Apple will provide an adapter to enable the use of audio devices. ========================================
My complements and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <gor...@mac-access.net> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. Contact: • UK Geographic – +44(0) 1642 688095 • UKFree Phone – 0800 8620538 • UK Mobile – +44 (0) 7907 823971 • Australia Geographic – +61 38 82059300 • US Geographic – +1 646 9151493Mobile/S ---------------------------------------- On 2 Jun 2017, at 15:01, Joe Quinn <jdawg1...@gmail.com> wrote: So they axed the 3.5mm headphone jack, only to ax the lightning port a year later? What'll they do for headphones now? To my knowledge, they don't have headphones with usb ends! Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 2, 2017, at 8:40 AM, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: > > Hello everybody > > Apple’s new 4.7 and 5.1-inch iPhone 8, to be released in September or October > of this year, will feature a new glass body, front-facing camera, no Home > button, USB connector (replaces the Lightning port, which Apple is phasing > out), wireless charging and new A11 processor for faster responsiveness. > > With Edge-to-edge display, fingerprint sensor and varying capacities, Apple > is now following Samsung, it would seem. As I understand it, they are also > trying to make the iPhone thinner and lighter. That’s why they are ditching > the Aluminium case. > > |The home button, again, as with Samsung’s new S8 Galaxy, has been dumped. I > also understand that, as with the iPhone 7S and 7S+, there will be no > dedicated audio connector. > > Clearly, the battle of the smart phones is now hotting up. Seems to be that > Samsung has the edge, if you’ll pardon the pun, from where I’m standing. > > It will be interesting to see what’s coming in iOS 11, scheduled for release > around the same time as the iPhone8. Definitely time to dump my old iPhone 5S > I think, and super-definitely time to dump my old third generation iPad. I > actually have a first generation iPad sitting in a drawer, but it doesn’t > work any longer. I just haven’t had the heart to dump it, as it was the > second device on which I learned to use iOS. Ah well, let battle commence! > > ======================================== > > My complements and kindest regards > Gordon Smith: > <gor...@mac-access.net> > > Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. > > Contact: > > • UK Geographic – +44(0) 1642 688095 > • UKFree Phone – 0800 8620538 > • UK Mobile – +44 (0) 7907 823971 > > • Australia Geographic – +61 38 82059300 > • US Geographic – +1 646 9151493Mobile/S > > ---------------------------------------- > >
