Iphone 7 has no headphone jack

[pete_c]

Here unrelated have no dependencies on my phones and all of them are unlocked and I change whatever is on my mind for the soup du jour.  
 
Jeez though it is just a phone.
 
I do recall still seeing the Nest display and watching folks in robs genuflect in front of the display.  Thinking they do that today with the iPhone which is a sad commentary on life in general. 
 
I have here alway been in to photography and still keep around my legacy SLR even though I take most pictures with the digital SLR.  I have also taken pictures with my phone when needed.  I have issues though keeping it steady and doing selfies isn't my cup of tea.
 
I did get in to wireless bluetooth headsets here in the 2000's trying them all (have a little collection).  Favorite was the Motorola big and little ones.  I would fly alot and would wander around the plane when I was bored listening to my music.  Worked fine when I took leak in the bathrooms.  I would shut off the little blue blinking light.  That said I was never bugged as I was tinkering for work.  IE: did disassemble a Lufthansa MM seat out of curiosity on a long flight once.  I was converting my video movies with the first generation of the Palm Treo bluetooth and Microsoft CE mobiles.  Worked great for me.  I did have issues with my Bluetooth connectivity on the newest bimmer having it lock to the module while taking my phone indoors and then depleting my automobile battery.  What a PITA that was. 

 

[pvrfan]

Let me try one last time...
 
If I characterized Android users as slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging offspring of related parents, I'd be right.  ... At least for some portion of the Android user base.  But I know full well that lots of intelligent people make an informed decision and choose Android.  That's great.
 
Having two ecosystems makes BOTH BETTER.  Choice creates competition which drives both platforms forward.
 
What I OBJECT TO is asinine stereotypes being bandied about as if they fully describe every single person who hasn't chosen Android.  These ridiculous stereotypes weren't true 25 years ago and they're certainly false today.  If someone wants to point out that some Android phones already have dual lenses, maybe we could talk about the details.  Like the fact that reviewers say the software on the LG phone sucks.  Or that the Huawei phone combines a monochrome sensor and a colour sensor. As far as I can see, neither of them get anywhere close to 10X zoom.  But no, the level of discourse stays at the name-calling level.
 
Let's take it up a notch, eh?
 
Craig

 

[Frunple]

Let me try one last time...
 
If I characterized Android users as slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging offspring of related parents, I'd be right.  ... At least for some portion of the Android user base.  But I know full well that lots of intelligent people make an informed decision and choose Android.  That's great.
 
Having two ecosystems makes BOTH BETTER.  Choice creates competition which drives both platforms forward.
 
What I OBJECT TO is asinine stereotypes being bandied about as if they fully describe every single person who hasn't chosen Android.  These ridiculous stereotypes weren't true 25 years ago and they're certainly false today.  If someone wants to point out that some Android phones already have dual lenses, maybe we could talk about the details.  Like the fact that reviewers say the software on the LG phone sucks.  Or that the Huawei phone combines a monochrome sensor and a colour sensor. As far as I can see, neither of them get anywhere close to 10X zoom.  But no, the level of discourse stays at the name-calling level.
 
Let's take it up a notch, eh?
 
Craig

Do you know how much of an idiot you make yourself out to be??
Just curious, like does a crazy person know they're crazy.

 

[mikefamig]

Let me try one last time...
 
If I characterized Android users as slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging offspring of related parents, I'd be right.  ... At least for some portion of the Android user base.  But I know full well that lots of intelligent people make an informed decision and choose Android.  That's great.
 
Having two ecosystems makes BOTH BETTER.  Choice creates competition which drives both platforms forward.
 
What I OBJECT TO is asinine stereotypes being bandied about as if they fully describe every single person who hasn't chosen Android.  These ridiculous stereotypes weren't true 25 years ago and they're certainly false today.  If someone wants to point out that some Android phones already have dual lenses, maybe we could talk about the details.  Like the fact that reviewers say the software on the LG phone sucks.  Or that the Huawei phone combines a monochrome sensor and a colour sensor. As far as I can see, neither of them get anywhere close to 10X zoom.  But no, the level of discourse stays at the name-calling level.
 
Let's take it up a notch, eh?
 
Craig

HUH?

 

[mikefamig]

This topic has gone a long way from the OP's (me) topic but it is interesting. The topic has turned to the fact that convenience is winning way over quality in our lives.
 
Back in the seventies when I was renting a roof over my head my room-mate had an uncle on a military base in Okinawa who shipped him a 200 watt Sansui amplifier for a price that he could afford and we didn't have much back then. This guy built home-made speakers and added accessories like a pop and click remover. A pop and click remover filtered out the noise that came from a stylus being dragged over a vinyl record album. He was an audiophile and I was impressed. You could hear the cymbals and you could hear the base and you could hear a glass clink in the bar in a live recording.
 
