN THE WORLD. There has been ZERO indication that standard headphone jack use is on the way out or even decreasing in popularity among anyone. The fact that Apple is doing this shit is 100% about control and an attempt to subvert the industry, not simply accepting an inevitable trend.

Fucking children, I swear. Can you NOT be brainwashed by bullshit technology trends and think for yourselves for once?

Or are you just a paid Apple viral marketing FUD-spreading shithead?

Either way, shut your mouth.

>>56488246
I'll give up some screen space while I'm typing over carrying around a phone that's twice as thick and weighs three times as much.

>>56486597
good thing he copy/pasted the important part

>>56488333
>less that 10% of the userbase use wired headphones on a day-to-day basis
Apple, you are fucking delusional. Fucking 100% delusional.

>>56488367
I'll rant on the fucking internet if I god damn want to, and if you don't like it you can suck my fat cock.

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>>56488273
you seen unnaturally angry at something seemingly trivial... and they include the solution to your problem right in the box. Don't know why you care either, you're probably not gonna buy it anyways

>>56488411
>There was an "uproar" by normies that were surprised by it, and unaware that this technology was dying

Yeah, normies like the technology press.

>>56485597
this is my main concern

>>56488457
>normies like the technology press

Yes.

>>56488451
Okay, Apple. You do realize viral marketing is against 4chan rules, right?

>>56488457
>technology press
Wow. Technology "press" is the very definition of normie.

Look at modern technology "press" and how out of fucking touch they are.

>>56488411
imac G3 was released in 1998. Floppys were still in full use when I started college in 2001. They started shipping dells without floppys around 2003.
They floppy was not already dying in 1998 when apple dropped it.

>>56488305

I think you're looking for a small laptop anon. And why don't you see the benefits of a software keyboard? Multiple languages, hiding it to read vertical documents/web pages, manufacturing cost, larger video playback, contextual controls in applications that dont involve typing, etc..

You have tunnel vision and are simply too stubborn to learn new motor skills. As for the emulators, there's plenty of bluetooth controllers on Chinese shopping sites that are configurable.

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>>56488421
>muh thinness

The fucking OP is totally the WORST type of people in existence today.

First off, their source is buzzfeed (wtf? bet he's from reddit or 9gag)
second, they just embrace the bullshit mantra spewed by crapple.
third, they are so enamored by a fucking brand that they will post publicly to defend such superficial clap trap.
fourth, hes a fucking apple fan.

I bet he's also a fucking liberal right wing shemale trans fuckface who loves the idea of a crooked cunt in the office.

>>56488257
>people's purchasing decisions do not shape the market
>it's all about muh sekrit klab xddddd

You're retarded, so I'll explain it to you
>Company A releases indestructible, fully featured laptop that does everything well
>Company B releases a fashion accessory laptop with near-0 functionality and spends 9 billion on advertising
>Horde of normies buys laptop B
>A thousand people buy laptop A
>Company A suffers losses
>Company A changes business model and outsources laptop production to china because it's not profitable to devote more money to it, focuses on making lightweight facebook machines
>There is no proper successor to A's original laptop
>People who would normally buy laptop A now buy laptop B because of peer pressure, wanting to fit in and/or there's no suitable product for them on the market anymore
>Company B starts producing more restrictive/shitty products that sell based on brand alone and being a status symbol
>Normies buy heaps of new models of product B every year
>Market fills with shit products trying to get a piece of the B pie
>Actual good products become hard to find
>Have to resort to ebay or bend over

It's the reality we all live in

>>56488482
Have fun carrying around half a brick in your pocket.

>>56488321
It's not the same, Floppy's were genuinely dead and only used for rewritability, e.g. people putting .doc essays on them and carrying them between home and college. The CD/DVD drive was still used but had workarounds. I mean, things don't even run off of CD, they just required the CD in the drive to startup sometimes.

The removal was also only for the Laptop, it remained on your main PC. This? This is just removing shit people use and genuinely need. I know the jack is an old standard but it's a bullet that must be bitten, because there is no alternative yet.

