Does seem like a cynical money making scheme. There's no reason why they can't have both options. All this means is that potentially people are going to find there old headphones redundant. If Apple provide lightning to headphone jack adapters then maybe this won't be so bad, but Apple are pretty good at trying to corner their customers and force them into staying Apple. You can only use ITunes on iPhones and iPods, not android devices. and IBooks can only be accessed on Apple devices. Whereas Kindle books can be read on both Amazons own devices as well as iPhones and iPods. You can't drag and drop files from your computer to your phone like you can with most other phones. You can't get content out of your phone from other apps like you can with other phones. As for audio quality: Apple music and ITunes only go as high as 256 kbps. If they cared about audio quality then surely this wouldn't be the case. Spotify goes up to 320 kB per second, and services like tidal have los less audio quality.
Finally, do we even know if a lightning to headphone jack would really be possible? I do not want to be forced into buying proprietary headphones. If this happens then I'll abandon Apple. I think it's important that people let Apple know about their concerns. Maybe we should have done something similar about their working conditions for their workers in China, but that's another issue. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone > On 18 Jan 2016, at 11:17, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would advise having nothing to do with this. You are overlooking an > obvious benefit; and it's not just more money for Apple: rather it's this. > The plain fact is that it's better to lose the headphone jack because you can > get much better audio out of the lightning connecter than you can out of the > 3.5MM jack. With the use of the lightning connecter, you can take advantage > of the high resolution audio format which Apple is said to be roling out > soon. Also, there are other advantages besides. Don't fall for this > emotional knee-jerk nonsense. > > > ! > > Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in > > Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, > > Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless > iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! > >> On Jan 18, 2016, at 4:54 AM, Terje Strømberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Friends, >> >> If the rumours are true, the iPhone 7 will have a non-standard, proprietary >> headphone jack -- meaning piles more cash for Apple and miles more e-waste >> for the rest of us. >> >> Sign this petition to get Apple to stick to the standard headphone jack on >> the iPhone: http://action.sumofus.org/a/iphone-headphone-jack/?sub=mtl >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
