[Misc] Apple to abandon the headphone jack?

[Bozza]

Rumours of iPhone 7 not having a traditional 3.5mm headphone jack are gathering pace.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/01/06/iphone-7-loses-headphone-jack

Strikes me as a difficult sell, that.

 

[LamieRobertson]

will it come with a free pair of Beats wireless headphones!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

What's wrong with the whole electronics industry developing a standard that would allow all bits of kit to connect up with all other bits of kit, regardless of who the manufacturer is?

The same argument applies to light bulbs.

 

[happypig]

Interesting read. I can see them doing it but it'd be a huge mistake. People use their headphones on other things; If you've paid £100 or more for a decent pair of headphones, you aren't going to want to buy (and therefore have to carry) another pair.

 

[TomandJerry]

Apple OUT

 

[Easy 10]

Typical Apple.

Mind you, I use cordless bluetooth headphones these days, they're FANTASTIC. Would never go back to wires.

 

[Igzilla]

Just another route for Apple to shackle its consumers base into overpriced tat. I remember reading a review of the Dre beats, or whatever they were, and how crap they were.

 

[jgmcdee]

What's wrong with the whole electronics industry developing a standard that would allow all bits of kit to connect up with all other bits of kit, regardless of who the manufacturer is?

Already done.

 

[Danny-Boy]

Ah the Applejacks, with that woman drummer..memories.

 

[Norman Potting]

First world problem?

 

[Bozza]

Interesting read. I can see them doing it but it'd be a huge mistake. People use their headphones on other things; If you've paid £100 or more for a decent pair of headphones, you aren't going to want to buy (and therefore have to carry) another pair.

You can guarantee that there would be 3.5mm > Lightning adaptors.

 

[Albumen]

Apple were the first to exclude floppy disk drives too. Rotters.

 

[vegster]

Rumours of iPhone 7 not having a traditional 3.5mm headphone jack are gathering pace.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/01/06/iphone-7-loses-headphone-jack

Strikes me as a difficult sell, that.

Wow! ... Not.

 

[Bozza]

Apple were the first to exclude floppy disk drives too. Rotters.

And CD/DVD drives from laptops (and desktops): http://www.macworld.com/article/2013146/apple-and-the-incredible-vanishing-cd-drive.html

And standard USB ports from laptops: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...der-to-borrow-a-friends-charger-10124954.html

 

[StonehamPark]

Can't see it happening.
Either way, I'll still be buying the 7. In for life.

 

[wakeytom]

Apple are such jokers, so say they do this and people say its fine because there will be an adaptor you have to buy and then carry around with you as well, such a backwards step

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Probably with give it a miss if that were the case.

I get each one pretty much but only because of u[grades rather than being some form of teccie.

I use mine mainly for listening to music at work and at the gym. I also lose/forget things a lot. At the moment I can pop to smiths and get a cheap pair of headphones if I forget mine, I doubt an adapter or replacement headphones would be as cheap

 

[Hampster Gull]

Where is the EU when you need it. Barber OUT

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Wouldn't happen in Germany. #iosandbarberout!

 

[Triggaaar]

Strikes me as a difficult sell, that.

They'll tempt you back in by putting an apple logo on it.