There’s a very good reason they’re removing the plug, if they take the plug away then the phone can be made thinner.
I’m not fazed by such a decision myself as there are work arounds if I really wanted to use an older pair of headphones. A Bluetooth adapter might be one way around it or perhaps a dedicated pair of headphones that run from the dock of the iPhone which sound better than the analogue phones anyway due to their direct digital design. Technology is always changing and those sockets are 50 years old in design at least, you don’t see iPhones using valves do you? Imagine how big they’d be if they did. > On 10 Mar 2016, at 10:03 PM, Brian Olesen <br...@blindkom.dk> wrote: > > Hi, > It's a real shame. We are many, who like the analog style headphones so I'll > skip this update and stay with 6S. > Any reason why they're removing the plug? I mean they don't take up much > space. > > Best regards > Brian > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Devin > Prater > Sendt: 10. marts 2016 07:23 > Til: PC Audio Discussion List > Emne: Re: Apple's iPhone 7 WILL dump the headphone socket | Daily Mail > Online > > I can't wait to see what the new headphones are like, and even what they can > do now that they have digital capabilities. It might not be just audio that > goes through them. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 9, 2016, at 8:21 PM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> > wrote: >> >> > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3484392/Apple-s-iPhone-7-dump > -headphone-socket-Leaked-case-shows-superslim-design-instead-stereo-speakers > .html >> >> -- >> >> ********** >> Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves >> >> > > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