CD/DVD drives were replaced by internet transfer and USB storage. The headphone jack has no replacement except adapters, which are more annoying than just having the headphone jack.

>>56488527
>being a limp wristed faggot

>>56488407

AND you miss VGA? You're either a troll or +30 computer collector with no professional purpose for technology.

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>>56488495
>god OP is just the worst person rite gais?
>wtf? bet he's from reddit or 9gag

jesus christ go back to /b/

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>>56488501
You do realize that Samsung vastly outspends Apple (and practically everyone else) on advertising, right?

>>56488537

>no alternative

The adapter is tiny and everything is going wireless. Where have you been?

>>56488537
>The headphone jack has no replacement except adapters

Apple's message is that Bluetooth headphones are the way forward.

Reminder Steve Jobs would never have approved of removing it, he said himself about something once, "who needs one more thing to charge".

>>56486253
I miss physical keyboards on my phone, at least they dont fucking break easy

>>56488604
then buy one.. they still make plenty of them

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>>56488594
He's an old white fuck and I'm glad he's dead. We need to move forward into the future and we can't have more wired shit holding us down.

>>56488582
>>56488574
My bad let me correct my statement, there is no GOOD replacement except adapters.

If all you have is shitty pack in earbuds then maybe it doesn't matter to you either, but having to use wireless, which require charging regularly (up to 5 hours life, lmao) and getting worse sound quality to boot is not a replacement for my $300 headphones just plugging in to the port.

>>56488560
You do realize samsung manufactures refrigerators, laptops, tablets, phones, televisions, printers, headphones, cameras, SSDs, memory cards etc. and not just phones, right?

>>56488501

>some retarded diy box or obscure brand X that only 1337 internet superheros know about is an actual good product

are you too fucking poor to have actually used an ipad air/air2 or an iphone that's new?

it's fucking glorious to hold something so powerful

lemme guess

MUH LAGDROID AND MUH CUSTOMIZATION :DDDDDDDD:D:DD

>>56488479
>And why don't you see the benefits of a software keyboard?
Because there are none that are more valuable than physical keyboards, even together against it.
>Multiple languages
function key. Also there's no reason I can't fall back on the software keyboard while still having the physical one.
>hiding it to read vertical documents/web pages
It's called rotating the phone, dumbass.
>manufacturing cost
premium is worth it. Also fuck off when your shitty bluetooth shit costs 150 shekels. Unreal that you would bring this up, this is how I know you're a paid shill.
>larger video playback
What the fuck does this have to do with the keyboard when it slides under the phone?
>contextual controls in applications that dont involve typing
Fringe use, no reason to just fallback on the software keyboard, no reason to completely get rid of the keyboard
>As for the emulators, there's plenty of bluetooth controllers on Chinese shopping sites that are configurable.
So I have to buy more shit just to do what I could have done before? Yep, you're fucking stupid.

>You have tunnel vision and are simply too stubborn to learn new motor skills.
I begrudgingly use the touch screen. I could type much faster and much more comfortably on a physical one because the boundaries are well defined and tactile unlike a digital keyboard which is finicky. It has nothing to do with motor skills you subhuman, the technology with a digital touchscreen is simply inferior to anyone who can type fast like I can.

>>56488543
Any professional environment has use for VGA because it is ubiquitous and cheap. How does it feel to be young and dumb and easily swayed by shiny new jingly keys?

>>56485514
>3.5mm headphones
>draining more battery than bluetooth headphones

Pajeet logic at its finest

>>56485514
>We are removing the audio jack because we have developed a better way to deliver audio

What can be better than direct connection?

>>56488641
Oh please. You write as though a smartphone DAC could ever pump out audiophile-quality sound. Modern Bluetooth headphones are a fine replacement for what we have now. It's not 2006 anymore.

>>56485514
>when there’s a better, modern solution available
>amazon.com
>bluetooth headphones
>limit price $10
>nothing worth buying
AND it runs a SHITTY FUCKING OPERATING SYSTEM who FUCKING KNEW!!!!!!
tldr, i never bought your stupid shit apple, please fuck off

>>56488677
They aren't though, and you'll agree in the end. Regardless of sound quality, just having to charge them all the time is going to be a nightmare. Do you use a wireless keyboard and mouse too? Some things are better wired. This is just a bad move all around.

