I've seen them used at garage sales, trade shows, flea markets, etc. Those are all scenarios where the cost of the reader, on top of processing fees, might dissuade someone from even accepting cards. If I recall correctly, a pizza place I ordered from once used them to take delivery payments, as well. $49 vs $FREE is a huge price difference for something you're handing to a teenage kid delivering pizzas and know they'll probably lose a nontrivial number of; and lost sales when the oh-so-responsible (that's why they work as a pizza driver, after all) driver forgets to charge the reader or can't figure out how to pair it with their new phone, but didn't realize until they already made the delivery.
This will hurt Square in the long run. Apple might want to do that, as they now offer a competing service. Follow?
As for places with a brick and mortar presence, I can't say I've ever seen Square in one. I see that they do sell a stand you can drop an iPad into to use as a case register, but I've only ever seen their competitors' products in use. But, I digress, as those are a different class of product altogether.
It seems to reason that Eubonics would be the like Ebonics, but spoken by someone from the EU rather than someone with an ebony skintone. Same principle, different demographic, just as infantile a reference, but also very sad (for you) that you missed it.
Wrong. It's a few ounces lighter than the MacBook Pro Retina and 1mm thinner, actually. I use my MBP to write this because my Windows machine lives in my office, where I do actual work; because I use it to do actual work. This is actually the 2nd time I've taken the MBP out since I moved. The first was yesterday, after I finally got my office set up fully and started leaving my Windows laptop there.
As for one hour battery life, I was appalled when my MBP ran down to 7% in just an hour and a half this morning; surely that's uncommon but it's quite worrisome if it continues. Admittedly, the first time that's happened, and I hope it does not continue. On the other hand, I commonly get half of a day out of that Windows machine. And yes, it runs Windows; I went back to that platform in November, after 5 years as a dedicated Mac user, because OS X has become bloated, unstable, unreliable and, frankly useless for any real work; a useful tool is reliable and, well, I just said it... OS X isn't anymore. Windows is a feature and has been since Lion.
It never affected them until one of the PS3s in the cluster broke and there were no remaining PS3s capable of running Linux. So yes, I'd say it affected them a lot.
Watch a video with a lot of dialog where you can see the people talking and come back and tell me Bluetooth is the answer. The lag can be nauseating for some people; literally. Oh and gaming, especially where sound timing is critical. Nope, no thanks.
Fine for music on the train or bus, not good for much else.
As for Ethernet vs wi-fi: I quite enjoy any two devices on my network being able to communicate at a dedicated 1Gbps, rather than all of them having to share 1.3Gbps max (and then, only if I'm lucky and nobody else has a network on the same - or a neighboring - channel). And yes, I do transfer enough data around my network that this matters; a lot of us do, especially here on Slashdot.
Wireless is for phones and tablets; everything else gets a cord, even devices that don't necessarily need the bandwidth, because taking them off the air frees up spectrum for those that can benefit from it.
Huh, I can't say I've experienced the unpatched exploits and lack of carrier support, but, then I don't buy the old models and I tend to replace my phone long before it reaches EOL. If you're going to compare iOS to Android, at least look at the same class of phones: high-end flagship devices. Apples to apples, so to speak.
The original iPad works with an iPad-based receipt scanner I still use, which only has the 30-pin connector, the Air 1 went to my wife when I got the Air 2; it then went to the living room for use as a Chromecast remote and the Air 2 went to my wife when I got the Pro. Not that I need to justify my tech habits to you... but yes, they do all get used regularly.
Also, the Square and PayPal card readers that are ubiquitous at trade shows and the like. One major advantage to those is that, since they just plug into the headphone jack, they work with any device that can run the software. Now, they'll need a Lightning version which, by all accounts, won't be free because they'll have to pay Apple to license it on top of the cost of production. Plus, it'll be attached to the (much more fragile) lightning connector and much more prone to breakage.
Personally, I don't mind the sound of Apt-X on my S7 Edge; I'm not even mad about it not supporting Apt-X HD, as my bluetooth headphones don't support it either. Of course, I'm usually using them in noisy environments where I favor portability and convenience over sound quality, so that might factor in. I wouldn't quite call myself a purist, but I do know that a $20 pair of headphones will sound better than a $40 Bluetooth headset any day of the week. Most "purists" are spending hundreds on headphones, while my most expensive pair was $80 retail and I only got them because they were on sale for $40, $20 less than I paid for my bluetooth headset.
