Over the past few weeks, there have been more and more reports concluding that Apple is set to get rid of the standard 3.5mm headphone jack from its upcoming iPhones.
By removing the port, it is expected that Apple can make the iPhone a tiny bit slimmer and, of course, they can boost their own bottom line as the new headphones will have to connect either wirelessly or via the proprietary ... [ read the full article ]
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haha the other story is that Apple are working on Wireless head phones, so why shouldn't they remove the head phone jack. I think its a good idea, do through the lightening connector is a good idea, remember some one will produce a connector phone jack to lightening, so no worries
I also do not see the point of this petition. Whether or not Apple makes an adapter (lightning to headphone jack), the market for that, and bluetooth converters, will be very big and companies will make them.
I also look forward to better wireless headphones as time goes on.
Sadly, wireless headpones are still crap at the moment; there's no such thing as a good Bluetooth codec, at least not yet.
Even more of a loser is a Beats wireless headphone. The only comparably overpriced dreck is Skullcandy.
People who pause for a modicum of thought will realize that the lack of a headphone jack lets Apple further limit you to their product ecosystem; the tiny difference in thickness means diddly.
"Sadly, wireless headphones are still crap at the moment; there's no such thing as a good Bluetooth codec, at least not yet."
Firstly it's clear that Apple don't give a S*** what their customers think, as history tells us. But on the point that wireless headphones are still crap? well I bought one called Sonixx X-Touch and I've got to say they are pretty impressive, reasonably priced and the function to change track and volume by touching the side of the headphones is sweet. I often Bluetooth it to my phone and PC, it works a treat!.
Originally posted by Dragon3000: "Sadly, wireless headphones are still crap at the moment; there's no such thing as a good Bluetooth codec, at least not yet."
Firstly it's clear that Apple don't give a S*** what their customers think, as history tells us. But on the point that wireless headphones are still crap? well I bought one called Sonixx X-Touch and I've got to say they are pretty impressive, reasonably priced and the function to change track and volume by touching the side of the headphones is sweet. I often Bluetooth it to my phone and PC, it works a treat!.
I never said Bluetooth headphones don't work; rather, I said they're crap.
This is because Bluetooth's bandwidth is rather low, so audio must be compressed significantly before it is sent by the transmitter, and the all current Bluetooth codecs are VERY lossy. In other words, listening to an MP3 (somewhat lossy audio compression) over a Bluetooth connection (VERY lossy compression) is quite simply doomed to inferior results. As for listening to a lossless codec, such as FLAC, over Bluetooth, you're going to have worse results than listening to an MP3 over a wired connection. vFurthermore, Bluetooth will also use more battery power than a wired headphone.
They have their uses, but don't kid yourself; Bluetooth headphones cannot compete with wired models for actual sound quality, and won't be able to for a long while.
On further digging, the higher-end Beats Bluetooth headphones (US$245-275) actually perform pretty well, compared to similar Bluetooth headphones, which is unusual; Beats has a terrible reputation. Their lower-end sets are pretty universally trash.
