Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[bi0boy]

You'd think all phone manufacturers had agreed to remove the headphone socket from all existing phones effective immediately.

In actual fact there are a large number of smartphones to choose from that have headphone sockets.

 

[BigTom]

Then, Tom, don't buy an i7!

And what kind of phone have you got that takes 2 hours to charge?

I won't be If it was the only phone available I might be annoyed about this, as it is, I couldn't care less as I can get other phones that work just as well and have the headphone jack I want. I do think that lots of people charge whilst listening to music though.

Yotaphone 2 is my phone (andriod smartphone with an additional e-ink screen on the back) but that kind of time is what I remember my older smartphones needing to fully charge from flat too, has been a year or so though.

 

[Spymaster]

You'd think all phone manufacturers had agreed to remove the headphone socket from all existing phones effective immediately.

In actual fact there are a large number of smartphones to choose from that have headphone sockets.

Some of them can even be charged whilst the headphones are being used.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

You're a special kind of idiot.

Lol you weren't born with a sense of humour i take it?[emoji23]

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[Kid_Eternity]

You'd think all phone manufacturers had agreed to remove the headphone socket from all existing phones effective immediately.

In actual fact there are a large number of smartphones to choose from that have headphone sockets.

Indeed. The reaction to this feels more than a little forced if you ask me. People just need to be outraged by Apple it seems...

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[mauvais]

Lol you weren't born with a sense of humour i take it?[emoji23]

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What's funny about you? You don't add anything, you're too stupid/wilfully annoying to actually turn off your signature, and then you add another one on top of that just to piss people off.

As OU once put it, 'fuck off'.

 

[sim667]

The point being with that normal wired earphones you can use anything if push to comes to shove. I once DJd off my phone earphones. Not ideal but better than looking at headphones that won't plug into anything and that will run out of juice unless constantly charged.

For which you'd have to have been carrying an adapter, or at least borrowed one off someone no?

 

[souljacker]

I think the thing that is annoying is that the 3.5mm jack was so good at what it did, which is why its been around for 100 odd years. SCART to HDMI gave you better video signals, PS/2 to USB worked better. 3.5mm to lightning doesn't give any benefits at all.

 

[Spymaster]

Indeed. The reaction to this feels more than a little forced if you ask me. People just need to be outraged by Apple it seems...

It always amuses me that it's people who are never going to use an Apple product who seem the most concerned about their supposed shortcomings.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I think the thing that is annoying is that the 3.5mm jack was so good at what it did, which is why its been around for 100 odd years. SCART to HDMI gave you better video signals, PS/2 to USB worked better. 3.5mm to lightning doesn't give any benefits at all.

It does open up the possibility of better audio. Whether that happens remains to be seen.

 

[bi0boy]

I think the thing that is annoying is that the 3.5mm jack was so good at what it did, which is why its been around for 100 odd years. SCART to HDMI gave you better video signals, PS/2 to USB worked better. 3.5mm to lightning doesn't give any benefits at all.

It was invented by Sony for the Walkman, prior to that people used 6.4mm jacks - I bet you'd love it if all phones had those.

 

[xenon]

Anyway what I meant to say yesterday.

I use my phone a lot all day, with the headphones in. OK, I'm using VoiceOver, so want the privacy. I listen to music to drop off to sleep and obviously this being the end of the day, I need to charge my phone. I could risk leaving it til the next morning but since my phone is my alarm clock too...

TL/DR removing the headphone jack is a stupid, annoying, unwanted and arrogant, actively agrovating move by Apple.

 

[bi0boy]

Anyway what I meant to say yesterday.

I use my phone a lot all day, with the headphones in. OK, I'm using VoiceOver, so want the privacy. I listen to music to drop off to sleep and obviously this being the end of the day, I need to charge my phone. I could risk leaving it til the next morning but since my phone is my alarm clock too...

TL/DR removing the headphone jack is a stupid, annoying, unwanted and arrogant, actively agrovating move by Apple.

They came to visit you and removed the headphone jack from your phone? Perhaps you should call the police.

 

[Spymaster]

TL/DR removing the headphone jack is a stupid, annoying, unwanted and arrogant, actively agrovating move by Apple.

