There's also that time that it was 2pm and I still hadn't had lunch. I ended a Hangouts call, yanked my headphones out of my mbp, cruised over to the elevator, and excitedly made my way to Eataly for a prime rib sandwich. Sat down with my sandy, pulled 1/8" jack toward base of phone… Eph again!
The experiences that end in me loathing Apple are building slowly and steadily.
All this subsidizes apple's decision to not offer an effortless solution for very common use cases.
Bringing a dongle is an effort. Replacing existing headphones is an effort. Paying extra ateention to which Apple-made earbuds I bring is an effort. Buying bt headphones and charging them is an effort.
What am I buying with the extra efforts I need to invest in activities which required no such efforts before?
The sound is not better. I am not going to swim with my phone.
My only conclusion is that I do this for Apple, not for me.
Seriously, look at Apple's announcements of late, it didn't feel like an event trying to wow its customers, it felts like an internal business review where executives boasting about how impressive their achievements/progress are since last one.
It's trivial for folks to turn a light on if their pictures are too dark
Unless you're making a living off iPhone photos, most people will do fine with performance and features of the SE even