If only it wasn't for that fscking no headphone jack..
I decided I had enough of cables and bought a pair of wireless headphones. I am never going back to cables. The battery of mine lasts for 12 hours when continuously used. I charge it while I sleep. Now I am not missing the headphone jack anymore.
Obviously they know damn well that there are people like us who value privacy enough to buy Apple in spite of all of the other unpalatable stuff. I just hope the demand gets high enough that other companies start catering to it as well.
Well, it's kind of the business Google is in though — selling your "privacy".
Apple, what were you thinking?
[1] http://bgr.com/2017/07/27/pixel-2-rumors-no-3-5mm-headphone-...
It may just be a matter of time. Especially if 2 major companies normalise it, then all the other companies get to drop a feature and save a few cents on every phone.
It's possible that dropping headphone jacks could become universal, but I don't see any reason to expect it's likely.
Most people also buy headphones from popular brands rather than attempt to discern on sound quality.
I see quite a few AirPods and Bluetooth headphones these days. I don't think you can discount the possibility.
So headphone jacks without updates, hurray!
Flagships usually do (Samsung flagships, and numerous phones lower in their line, tend to get two major version updates.)
> and Project Treble won't change that
If update practices are something a worthwhile market segment looks to in buying decisions, and Trello makes it easier on OEMs because their is a cleaner isolation of the device-specific pieces, then, I'd expect it to make more OS updates happen.
Obviously I'd prefer to keep the jack socket on my phone, I'm just saying it's a minor issue. I think people like to focus on it because it feels like the prototypical Apple dick-move, but it's not that big a deal e.g. compared to the walled garden thing.
So far, this isn’t really crippling. I use some sennheisers when at home with the mac and use the earphones when I’m out. If they remove the 3.5 jack from the Mac I’ll be more pissed.
Reasonable steps towards a waterproof phone?
(Although you do have to give it a shake when you take it out of the water)
https://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/dm/water-and-dust-r...
They were thinking that AirPods and similar are the future of audio.
And for those who have more discerning needs they ship a dongle with the phone that you can leave permanently attached to your wired headphones.
> I guess with wireless charging you can now do so.
Guess that settles that debate then, glad we can put that to rest going forward. (...I realise this sounds weirdly sarcastic?, but it's actually not)
(facepalm)
But only one at a time - charger, or your dongle connected wired headphone. At some point, that phone's going to run out of battery. My normal use case is that I go on long drives with the phone getting charged using the car charger, while the audio output being sent to the car stereo. This change breaks my workflow even with their free included accessories.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/21/ios-11-ap...
"Quick switch simply disconnects phone from access points and devices rather than turning off the radios, in move criticised by security researchers."
"On iOS 11, pressing the wifi toggle immediately disconnects the iPhone or iPad from any wifi networks, but leaves the wireless radio available for use by location services, scanning for the names of nearby wifi access points. The Bluetooth toggle operates in a similar fashion."
"To actually turn off Bluetooth and wifi users will need to head into the Settings app and manually turn them off, which deactivates them until 5am the next morning"
"But security researchers warn that having either wifi or Bluetooth active when not in use puts users at risk of attack, calling the change “stupid” and “not clear for the user”. Only recently researchers demonstrated that, due to a weakness in the implementation of Bluetooth in some smartphones and tablets, hackers could wirelessly hijack a device without the user having to accept a connection or download anything."
Let’s be clear. Leaving WiFi or Bluetooth active puts users at risk of attack in the same way that leaving your house to go anywhere puts you at risk of getting in a traffic accident.
How cynical can you get? Jeez...
Do they? I hope that's true, but the fact that Apple is selling it doesn't mean people are buying. Most people I talk to still have zero concern for privacy, unfortunately.
The phones are good on their own, but when choosing between having every action tracked and keeping some things to yourself, unsurprisingly a lot of people want privacy. Here's hoping their marketing can help ordinary people who wouldn't normally care about privacy see why it's important (and maybe score some wins for privacy at the polls in the future!)