My point is that I feel sorry for anyone who thinks that any portable cell device is capable of reproducing music that is really worth listening to. I started this topic on the headset jack but I personally don't listen to music on my phone. I don't try to take good photos with the phone and I find it annoying to use as a far as a telephone goes. I use it because it is convenient and because a large corporation subsidizes our phones as an employer benefit.
 
It's a big world, don't judge me and I won't judge you.
 
Mike.

 

[LarrylLix]

Do you know how much of an idiot you make yourself out to be??
Just curious, like does a crazy person know they're crazy.

That a little too personal of an attack for me and shouldn't really be happening here.

"iSheeple" only addresses a crowd that wants to be included and is only used in fun.

 

[ecborgoyn]

We should keep the mud-slinging to the presidential election.  Let's all talk Home Automation....

 

[Del91574]

Do you know how much of an idiot you make yourself out to be??
Just curious, like does a crazy person know they're crazy.

The correct term is troll.

 

[pvrfan]

The correct term is troll.

 
Strangely enough, more name calling.  
 
My first three posts to this thread...
 
 


 

I'm surprised they didn't simply show a picture like this:

 
Wireless FTW.
 
Craig
(But the price for AirPods is crazy.  Right now.)
 
 

An interesting take on Voice UX related to new wireless audio interface:
 
http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=475676e92306092c075e1fbd5&id=5b9f25c20c&e=51cba5435c

 

 

So the 2 lens camera system with 2X optical zoom and up to 10X via software...meh?
 
Or are you more impressed with Samsung's arsonist-in-your-pocket Note 7?   

 
Things only got heated when the "iSheeple" slur got dragged out.
 
 
 
Craig

 

[mikefamig]

Troll or I think that maybe he or she really thinks that the iphone is state of the art in AV? A lot of the young guys that I know have never heard a good audio system outside of the movie theater and some of them go and stand in line to buy a new Iphone. I have a lower end Denon 5.1 surround sound AVR with a nice set of speakers and it doesn't reproduce music that well. It's really nice for movies but I'm not that impressed with CD music played on it.
 
The digital recording that they are putting on music CD's is good quality but not when you play it back on your PC. A lot of kids don't understand this.
 
Mike.
 
EDIT
 
As far as the nasty tone of his quotes, there's no explaining that.

 

[mikefamig]

pvrfan
 
You need to learn to laugh at yourself. Don't you don't think that this is a little sheep-like?
 
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/24/iphone-6s-apple-store-lineups/
 
Apple marketing geniuses are pretty good at herding people to their stores.
 
Mike.

 

[LarrylLix]

ray: Isn't "herding" the past tense of "hearing" meaning they were listening to users? 

 

[mikefamig]

I have a border collie mix and she herds me all the time. When she wants to eat she paces back and forth in front of me barking at me until I move towards her bowls.
 
bleet.

 

[pvrfan]

Troll or I think that maybe he or she really thinks that the iphone is state of the art in AV? A lot of the young guys that I know have never heard a good audio system outside of the movie theater and some of them go and stand in line to buy a new Iphone. I have a lower end Denon 5.1 surround sound AVR with a nice set of speakers and it doesn't reproduce music that well. It's really nice for movies but I'm not that impressed with CD music played on it.
 
The digital recording that they are putting on music CD's is good quality but not when you play it back on your PC. A lot of kids don't understand this.
 
Mike.
 
EDIT
 
As far as the nasty tone of his quotes, there's no explaining that.

 
But I never suggested such a thing.  Beside, my hearing was damaged spinning records in a University dance bar in the early 80's.  Yes, I'm not young.
 

pvrfan
 
You need to learn to laugh at yourself. Don't you don't think that this is a little sheep-like?
 
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/24/iphone-6s-apple-store-lineups/
 
Apple marketing geniuses are pretty good at herding people to their stores.
 
Mike.

 
SOME may be sheep--but there are hundreds of millions of folks using iPhones.  A TINY fraction line up on launch day.  (Something I would never consider doing.)  That's the point.  Dragging out a tired stereotype to purportedly explain the actions of every user is utterly wrong and, to me, offensive.
 
Let's try to get back on track.  The article I linked to suggests that Apple's strategy is not to put Siri in a can (like an Echo) but to bring Siri to wherever you are via wireless.  Eliminating the headphone jack is then a necessary step towards enabling that functionality.  That's interesting.  That's a different take on voice interaction.  Given the tie in to home automation, one might think folks on this board might want to consider how that strategy might work and what it might mean to HA in general.
 
Craig

 

[wkearney99]

The article I linked to suggests that Apple's strategy is not to put Siri in a can (like an Echo) but to bring Siri to wherever you are via wireless.  Eliminating the headphone jack is then a necessary step towards enabling that functionality.

No, that's nonsense.