Apple is used to presenting thinner and thinner devices every year. With the exception of the iPhone 6s.
According to rumors, however, Apple intends to continue its tradition. The iPhone 7 is expected to be thinner than the iPhone 6s .
Apple even intends to make drastic changes in order to reduce the thickness of the iPhone . In its plans is the removal of the 3.5 mm headphone jack.
This is not an unprecedented tactic. In December 2014, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo launched the 4.85mm R5 and advertised it as the world's thinnest smartphone. To achieve this thickness Oppo did not add a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Apple is going to do the same. But users will definitely need headphones and the solution is ready. Instead of using headphones with a 3.5 mm jack plug, headphones with a lightning plug will be used. Those using Bluetooth headsets will find this change uninteresting.
In the process of slimming the device, Apple cannot make the 3.5mm jack thinner as this is now the global standard for headphones. In the past, Apple has tried to use a 2.5 mm jack on the iPhone, but user complaints caused it to abandon its plans.
Now all iPhones, iPads, iPods and Macs have a 3.5 mm jack port. Is it worth removing this useful slot to make the iPhone 1 mm thinner ?
The truth is that Bluetooth technology can now provide high quality sound. But the problem is that bluetooth headphones have a higher cost than conventional headphones, but mainly they need charging.
The other solution is to use an adapter from Lightning to 3.5 mm jack , which should convert from digital to analog signal.
Removing the 3.5 mm jack cable will require getting headphones that will only work with some Apple devices, buying Bluetooth headphones that need charging, or using a special Linghtning to 3.5 mm Jack adapter.
I consider the presence of a 3.5 jack port on all smartphone devices a great convenience for users. For all users it is better that accessories for electronic devices are “ Universal ”. Many of us have headphones hidden somewhere with plugs only for Sony, Nokia, Motorola , etc. devices, which are now useless to us.
Looking to the future, such a move by Apple will not only make it difficult for users, but will turn perfectly functional accessories (Lightning headphones) into electronic waste, as the " proprietary " headphones of our old devices ended up being.
by jericho
Source: http://www.ired.gr
