Potential Mega Rumor - Apple to ditch headphone jack & require Lightning for iPhone7

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Potential mega rumor.....does that mean this might be a rumor but might not even be that?

Or does it mean it might be a mega rumor or might be a regular sized rumor?
 
That would be terrible, the phones are already fine with their thickness. Would rather the phone be filled out with battery so there wasn't that stupid protruding camera, lasted longer, and wasn't so flimsy feeling.
 
Phoenixazure said:
Agreed. At first i was appalled but if they make lightning cables that are adapatable with my ie8s I'll be fine. Detachable earbuds were the greatest things i ever bought as all my headphones previous always had an issue with the cable prior.
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Think about how easy lightning to usb cables break. Now think about how much more easy lightning to headphone cables will break considering it will see much more bending and snagging and twisting.
 
this rumours been around a while. I wouldn't mind a jackless phone if there were nice small bluetooth earbuds, but there isn't really anything viable at the minute.
 
I'm at a point where I don't understand the need for anything thinner. I feel like the spec war is getting to a point where being able to grip the damn side of your phone is taking a backseat to aesthetics. Or at least, I wonder where the threshold is for the thinness war to stop.

Made more sense with laptops losing the drive, but I don't know how useful these changes will be relative to what you're losing.
 
Topher said:
Terrible idea. Apple's obsession with thinness is becoming parody now.
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The moment they replaced the iMac keyboard with that god-awful "butterfly" design already brought them into parody territory.

30% less key travel for the sake of thinness. On a desktop keyboard.
 
FZZpure said:
Feel like the source is wrong and there is a higher chance headphones will be bluetooth and use the lightning port for charging

But I could be the one wrong since I'm just speculating
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yeah i can't really see them removing the headphone jack while the protruding camera still exists
 
Well, I don't know if I believe this or not. On the one hand, yes, this would be an incredibly anti-consumer move. On the other hand, Apple's made several anti-consumer decisions with their products in the past. I still remember how disappointed I was when a new version of iOS broke compatibility with my iHome dock. I was never able to use that thing again.

I will say this... I love headphones and use them all day long. I have several different pairs for different applications. Most consumers would not have as extreme a reaction to this as I would. But if Apple does this, I will switch back to Windows and swear off their products forever.
 
Mammoth Jones said:
This has been a rumor for a long time and I doubt it'll happen. All this would do is piss off consumers that own a variety of headsets and force them to buy bulky conversion dongles.

I just don't see it happening.
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Mini-DP, Thunderbolt, USB 3.1, MagSafe v2, etc.
 
Does anyone make good Bluetooth earbuds with some way to do things like activate Siri and pause/resume without touching the phone? Because if those exist, I want to switch to that now.
 
The iPhone 6/6 Plus are already one of the worst feeling phones because of how thin, slippery, and hard to hold it is. Why make it even thinner? Who's even asking for that?
 
My phone doesn't need to be any thinner. What I do need is an alternative to the lightning port, that won't bend out of place and become unusable within a year. My 5 and now 6+ have both stopped making proper contact with cables, requiring more force and funky angles to connect until eventually it just won't make contact.
 
-Pyromaniac- said:
Sounds cool. Will happen on all phones eventually.
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Having to ditch all headphones for the stuff designed under apple's plans sure is cool. What a terrible idea that will unfortunately get adopted thanks to apples controls on phones

I can think of multiple things I would rather have before an even thinner phone.


CaptainAhab said:
Sounds like a piece of shit. I don't understand why people spend more money to have a device that does less.
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iPhones have really tapped into that keeping up with the joneses fanbase. Even as better phones come out, they still have that luxury status attached to them that allows them to do shit like this.
 
Junior Mint said:
The iPhone 6/6 Plus are already one of the worst feeling phones because of how thin, slippery, and hard to hold it is. Why make it even thinner? Who's even asking for that?
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Jony Ive's unchecked, single-minded obsessions are worse than even Forstall's infamous self-indulgences of yore.

At least the compromises in iPhones past (like the antenna/exterior band combo or glass back) had some valid purpose to justify their existence. 4S design for life, by the way.

Now it's just comical.
 
I guess I'm not against removing headphones on principle if there were some major advantage. "It's 1mm thinner!" would not qualify as such. At this point (if this actually happens) it's just vanity trumping useability, which they've already done with the Macbook.
 
I'm onboard if:
1. There are benefits beyond a thinner profile.
2. Adapters for existing headphones and headsets are cheap and widely available.
 
Lol, wouldn't be surprised
The Broken Ska Record said:
Didn't the first iPhone have a unique, or rare, headphone jack?
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Nope, it was just a badly designed recessed headphone port, so the fatter jacks needed a extender dongle to work.

AstroNut325 said:
I'm onboard if:
1. There are benefits beyond a thinner profile.
2. Adapters for existing headphones and headsets are cheap and widely available.
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I've got some bad news for you.
 
The Broken Ska Record said:
Oh okay. I remember my mom getting an adapter when she had it.
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Behold the revolutionary design:
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Lexxus said:
Ah, I totally forgot the battery capacity. I guess it will keep on decreasing then. 2915 mAh > 2750 mAh > ???
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In the future, phones won't have batteries. You just leave them connected to the charger units all the time to use them.

Actually, that's more or less how most people I know use small iPhones already. Only the Plus versions have batteries which can last a whole day.
 
Thank fuck I'm going Lumia 950XL when it launches in Australia next month. Screw dealing with shit like this again if it's true, already hate the fact I have to buy an over-expensive "official" lightning cable or deal with the el cheapo knock offs that work 50% of the time. Moving audio to lightning makes it even worse for finding actual decently priced accessories.
 
Nimajneb said:
Nice to see Apple finally catching up to Nintendo on hardware design.
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Did they ever actually sell the first party version of the headphone adapter? I only ever saw third party ones that were better than the first party one looked, as they had a pass through port for the charger and the 3.5mm port.

They went back to a regular 3.5mm on the DS thankfully.
 
If they switch to USB C then I'd be fine with it. At least all the new headphones will be compatible with Android phones and computers.

One step closer to an all USB C future!
 
I find it difficult to get upset about something that hasn't actually happened.

Like people have said, this has been rumoured for a couple of years now. The current iPod Touch lineup is also 1mm thinner than the 6S yet it still has the standard headphone jack.
 
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