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Someone With an iMac, iPhone, and iPad Might Soon Need Three Different Headphone Adapters (9to5mac.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the courage-required dept.

According to reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple's next iPad Pro will be switching from the Lightning Port to USB-C for the first time. It will also ship with a new 18W USB-C charger. 9to5Mac reports: While Kuo's memo mentions both the new iPad Pro with USB-C (wow) and MacBook with Touch ID, it's still unclear at this point if we'll see the iPad and Mac on stage at Wednesday's event, or if the September 12 date will be dedicated to iPhone and Apple Watch. That would be a massive change for an iOS device but one that could improve the iPad accessory ecosystem -- and be a boon for productivity. Kuo's memo does not suggest that this is simply a change from USB-A Lightning to USB-C Lightning but instead an actual port change on the iPad itself. Daring Fireball's John Gruber notes that if Kuo is correct, "someone with a Mac, iPhone, and iPad would need three different headphone adapters." That takes courage, Apple...

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  1. Two adapters? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Macbooks still have headphone ports, don't need three adapters. Someone can't count.

  2. Re: It seems like Apple wants us to ditch adapters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's non ionizing radiation and its down in mW. It's less dangerous to you than simply going outside and basking in the 93M mile glow of the largest fusion reactor in our solar system.

  3. Re:It seems like Apple wants us to ditch adapters. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They want your phones to only play approved content *(for their copyright monopoly side business) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection

  4. Re:If only by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 5, Informative

    3.5mm jacks can be made waterproof, just seal around the pins and leave the "hole" itself exposed to water.

  5. Re:It seems like Apple wants us to ditch adapters. by registrations_suck · · Score: 1, Informative

    Exactly. All three devices are perfectly compatible with Bluetooth headphones. No adapters required.

    But if one insists on using wired headphones, one can simply either not update some of their stuff, or they can update all of their stuff.