Hi Janet
There are positives and negatives to Bluetooth headphones. On the plus side,
you have no wires, as you say. The minus of that is that listening on
Bluetooth isn't as good as wired for a long period of time, and it drains both
your headphones and iPhone batteries as well.
I feel very strongly in favour of retaining the headphone socket, but I can
almost bet it won't be there come the September hype.
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Janet Bell
Sent: 10 August 2016 13:48
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple's latest iPhone is not wired for sound
surely if you are out and about bluetooth would be a lot easier than having
wires hanging down all over the place, especially if you have something like
the trekker breeze as well. I suppose one obsticle would be if you are using
it for navigation how to listen to it if you can't use headphones.
Well let's wait and see. just to put the cat among the pigeons I don't really
think android phones are up to much (just my opinion) Janet
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Moore MBE
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 12:50 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple's latest iPhone is not wired for sound
These are indeed rumours, Apple have not officially announced anything yet.
So we don’t know if Apple have a solution for those who need to charge while
using the lightening port for something else. John Gruber has been very vocal
in this area.
If Apple do decide to remove frankly what is over 50 years old, you will be
able to get a small cable with lightening on one end and a 3.5mm socket on the
other if you still wish to use your current headphones. So nobody will be
forced into using bluetooth.
Hopefully such a move will prompt the community to make better bluetooth
headphones, bring down the cost and hopefully improve the latency for us screen
reader users.
Like when Apple ditched the floppy; moved to USB; ditched the CD drive, a few
years later we will all be wondering what all the fuss was about.
Chris
On 10 Aug 2016, at 11:54, Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
Jonathan Mosen wrote an interesting blog article, but I can't find it now.
What about people who use the headphone jack in conjunction with
hearing aids?
I think this is a bad move on Apple's part and I'm glad we have more
diversity in Android. If you rely on just one manufacturer, you will
always get this kind of problem.
All the best
Steve
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Behalf Of Saqib Hussain
Sent: 10 August 2016 11:45
To: Access UK <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Apple's latest iPhone is not wired for sound
Hi. I can’t see how it’s ripping off their customer base. If people
don’t like it then there is always Android or purchase a good quality
wireless headset for around £25 and you still will get good quality
stereo sound. I always found that I’m for ever replacing wired
headsets after a few months because one of the earphones stop working.
On 9 Aug 2016, at 20:46, Derek Hornby
<derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I thought some of you may find this of interest.
Apple's latest iPhone is not wired for sound James Dean Technology
Correspondent The Times 9 August 2016
The new iPhone could be released as soon as next month - and shoppers
might have to pay for new headphones, it has been reported.
Apple's latest smartphone will rely on a wireless connection for
listening devices, according to Bloomberg News. Reports in January
that Apple would remove the headphone socket prompted a protest at
enforced obsolescence.
A dual camera that takes sharper photographs in low light is expected
to feature on the larger of the two new iPhone models. Bloomberg said
the device would have a touch-sensitive central button and would come
in the same sizes as the iPhone 6 and larger iPhone 6 Plus. Apple
declined to comment.
More than 300,000 people signed a petition calling on Apple to keep
the phone's earphone jack, rather than "rip off every one of its
customers"
by dropping it. Apple is likely to include Bluetooth earphones with
the new models, but some audiophiles will not be satisfied the sound
quality.
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