More likely would be Apple including redesigned Lightning earbuds as opposed to 3.5mm ones with an adaptor.
The 12" Macbook also saw a radical port redesign consolidating everything into a single USB-c, leaving many wary of the changes. Hub sold separately for $79.
That makes more sense, I don't know why I didn't think of that. I was even thinking "Now how could they do this and still make the most money possible by selling as many adaptors as they can?" but what you describe is clearly the answer.
1) The issue with portable chargers I'm talking about relate to things like
these. If you're in a situation where your phone is on the verge of dying and you need to charge it, with a single port, you have to sacrifice listening to music to charge your phone, something with no other phone on the market requires you to do. It is fundamentally a step backward.
2) And regarding connectors, $30 is a bullshit price to pay to gain a function literally every phone on the market has. If you're going to say the future is bluetooth headphones anyway so get with the times,
I'll get with the times when the price of bluetooth headphones reaches the price of a wired headphones today. I'm not paying $100 for something my wired earphones can do for fractions of the price. Also, the phone's battery would need a major upgrade because Bluetooth drains the battery on my 5S.
3) And in regards to the third-party manufacturers thing,
Apple pulls shit like this that makes me wary of any products coming in at fractions of the price. Granted, the lightning charger of this generation has been cracked and that's why cheap clones exist, but what is stopping them from making an cable that uses a chip that is harder to crack? A proprietary Lightning-to-aux cable with an authentication chip isn't really that far-fetched, and any licensed product would still have the same MSRP as Apple ones only they'd be more prone to sales.
4) I realize in the grand scheme of things, $30 is nothing because I'm going to be paying $200 or more for an iPhone with a three-year contract and so on, but I fundamentally disagree with the principle behind it.
1) Oooh ok, yes, that would be rather cumbersome to have to take out a charging pad to use one of those. I didn't know that's what you meant by portable charger. I mean, I assume it would work the same if you plugged the charging pad into it and then plopped your phone onto the pad, but having to do that while you're out and about would really suck.
2) I absolutely agree that $30 is a bullshit price as well. But it's not $50, and I want to believe that it'll be $19 (which is still overpriced but, Apple gonna Apple). And earlier in the thread we went over Bluetooth headset prices, you don't need to spend $100 to get a decent or good pair of wireless headphones. I don't remember the price but I had a pair that was less than $50 that fit great, sounded great, and lasted almost 6 years (until I lost them on a trip). And that was 6-year-old Bluetooth tech, I'm sure for the same price of my old set I could get even better ones today.
And your phone's battery will get an upgrade, it's called buying an iPhone 7, AKA the phone we're actually talking about this having any impact on since that's the phone that will supposedly ditch the headphone jack and push using wireless headsets. Nobody on planet earth needs to worry about Bluetooth draining their iPhone 5S battery because it has a headphone jack, so by all means just use that. The iPhone 6/S/Plus already have immense battery improvements, I've had my Apple Watch
and Bluetooth headset paired to my 6 Plus and I have never, ever had the battery die on me. But even with just the Watch and the phone, I can probably count the number of times my iPhone has dropped below 30% before the day's end on both hands.
3) That article is four years old and became a non issue shortly after the switch to Lightning happened. Maybe my estimate of 2-3 months is off in the event that Apple does this again and makes it harder for 3rd parties, I grant you that, but that doesn't mean it won't happen. It's pretty easy to find cheap Lightning cables that won't blow up your phone, certified by Apple or not. My point is, the adaptors will be there. Maybe only from Apple and/or their partners at first but it won't take long before inexpensive options become available.
4) I hate to be the one to break this to you but if you're in the US, you're not gonna be paying any $200 for your phone on contract renewal because all the phone service companies are getting rid of their contracts ): I'm not excited about what this means for me since I'm still on an Unlimited AT&T plan but I'm sure they'll try to fuck me out of it somehow when I decide to upgrade.
That said I agree with you. I didn't like having to buy an adaptor to fix the stupid fucking "too deep" headphone jack on the original iPhone and despite loving wireless tech myself, I do sympathize with those that are gonna be stuck buying additional adaptors and shit to make the transition. And even though cheaper options will eventually come out, those that absolutely need it day one are gonna be stuck buying the overpriced shit, which also sucks. :T