You'll get that if you set the phone in the same location and don't plug it into the speakers, provided they're on. In fact, you can cut the cord off the speakers and still get it, as what you're actually hearing is the phone's radio interacting with the amplifier circuitry in the speakers; you'd get that with a digital input, as well.
Also, where are you (or what phone are you using) that you're only getting a standard GSM signal? That hasn't been an issue since 3G came out.
RCA cables carry a line-level signal; the signal from your amplifier to your speakers is a much higher level; it is also analog, even if you use fiber or coax to transfer digital signals between your source and amplifier. While the signal to your headphones isn't (likely) as powerful as the signal to your home theater speakers, it is still many times more powerful than a line-level signal, in order to drive loads anywhere from 20 ohms up to several hundred ohms; for reference, a line-level load is expected to be only 4-8 ohms. The higher the impedance, the less susceptible to interference.
If you've ever actually heard interference in your headphones, induced from the headphone cable itself, you must've either been near a very high-powered EMI source (like an MRI, or something else that would have likely had huge signs warning you not to bring such equipment into the area), been using pitifully cheap headphones, or both.
Ah, yes, because people want yet another thing to remember to keep charged or have to buy batteries for. I quite like that all of my current headphones not only don't require an external power source, but also work with everything I own. I use the same headphones with my Android phone, my iPad Pro, my wife's iPhone, my XBox One controller (as a headset), two iPods, my Nintendo DS, all 3 of my laptops (2 MacBook Pros, one running Ubuntu, and a PC), and a slew of other devices, no dongle required.
The general public might not think twice before giving that up for the new iPhone, but they'll quickly realize they were taken the first time the go to plug their iPhone headset into their Mac.
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I've seen them used at garage sales, trade shows, flea markets, etc. Those are all scenarios where the cost of the reader, on top of processing fees, might dissuade someone from even accepting cards. If I recall correctly, a pizza place I ordered from once used them to take delivery payments, as well. $49 vs $FREE is a huge price difference for something you're handing to a teenage kid delivering pizzas and know they'll probably lose a nontrivial number of; and lost sales when the oh-so-responsible (that's why they work as a pizza driver, after all) driver forgets to charge the reader or can't figure out how to pair it with their new phone, but didn't realize until they already made the delivery.
This will hurt Square in the long run. Apple might want to do that, as they now offer a competing service. Follow?
As for places with a brick and mortar presence, I can't say I've ever seen Square in one. I see that they do sell a stand you can drop an iPad into to use as a case register, but I've only ever seen their competitors' products in use. But, I digress, as those are a different class of product altogether.
I think that's more or less self-explanatory. ;)
It seems to reason that Eubonics would be the like Ebonics, but spoken by someone from the EU rather than someone with an ebony skintone. Same principle, different demographic, just as infantile a reference, but also very sad (for you) that you missed it.
Wrong. It's a few ounces lighter than the MacBook Pro Retina and 1mm thinner, actually. I use my MBP to write this because my Windows machine lives in my office, where I do actual work; because I use it to do actual work. This is actually the 2nd time I've taken the MBP out since I moved. The first was yesterday, after I finally got my office set up fully and started leaving my Windows laptop there.
As for one hour battery life, I was appalled when my MBP ran down to 7% in just an hour and a half this morning; surely that's uncommon but it's quite worrisome if it continues. Admittedly, the first time that's happened, and I hope it does not continue. On the other hand, I commonly get half of a day out of that Windows machine. And yes, it runs Windows; I went back to that platform in November, after 5 years as a dedicated Mac user, because OS X has become bloated, unstable, unreliable and, frankly useless for any real work; a useful tool is reliable and, well, I just said it... OS X isn't anymore. Windows is a feature and has been since Lion.
Nice try, though.
For reference.
It never affected them until one of the PS3s in the cluster broke and there were no remaining PS3s capable of running Linux. So yes, I'd say it affected them a lot.
Watch a video with a lot of dialog where you can see the people talking and come back and tell me Bluetooth is the answer. The lag can be nauseating for some people; literally. Oh and gaming, especially where sound timing is critical. Nope, no thanks.
Fine for music on the train or bus, not good for much else.
As for Ethernet vs wi-fi: I quite enjoy any two devices on my network being able to communicate at a dedicated 1Gbps, rather than all of them having to share 1.3Gbps max (and then, only if I'm lucky and nobody else has a network on the same - or a neighboring - channel). And yes, I do transfer enough data around my network that this matters; a lot of us do, especially here on Slashdot.