Why are you getting so stressed about it? Are you going to buy an i7?

If not, don't worry about it.

 

[mauvais]

It always amuses me that it's people who are never going to use an Apple product who seem the most concerned about their supposed shortcomings.

For better or worse, what Apple does comes to affect us all in the end.

Plus it's not like you can avoid hearing about the damn things.

 

[skyscraper101]

Anyway what I meant to say yesterday.

I use my phone a lot all day, with the headphones in. OK, I'm using VoiceOver, so want the privacy. I listen to music to drop off to sleep and obviously this being the end of the day, I need to charge my phone. I could risk leaving it til the next morning but since my phone is my alarm clock too...

TL/DR removing the headphone jack is a stupid, annoying, unwanted and arrogant, actively agrovating move by Apple.

Of all the issues, the charging and listening is the only thing I can agree is a bit of a hassle. Solved by an adaptor though. But still it's another thing to buy. I also listen to my phone in bed with headphones so I may need to get one just for that.

I just don't agree that its such a big deal, or a mistake by Apple. Listening on headphones and charging in bed isn't something most people will want to do. So we are a tiny fraction of people who will be put out by this. But the way people are going on it's like it's the end of the world.

 

[Spymaster]

For better or worse, what Apple does comes to affect us all in the end.

See this editor?

Give up now.

 

[xenon]

Why are you getting so stressed about it? Are you going to buy an i7?

If not, don't worry about it.

Well not actually stressed. But it is a dum idea. Not buying an iphone for several years, got a 6S.

 

[xenon]

Of all the issues, the charging and listening is the only thing I can agree is a bit of a hassle. Solved by an adaptor though. But still it's another thing to buy. I also listen to my phone in bed with headphones so I may need to get one just for that.

I just don't agree that its such a big deal, or a mistake by Apple. Listening on headphones and charging in bed isn't something most people will want to do. So we are a tiny fraction of people who will be put out by this. But the way people are going on it's like it's the end of the world.

It's change for changesake. Seriously, what use is a waterproof phone. Just don't drop it in the bog. You can't use it when the screen's wet anyway. The stereo speakers is a good move, I'll give them that though.

 

[Spymaster]

Seriously, what use is a waterproof phone.

Are you kidding?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

ed's right, I've just lobbed all my i-phone 7's in the bin.

TAKE THAT APPLE

 

[skyscraper101]

It's change for changesake. Seriously, what use is a waterproof phone. Just don't drop it in the bog. You can't use it when the screen's wet anyway. The stereo speakers is a good move, I'll give them that though.

Come on. How many people have fucked their iPhone up because it got wet. It's undoubtedly a good thing to have a waterproof phone.

 

[xenon]

Are you kidding?

No. Does your touchscreen phone work when it's wet. or have they corrected / fixed how the capacitive screen works?

 

[skyscraper101]

No. Does your touchscreen phone work when it's wet. or have they corrected / fixed how the capacitive screen works?

It's not about making the screen work when it's wet. It's about making it not die when it drops in some water.

 

[Spymaster]

No. Does your touchscreen phone work when it's wet. or have they corrected / fixed how the capacitive screen works?

What are you on about?

A water resistant phone would have saved me 2 phones. It is the singularly most useful feature of recently released smartphones, imo.

 

[Fez909]

No. Does your touchscreen phone work when it's wet. or have they corrected / fixed how the capacitive screen works?

Mine does. Mine's a waterproof phone though. The iPhone is splashproof. Don't think you can take it swimming. It's not going to end well...

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Seriously, what use is a waterproof phone.

Yeah, I can't think of a single reason why having a waterproof phone is a good thing. Nothing at all.

 

[xenon]

Is dropping phones in water that common then? Clumsy divs. Done it once in 18 years. Nokia e52. It survived.

 

[skyscraper101]

It's IP67 certified

“Apple Watch is splash and water resistant but not waterproof. You can, for example, wear and use Apple Watch during exercise, in the rain, and while washing your hands, but submerging Apple Watch is not recommended.”

IP67 vs IP68: Waterproof IP ratings explained

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I'd like a waterproof phone, not just from accidently dropping it in water, but when out walking in heavy rain.