>>56488672
Wireless is 100% same except for no wire. it is a direct upgrade whether your manchild ass likes it or not.

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>>56488698
>Wireless is 100% same except for no wire.

>>56488659
HDMI-equipped projectors are as ubiquitous as VGA now, if not more so as VGA has been gradually phased out over the past decade.

Seems to me like it's you who hasn't stepped into an office in a while.

>>56488698
Speed is not the same, there is huge latency on wireless devices that you cannot overcome.

>>56488710
It is. Unless you're an audiophile you should have no reason to stay on wired.

>>56488736
>Hey here are my headphones
>I didn't charge them
>They are dead now
>I have no headphones

>>56488745
>forgot to put gas in my car
>car doesnt drive now
take responsibility for properly operating your shit

>>56488745
Then charge them like a normal person.

>>56485514
>make phone unnecessary thin
>complains about space

>>56488770
Or I could just not charge them and plug in my nice wired headphones I already own into my android phone.

If Apple had made the phone and the earbuds wireless charging capable no one would be complaining about having to charge them because they could just set them all on the charger each night.

>>56488736
>need to charge
>spotty as shit bluetooth
Bluetooth is shit quality overall. It's not even a matter of audiophile because most of their shit is snakeoil and about diminishing returns. It is audibly worse because Bluetooth is just shit.

>>56488763
Why bother when the problem didn't exist in the first place until you "improved" them? Tech is supposed to make shit more convenient. Wires aren't inconvenient.

>>56488792
>wires arent inconvenient
1/10
come on at least try

>>56488792
*aren't always inconvenient

>>56488763
Technology is about taking a step forward, not backwards. Yes, wireless technology is more impressive, and there is a convenience to not having wires, but are they really worth the price of.... well the the price of the buds?

>>56488782
And look like a caveman in front of everyone.

>>56488763
It's about convenience, not responsibility, I use wireless headphones once in a while, they are not as good as direct connection, they lag in action scenes in movies they fart once in a while and have to be reconnected.

They are just not as convenient.

>>56488807
>>56488809
Nope, it's about staying current with trends. No one uses wired headphones anymore just like no one uses PCs anymore when tablets and phones exist.

>>56488792
>Wires aren't inconvenient.
They kind of are, but not nearly as much as Apple shills would like everyone to believe

>>56485514
>“The idea that there’s some ulterior motive behind this move, or that it will usher in some new form of content management, it simply isn’t true,” [Schiller] says.

>Schiller

Pottery.

>>56488822
Nobody listens to Vinyl.
Nobody goes to Cinema.
Nobody eats Food.

I have a LeMax2, it doesn't have a audio jack, and I can't give a fuck about it, got some chin bluetooth in-ear phones, and a iPod classic for music, so fuck all this drama.

>>56488801
>>56488802
Wow, I coiled a wire for a couple seconds and put it in my pocket leaving a little slack to move around. So inconvenient! Not like having to constantly charge something every day or so, or worrying about listening longer than the battery life so that I don't have to worry about pesky wires while listening to my shitty quality audio that may get interference from the 2.4ghz band. So new and progressive, wow!

>>56488851
Shut the fuck up idiot. You have no idea what you're talking about.

>>56488866
Yes I do, now end yourself you dumb nigger.

>>56485514
>3.5mm jack sucks, takes too much space

>Heres a 3.5mm to lighting adapter

>1 port is all you need!

>Wanna charge your phone and listen to music? HAHAHA no, Buy our shitty bluetooth earbuds, only $159.99

>>56485514
>People will actually believe this
If what he said about needing to remove it in order to focus on enhancing the phones specifications was true you would see noticeably higher specs.Facts are that the iPhone 7 Plus is a flag ship phone with a premium price tag, and only 2GB of ram; something that even lower end devices have. The non-plus variant of the iPhone 7 doesn't even have a decent screen resolution.

