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New iPhone 7 Case Brings Back the Headphone Jack (thenextweb.com)
Apple removed the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, forcing users to use either Bluetooth, the Lightning port or included Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adaptor in order to listen to music through headphones. However, one company took it upon themselves to create an iPhone 7 case with a built-in 3.5mm headphone jack. The company is called Fuze and they recently launched an Indiegogo campaign that promises to bring the audio port back to the iPhone 7. The Next Web reports: To achieve this, the company is taking Apple's Lightning to 3.5mm adapter and building it straight into a case, where you can plug your headphones with "no dongles, no adapters, no problems." In addition to the audio port, the Fuze Case will also serve as a battery pack as it adds 2,400mAh of extra battery life to the iPhone 7 and 3,600mAh to the 7 Plus. It will be available in five different colors including white, black, gold, rose gold and blue. The case is currently available for $49 to "super early bird" backers, but will increase to $59 once more people have chipped in and will eventually sell for $69 in retail. The company expects to start shipping the accessory in December later this year.
That video is so absolutely horrible, it actually wraps around and becomes good.
What were they thinking?
> I am not trying to sound like an apple apologist but really is the headphone jack that big of a deal?
Yes.
Having to cart around yet-another-stupid-dongle, faster battery drain, and the inability to charge while listening to music all add up to inconveniencing the customer when the prior model didn't have those drawbacks.
I wish I could mod this "-1 Wrong." What you're talking about is innovation. Innovation to replace a technology with a better technology is great. But this isn't innovation, this is forcing your users into using a proprietary technology that is cumbersome and worse than the technology it replaces, and then calling it innovation.
When change makes things easier on me, I like it. You cannot deny that wireless headphones are more hassle than wired. In the gym, I can understand because the cord does get in the way. But if you're just sitting.. the cord is not a concern.
Again, your solution is to buy more stuff, which I have already rejected as a stupid alternative. Ok I'll say it, it is completely asinine to pay more for something that doesn't work as well for reasons I have explained. Less sound quality for the dollar, and on top of that wireless headphones are a consumable device because the battery will only last for a few years. Like the fact that you don't understand this very basic concept totally blows my mind. This is why America is so far in debt.
Yes, for your information I buy expensive headphones for listening to music. But the fact of the matter is, $300 is going to go further on wired headphones. This is another thing that you cannot argue. In every brand I check, the wireless version of similar audio quality (if indeed the bluetooth signal is not more compressed from the start) is more expensive than comparable wired headphones. Furthermore, I know wired headphones will work with everything from my kids cheap mp3 player to my van to my stereo to my phone. If I buy wireless I am relegated to only devices with bluetooth. Don't even get me started on interference issues.
I just don't have the time to make sure all the proper dongles are with me at the right time, and I don't need the burden of remembering to charge all the time. Plugging in every day just to charge gets too monotonous for me, especially having to do it more than once a day. It is my choice if I want to buy an expensive smartphone or not. My money goes to devices that solve more problems for me, not less. Anyone who buys something that doesn't have return for the value *for them* in convenience and usefulness is an idiot, which is exactly what you are suggesting I do.
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