I would take more than the doing away with the 3.5mm jack to drive me away from
iPhone especially as a) I use bluetooth headphones pretty much all the time now
anyway and b) as Chris points out, the option for wired will still remain in an
alternative form. The notion expressed by some listers that Apple is making a
massive marketing and strategic blunder just doesn’t add up to me given their
previous form in areas such as the ntroduction of onboard accessability
solutions across a range of impairments. As for whether the demise of the jack
has access implications, that’s another matter.
On 10 Aug 2016, at 13:47, Jackie Brown <jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Chris
Yes, but why? Why take the headphone jack away? What is really the point
when so many people use it? I think the rumours are true, there is just too
much leaked info out there now for it not to be. Personally I think it is
their way of making their gear look different to make people think they are
getting something more innovative and better.
Time will tell, but this could be their undoing.
Kind Regards,
Jackie Brown
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Chris Moore MBE
Sent: 10 August 2016 12:50
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
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
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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