This jack is being removed is purely for financial gain. If your paper thin phone breaks they can make you buy a new one, if you lose the adapter to connect your headphones into their proprietary connector they can sell you a new one at a ridiculous price, and now they have a fancy new peripheral they will try to up sale to you too. Judging by the quality of apple earbuds of the past these wireless 'AirPods' will be uncomfortable to wear and offer mediocre audio quality at a marked up price.

>>56488897
or any other bluetooth headphones

>>56488887
How bout you stop using racial slurs if you want anyone to take you seriously.

>>56488913
>if you lose the adapter to connect your headphones into their proprietary connector they can sell you a new one at a ridiculous price

Yeah, a whopping $9.

>>56488917
niggers be niggering.

>>56488917
Where do you think you are? Go back to whatever shithole you came from and suck Apple's cock elsewhere if you're so triggered niggerfaggot.

>>56488913
iOS has some kind of battery life problem. They are pushing much lower specs and a low res screen but are still beaten in battery by phones like the s7 edge. I don't think they could up the specs even if they wanted to.

>>56488913
>noticeably higher specs
6S is already faster than any other phone
7 is significantly faster than 6S...
Also, 7 is double dual core
Thats a pretty noticeable spec upgrade

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>>56487087
Believe it or not I came across a applefag and it's the first time I've seen a grown adult acts like a fucking child in person

>People saying this HAS to happen.

Care to explain why? Care to explain we can't still be using the headphone jack in 50 years?

>>56486253
i still use a physical keyboard phone...

>>56488924
Cost is irrelevant and that still doesn't change the fact that you can't charge wile using it.

>>56486355
Swap a couple of those ports and hardware and I would buy the fuck out of that.

>>56488947
It's called progress.

>>56488987
That's not an answer.

I work with a huge Mac fag. I know on Monday he's gonna come into work and try and sell me on his new wonder phone. He litteraly uses the term "lag droid" to me. He's been even more insufferable since the Note 7 recall (I happen to have a Note 7). Fucking kill me now

Man, black people are going to be pissed when the find out they have to use another cable to plug their aux cables in. Apple is so racist.

>>56488987
Appeal to Novelty isn't a logical reason. No one cares how hip and progressive you are. You should jump off a bridge though, I hear all the cool kids are doing that now in the current year.

>>56489005
Just get an iPhone you loser. Smh still dealing with SamSplosion devices

Lel. These idiots are still buying this shit.

>>56489007
Black people have been rocking wireless Beats cans for years.

>>56486649
>>56487256
It looks the same as when you have it coming out of the earplug port of any phone

It looks the fucking same

>>56489050
That doesn't help in cars, Einstein.

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I don't have any social media but is there any normies defending this shit other than applefags?

>>56488924
I can buy Micro-B to 3.5mm adapters for anywhere between 99 cents and $3, and I can buy cheapo headphones for $2. I would say that that is a pretty big mark up for the adapter.

>>56485514

>using buzzfeed as a reputable source

please die.

>>56489082
Nope, normies are baffled

>>56489005
>implying android shit doesn't lag a bit unless it's the brand new big dick flagship
I mean it's obviously worth some unresponsiveness to gain the other 999999999 benefits android phones have over iphones but you should let your retarded co-worker have his moment

>>56489094
Really?

>>56485514
i would lose wireless headphones within the week

>>56488947
It's just change for the sake of having more shit to say during the keynote and free publicity

The 3.5mm jack is the single most reliable and universal port on any device ever, you get one pair of headphones and it'll work on your 20 years old walkman as well as your new phone

Not anymore though, we're essentially going back to when every brand of phone had its own proprietary connector for everything

>>56489005
>adult people sperging over cellphones irl

Sometimes I'm glad I don't live in America.

>>56489091
>using one of the top and most trusted news sites as a source
wooooooooooow i can't believe it, next you'll say there's something wrong wih reddit

>>56489096
I do, I have never even engaged in any kind of tech talk with him. He'll go on a long rant about it and I'll just go "ohhhhh Yeah?"

