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Title: An iPhone without a headphone jack? No way! Post by: HCK on December 08, 2015, 09:00:15 pm An iPhone without a headphone jack? No way!
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Every now and then an Apple rumor takes on a life of its own. Websites start treating it as fact and speculatation starts on whether the new product/feature/change is a good idea. Michael Simon did just that this week when he wrote about the current rumor that Apple may remove the headphone jack from the iPhone (http://www.macworld.com/article/3011835/apple-phone/an-iphone-without-a-headphone-jack-sounds-good-to-me.html). He thinks it’s a great idea. I think it would be terrible.</p><p> This rumor is not new. It started in June 2014 when Apple released specifications for using the lightning port for audio (http://www.mcelhearn.com/will-apple-allow-headphones-to-use-lightning-ports-whats-the-point/). Back then, pundits imagined a future without headphone jacks. While Apple didn’t remove the jack, headphone manufacturers were able to create headphones with advanced features such as an onboard DAC (digital-analog converter). So far, there is one headphone—Phillips’ Fidelio M2L (http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/M2L_00/fidelio-fidelio-headphones-with-lightning-connector)—that uses this technology.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3012552/iphone-ipad/an-iphone-without-a-headphone-jack-no-way.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: An iPhone without a headphone jack? No way! (http://www.macworld.com/article/3012552/iphone-ipad/an-iphone-without-a-headphone-jack-no-way.html#tk.rss_all) |