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Re:iPhone 7 by stormbeta on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:45AM (#12450784)
Even as someone who uses bluetooth headphones 100% of the time, I'm still pretty unhappy with this as they don't even support the industry standard for high quality bluetooth audio: apt-x (or if they did, I must've missed it somehow).
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Re:iPhone 7 by jmiserez on Thursday September 08, 2016 @04:43AM (#12451269)
Most support AAC though, which is in the Bluetooth standard somewhere. At least when connected to the iPhone that sounds as good as apt-X, even on really good headphones.

I've run into this issue a few times with headphones that do: - apt-X only - apt-X + AAC - AAC only - neither

and as long as it supports AAC it sounds good with Apple devices. Sadly, manufacturers don't really put it on the label so it's hard to know.

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Re:iPhone 7 by r00fus on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:33AM (#12450984)
Has anyone done a real test between iOS and Android on BT headset quality as it relates to apt-x? Seems that the only issue might be latency, though newer BT headsets I found have pretty decent response times.
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