>>56489091
It's literally the source of the interview. Or do you still think Buzzfeed is only for dumb listicles and quizzes?

>>56488941
>6S is already faster than any other phone
There are many phones that outperform the 6S, what are you talking about?

I will give credit for the CPU on the 7 however as the A10 Fusion on the 7 plus is a solid quad core CPU, but again many flagships at similar price points still have higher specs than the 7 plus even factoring that in. For example the Samsung Galaxy S7 also has a quad core CPU, a much better GPU, and double the ram of the 7 plus.

>>56489061
It looks dumb and it has apple's pathetic stress relief as usual. That shit will break in a month or two no doubt.

>>56486253
>the serial bus, floppy drives, physical keyboards on phones — do you miss the physical keyboards on your phone?
All actually outdated and with much better alternatives already available, 3.5 is not outdated and it's great and universal. If it's not broken don't fix it. And yes I miss physical keyboards.

>>56485597
but it is an analog output - disconnect ear buds and record from there

DRM is the only reason that it is gone. That and further locking down their ecosystem.

>>56489182

>There are many phones that outperform the 6S, what are you talking about?

lolno, just no, good try though

>>56488333
But how am I supposed to listen to music while my phone charges???

lmao /g/ cried just as much back when the optical drive died

>everyone suddenly acting like they do daily rips and backups on dvds

>>56489248
>lmao /g/ cried just as much back when the optical drive died
Optical drive was well dead before /g/ came about.

in the near future Samsung removes 3.5mm port applefags in unison samsuck is stealing from apple again ....

>>56488477
No one gives a shit about when Dell did something.

Floppies were really not usable at that time except for small text documents, and for that e-mail was becoming the more common way to send shit. They were still used, sure, but not enough to justify putting them in computers by default.

Just because Dell is late to the party doesn't prove shit.

lmao meanwhile within 16 months everyone else will just remove it too like usual and /g/ will be sticking to some chink brand that still has it

/g/ is always so out of touch

>sandisk mp3 player

LMAO

>>56488073
Less is more.
Just look at all the choice on the Google Play store.

I would have been fine with this if Apple was going to use USB-C. It could really be the omniport to hold us over for years before everything is wireless and powered by dick-heat.

Who the fuck keeps spamming /g/ with faggot Apple threads?

What has happened to 4chin?

>>56489358
Atleast everyone's shitting on it, no one defending it

>>56489104
I'm not the same anon, but I can confirm normies are mad, at least in my shitty circle of friends on Twatter.

To some of them it's basically the apocalypse since they know they'll lose ONE of the earbuds and never find it again. Either that or they're worried about connectivity issues.

Some who upgraded to 6 are now expecting Apple to just go back on their release and "fix it."

>>56487087
>literally hating someone based off what phone they use
>implying something is wrong with them

wew lad, just wew

I don't wanat a fucking camera on my phone

>>56489358
We have always liked apple here. You can accept that or fuck off.

>>56489381
correction

Jelly poorfags are shitting on it because they cant even afford it
Edgy teenagers are also hating on it because they think its cool to hate apple

Rich people that can afford the best will give you reasonable argument explaining why iPhones are superior.

>buzzfeed

>>56489396
Found the iHomo.

>>56489443
Oh my god rekt you called him a fag xD

>>56485514
>embrace the future
To be honest, I enjoy iOS almost as much as I enjoy Android. They're both very good OS's. A completely water resistant phone is attractive. I can deal with bluetooth headphones, so that's a non-issue.

The issue with iPhones is price. I'd just much rather stick with my OnePluses since their prices are much more reasonable and they have hardware decisions I'm more comfortable with in their price range.

What I do like is good battery life, a good screen (1080P or better, ~5"), and a good current-gen processor. Expandable storage is a massive plus. The OnePlus 3 offers all of that at a fraction of the price of any new iPhone, and iPhones don't have expandable storage. Oh. And a headphone jack that works with current cheap headphones.

If/when I get a stable income and manage to live (mostly) debt-free, then I'll consider buying prettier phones that offer little more utility than my current one.

