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Title: 3.5mm jacks and the future of iPhone Post by: HCK on December 04, 2015, 03:00:25 pm 3.5mm jacks and the future of iPhone
Apple's relentless, fearless drive towards the future should keep any technology on perpetual notice. Apple is going to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack on the iPhone. That's a headline we see almost every year, this year included. It's provocative. It's controversial. But what does it mean? Nothing to do with thinness, of course. Whenever you hear "thinness" blamed or complained about, run the other way. Turn an iPhone over, look at the bottom, and see how much "thinner" the iPhone could already get before it comes close to the 3.5mm jack. Look at an iPod touch and see how much "thinner" it already is even with a 3.5mm headphone jack. Look at an Apple Watch, which ships without a 3.5mm headset jack, and see how "thinness" has nothing to do with it. Thinness is only ever a byproduct of lightness, and that a byproduct of usability. The 3.5mm jack does take up space internally, though. Space that, with new elements like the Taptic Engine added—and bezel potentially being removed...<br clear='all'/> <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160507615/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/rc/1/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160507615/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160507615/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/rc/2/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160507615/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <a href="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160507615/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/rc/3/rc.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://rc.feedsportal.com/r/244160507615/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/>[/url] <img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160507615/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/a2.img" border="0"/> (http://da.feedsportal.com/r/244160507615/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/a2.htm)<img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/244160507615/u/49/f/616881/c/33998/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/a2t.img" border="0"/><img width='1' height='1' src='(http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/4bfc3d14/sc/15/mf.gif)' border='0'/> Source: 3.5mm jacks and the future of iPhone (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/ziVz47KoqSg/story01.htm) |