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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. If only by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only there were a standard headphone connector that worked everywhere. Some standard that had already been used and refined over time. Something simple. Something that was robust. Something that already had wide spread adoption.

    1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. Re:Or by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One pair of Bluetooth headphones, there, problem solved.

    and different problems introduced.

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    #DeleteChrome
  4. Re: It seems like Apple wants us to ditch adapters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I am a licensed amateur radio operator -- extra class. Radiation doesn't have to be ionizing (as in gamma rays and X-rays) to be harmful. Run-of-the-mill EMR (electromagnetic radiation) can cause all kinds of problems.

    If you disagree, please hack your microwave so that it operates with the door open and stand six feet away from it while it's running at full power. It's not ionizing radiation, so what can it hurt, right?

    Having a small, low-power EMR transmitter continually broadcasting from the same spot on your head is not too smart, as well.

    Folks, never trust Apple fan boys when they try to argue technical matters, especially if such matters involve health consequences.

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

    > If you disagree, please hack your microwave so that it operates with the door open and stand six feet away from it while it's running at full power. It's not ionizing radiation, so what can it hurt, right?

    You must have missed the other part of the post you're responding to:

    >> It's non ionizing radiation and its down in mW. (emphasis mine)

    It won't cause damage by ionisation, and it won't cause damage by excessive heating. The only way a bluetooth radio will cause you any harm is when pointed at you and accelerated to sufficient velocity. Oh, don't get me wrong, I find Apple's decision to remove a time-tested and universal connector utterly fucking idiotic and I'd never use any of their stuff, but you're barking up the wrong tree here.