>>56486355
Phones should honestly have external antennas, QWERTY keyboards and FM radio (seriously, even phones from 2005 had that, I blame "da j00s").

>>56489432
>but it's PREMIUM shit, you're just jealous and poor
>continues to eat the bag of shit

>>56489453
Found the iHomo.

>>56489455
If you consider software updates iPhones are cheaper than any android, considering apple will support your phone for 5 years or more.

Androids get dropped in 3 months.

>>56489462
phones sill have fm radios and keyboards and external antennas. What do you thing that plastic strip is for

>>56489226
>Serial buses outdated
Serial buses are still widely used, I am sure the Apple PR person meant the types of ports that we generalize under the term, 'serial port' (despite many modern ports being serial ports too). But even then serial ports are still required for some highly specialized modern hardware. Why does he think some enterprise laptops still come with them?

I'll just wait till the iPhone 8 when they get rid of that cumbersome screen that's taking up so much space, don't worry, there will be an adapter for you dinosaurs #courage

>>56485843
Yeah, but they can be made waterproof. Even samplosion engineers figured it out.

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a e s t h e t i c

>>56485514
Suggestion: stop making phones so thin you need to cut useful features.
Like battery life.
Headphone jack.
Some structural integrity.

>>56489464
hit a never there did I, poorfag?

>>56489483
not only that, but the s7 was given a higher waterproof rating as well, not by much granted, but what the fuck apple

>>56489476
meant for
>>56485514

Sd cards, removable batteries and headphone ports are ancient technolpgy. We live in the cloud age now.

>>56485514
>the kind of water resistance that anyone who has ever dropped an iPhone in the toilet has long wished for.
also also hate it when i'm bent over the toilet getting fucked by my hubby while sending blue bubble to other horny men when all of a sudden i orgasm and drop my phone in the toilet

(but really, how do you drop a phone in a toilet?)

>>56489488
>never
nice phone autocorrect, iFag

>>56486355
reminds me of P-series Sony Ericsson
>Android/iOS switch
aka lag switch

>>56489512
You do know well over 80% of people have dropped their phones in their toilets right?

>NO
>WIRELESS
>CHARGING

>>56489534
Nobody does that shit

>>56485514
what a stupid image

>>56489534
maybe in america, i'm not sure how that'd even happen, or why someone would use their phone while on the toilet at all

>>56486355
count on applefags to have no idea on how to draw a fucking block.

>>56489562
>>56489568
It's normal. It happens. Get used to it and get over it.

>>56485514
Their argument is mostly:
>ITS CURRENT YEAR PEOPLE

Have they done any user testing to prove that a thinner phone will actually benefit the users?

>>56487439
definitely.

>better way to deliver audio
yeah, 4 hours battery life in a device that can be lost like nothing every made sure is better. the earpod isnt even good as an audio reproduction device, it sounds like ass.

>>56486375
>That's like saying a serial port is powered.
Wow, just wow. Get off this board you fuckin tech illiterate bastard.

>>56486619
>If the drivers in the headset are good then it'll be better
that doesn't solve the problem of sheer bandwidth/transmission/latency. even aptx is only subjectively transparent, it still doesn't deliver the true audio signal and problems with bluetooth are very much audible.

>>56488495
>muh 'political satire'
>muh circlejerk
leave

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they could have at least made some that don't look like a couple of your auntie's Doral Lights

>>56488560
Are you fuckin stupid?

>>56488698
>Wireless is 100% same except for no wire.
That's why you need power for your wireless earbuds right? Because it's the same. God you're retarded.

>>56486355
View-master VR slot. My sides

>>56489736
Not an argument.

>>56489787
i love charging my 'pods"

>>56485514
The cost/benefit analysis was: Hey, if we take out this universally used and loved port, we can replace it with our own proprietary, expensive one that they will have to buy from us for $159 US.

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>>56485514
>mfw 50% of headphone users buy $400 beats by dre
>mfw they when they have no use for them when they upgrade their phone

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>>56490685

>yfw they just use the adapter with their expensive beats

>>56486355
You fucking joke but I would buy the fuck out of that, a 8-track player and a goddam ear trumpet jack!