Wireless is for phones and tablets; everything else gets a cord, even devices that don't necessarily need the bandwidth, because taking them off the air frees up spectrum for those that can benefit from it.
You're expected to either do that or vote with your wallet and buy something else or nothing at all.
And the click of death?
Wait, did you intend to help his point?
Huh, I can't say I've experienced the unpatched exploits and lack of carrier support, but, then I don't buy the old models and I tend to replace my phone long before it reaches EOL. If you're going to compare iOS to Android, at least look at the same class of phones: high-end flagship devices. Apples to apples, so to speak.
Of course, without a radio needing an antenna, there's really no point in using wired headphones
Gaming or video, where the lag introduced by wireless affects the experience...
I just gave you two reasons, how many more are necessary to disprove your point? Oh? Negative one more? Got it.
Yup and, at $49, it costs infinitely more than the free one with the 3.5mm jack.
Keep the jack and fill the added case thickness it "requires" with more battery.
It was Motorola... nobody noticed because nobody looked.
You said "inexpensive". Hahahahahahahahaha.
And yet he and I are on good terms despite my insistence on using a PC as my primary machine and Android on my phone.
Regarding your username comment: no, you.
The original iPad works with an iPad-based receipt scanner I still use, which only has the 30-pin connector, the Air 1 went to my wife when I got the Air 2; it then went to the living room for use as a Chromecast remote and the Air 2 went to my wife when I got the Pro. Not that I need to justify my tech habits to you... but yes, they do all get used regularly.
The iPod Nano did (does?) this. It worked well, actually.
Also, the Square and PayPal card readers that are ubiquitous at trade shows and the like. One major advantage to those is that, since they just plug into the headphone jack, they work with any device that can run the software. Now, they'll need a Lightning version which, by all accounts, won't be free because they'll have to pay Apple to license it on top of the cost of production. Plus, it'll be attached to the (much more fragile) lightning connector and much more prone to breakage.
Lovely.
I think I sufficiently explained why I did not, and will not, perform that bit of troubleshooting.
Personally, I don't mind the sound of Apt-X on my S7 Edge; I'm not even mad about it not supporting Apt-X HD, as my bluetooth headphones don't support it either. Of course, I'm usually using them in noisy environments where I favor portability and convenience over sound quality, so that might factor in. I wouldn't quite call myself a purist, but I do know that a $20 pair of headphones will sound better than a $40 Bluetooth headset any day of the week. Most "purists" are spending hundreds on headphones, while my most expensive pair was $80 retail and I only got them because they were on sale for $40, $20 less than I paid for my bluetooth headset.
You'll get that if you set the phone in the same location and don't plug it into the speakers, provided they're on. In fact, you can cut the cord off the speakers and still get it, as what you're actually hearing is the phone's radio interacting with the amplifier circuitry in the speakers; you'd get that with a digital input, as well.
Also, where are you (or what phone are you using) that you're only getting a standard GSM signal? That hasn't been an issue since 3G came out.
RCA cables carry a line-level signal; the signal from your amplifier to your speakers is a much higher level; it is also analog, even if you use fiber or coax to transfer digital signals between your source and amplifier. While the signal to your headphones isn't (likely) as powerful as the signal to your home theater speakers, it is still many times more powerful than a line-level signal, in order to drive loads anywhere from 20 ohms up to several hundred ohms; for reference, a line-level load is expected to be only 4-8 ohms. The higher the impedance, the less susceptible to interference.
If you've ever actually heard interference in your headphones, induced from the headphone cable itself, you must've either been near a very high-powered EMI source (like an MRI, or something else that would have likely had huge signs warning you not to bring such equipment into the area), been using pitifully cheap headphones, or both.
How about an open-source product driven entirely by the user community?
We tried that once.
You're both ignoring the audio quality hit you take with bluetooth, even with Apt-X (which the iPhone doesn't support anyway IIRC).
Ah, yes, because people want yet another thing to remember to keep charged or have to buy batteries for. I quite like that all of my current headphones not only don't require an external power source, but also work with everything I own. I use the same headphones with my Android phone, my iPad Pro, my wife's iPhone, my XBox One controller (as a headset), two iPods, my Nintendo DS, all 3 of my laptops (2 MacBook Pros, one running Ubuntu, and a PC), and a slew of other devices, no dongle required.
The general public might not think twice before giving that up for the new iPhone, but they'll quickly realize they were taken the first time the go to plug their iPhone headset into their Mac.