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>>56485514
Am I the only one that actually sees the good that will come out of this?

The next macbook will also ditch the 3.5 in favour of a second USB C port.

>>56485820
I did this. But someone fucked with my memory. I remember it not surviving, but I have it now and it works. And I only bought one.
It is really weird thinking about it. Like, remembering your house burning down a year ago, but you are sitting in it now.
There is a blank space in my memory between my iPhone behind dead and it being alive.
(I dont do drugs)

>>56490771
holy shit that chick looks exactly like me

>>56485514
>and the kind of water resistance that anyone who has ever dropped an iPhone in the toilet has long wished for.
....what?
who the fuck drops a phone IN THE TOILET?
what the fuck is wrong with people?!

>>56485514
>Schiller
top kek

>>56490771
sauce

Why can they fit a headphone jack on the tiny iphone SE but can't fit it on a 5" phablet when every fucking chink ever can fit in the headphone jack with a massive battery that lasts 3 days anyways?

>>56485514
The only reason it has been holding you back is because you have persisted in trying to make the phone thinner!

Half a millimeter in thickness would have given you the volume of the headphone jack back.
Literally your own fault for persisting in chasing this vanity.

>>56485514
>>“The idea that there’s some ulterior motive behind this move, or that it will usher in some new form of content management, it simply isn’t true,” [Schiller] says.
>[Schiller] says.
>[Schiller]

Literally a lying shill

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>>56485843
>>56485975
These faggots don't know how low voltage electricity works. Short out my dick with your mouths you fucking fifteen year old sperglords.

>>56485597
What? There's a 3.5mm adaptor. If there was going to be some HDCP style copy protection it would happen with the standard 3.5mm jack to.

>>56485514
>It was holding us back from a number of things we wanted to put into the iPhone

Such as?

>/g/ is full of normies who haven't been using a USB DAC with their phone to listen to 24/96 flacs for the last few years.

>>56489189
this, they could have just make it angular so you plug the jack paralell to the bezel

>>56488866
>I am so absolutely retarded that I can't handle some wires

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>>56486649

>>56491776
Cannot believe there are so many retarded apple shills that shill wireless shitplugs audioquality right next to a /hpg/. These couple of days /g/ was absolute cancer because of applel. All the usual shill got their paychecks and started shilling full-time. Although most of them are such beta cucks that they do it
>for free

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>>56490771
this is my fucking gayest picture

>>56492619
Post feet

>>56493062
they're big manly feet

>>56486649
how the hell can they get away with this in real life
doesnt anyone else but us notice these things?

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>>56485514
HOLD ON

>sorely disfavored a single-purpose Very Old Port

>single-purpose

>single

>purpose

Are these people fucking retarded?


It does literally the same thing as lightning.

Every fucking thing.

Just look at Square

And all the phones that use 3.5mm jacks to charge.

What are these people on about?

>>56492373
fucking kek

>>56488479

>It's the user that's doing it wrong if he doesn't like the new features, regardless of their usefulness

Why does every single fucking argument about anything apple end up in this?

>>56487087
Nah nigger, you don't realize whats happening, the new flagship android will have the jack, but not the next gen, its like that, apple does it, and i doesn't matter how utterly fucking stupid it is, people will copy it across all platforms.

3.5mm jack is kill.

I know only one person with wireless headphones, and guess what? He never fucking uses them because, in his words, "they're shitty compared to my other ones", referring to his WIRED headphones. Barely anyone, not even applefags use wireless headphones right now. So this meme about looking like a "caveman" or "outdated" with wired headphones is people being willfully retarded.

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>>56485514
A pair of earbuds died for this picture. Rest in peace, you will be avenged.

>>56486355

>that broken perspective

Drawn by a 10 year old

>>56487571
>It takes up zero extra space, since the internal part is about as long as the home button was tall It's barely longer than the charging port itself.

Anon, just no. There were plenty of better things to place there and Apple did exactly that.

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>>56485514
>look at all the space we saved because we removed that non-proprietary connector
>the phone is so much different now, just look at how slimmer it is now!
>it sure is better to buy & carry extra hardware just to listen to """your""" music

applel_fags_getting _fucked_in_the_ass_and_liking_it.dmg.ctrl.jpeg

>>56488090
What's the advantage of a removeable battery? Also how's the audio on android phones?

>>56485514
>Inevitable fate

I don't think wired headphones are going anywhere soon. Wasted battery life using bluetooth and wasting time charging them. Hopefully the Android companies won't follow that bullshit.

>>56485514
>1 post from this ip

>>56485514
>and the kind of water resistance that anyone who has ever dropped an iPhone in the toilet has long wished for.
iphone confirmed for literal shit

>>56494462
SD cards

>>56488479
>manufacturers stop making cars and instead make motorized unicycles only
>everybody is nostalgic after cars but buys unicycles because they're what's available
>traffic accidents are at an all time high
>"Y-you faggots just refuse to learn"
Change for the sake of change is cancer.

I wouldn't mind wireless audio if bluetooth audio weren't a piece of shit with latency out the ass.

>>56495119
Nexus, Moto X.

>>56488383
>It's 2018

>Tim Cook walks to the stage wearing Steve Job's clothes.

>For 10 years we have been giving you a device that started a revolution. A PC in the palms of your hands that can connect you to the rest of the world. Taking high resolution photos with the tap of a button. Steve Jobs envisioned a world where the power of the Internet could be in the palm of your hand.

>crowd claps

>Today I will announce a device, a device that will continue the #revolution. A device that Steve would love. Are you excited!? Cook yells

>crowd jeers and a few whoop whoops with a few laughs from the crowd.

>Iam proud to announce the Jobz phone. Picture comes up with a iPhone 1.

>crowd yells and cheers

>a smirk comes across Cooks face. The Jobz phone will have a core CPU with a powerful ram. A user interface that has been simplified. You can now plug in a 8gb micro sd card. There are now two lighting ports which you can now put in two chargers for a super fast charge. The Jobz phone will cost $899.

>>56488560
In South Korea they sell house and build cars, its 20% of their GDP so of course their marketing budget is going to be huge you fuckwit

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>>56486355
desu I'd love a place to attach a strap on my phone, headphone jack adapters aren't up to par

>>56488407
at least they replaced VGA with HDMI for the most part. HDMI is shittier but better than literally nothing.

>>56494736
introducing our new cuck unit, it detects when you're home with your girlfriend and sends a large black man to fuck her.

>think different

>>56486253
>do you miss the physical keyboards on your phone?
Yes

>>56495663
>port perpendicular to phone display

what did he mean by this???

>>56489486
>Some structural integrity.
Will it bend?

>make the phone thinner even though literally no consumer wanted phones this thin
>claim the headphone jack is taking up too much space because the phone is too thin
you made this problem yourselves, apple

>>56488736
What if your watching a movie?

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>>56495663
reminds me of pic related, from back in the 3rd gen ipod days

>>56496233
>on phone
>watching moives
JUST

>>56486355
AC power would be pretty neat desu.

>>56493573
lies and deception? anything that sticks to their storyline?

>>56489131
When he runs in to show you he's playing super Mario run just whip out your NES emulator and play super Mario.

>>56489472
But they make you upgrade in two to three years due to lag. Each OS update shits on previous models. Android is filled with so many solutions to issues that OS updates are not needed as badly as iOS updates.

>>56488913
>ram

You are just pretending to be retarded right? Check out the SoC and the flash storage on the iPhone, they blow anything android has by miles.

iPhone does have less ram than android flagships but that is not really all that matters, specially considering how much less ram iOS uses compared to android.

>>56492373
massively underrated.

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>>56494937
Pretty good desu, how's your iPhone doing without proper equalizers?

>>56486253
>do you miss the physical keyboards on your phone?
I had to use my phone for typing more regularly, I would buy a phone with keyboard.

Easykeyboard is fina for messages, but typing anything long is still pain in the ass.