Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday officially unveiled the iPhone 7 and iPhone Plus, confirming a rumor that has evoked widespread dread: The company has ditched its traditional headphone jacks. The new iPhones are sleeker than their predecessors, though, as well as water resistant. Their biggest plus might be the advanced camera lenses that create what Apple touts as the most sophisticated smartphone camera in the world. Cook also led his team in the introduction of the next-generation Apple Watch.
Nothing Apple does takes courage. Dropping the 3.5mm jack was a very calculated move. It was implemented as most Apple changes to move product. The question always becomes like when the new Macbook came out with just a USB C port. Is how many people do you leave behind in order to push this new technology. Have you given those users good alternatives who still use USB 2 or USB 3 devices? The same would apply to the iPhone 7 dropping the 3.5mm jack. Have you alienated those who still use that jack enough to push them away or will they accept the change. Apple has tried this a lot from the one button mouse, to Firewire, to its own proprietary connectors for powering devices. If you see this as a company wide business model. You see how Apple can feed itself not only with product sales. But also accessory and third party licensing. Apple doesn't just sell a iPhone but rather a ecosystem for that iPhone. For me the iPhone is not evolving for the sake of advancing the iPhone by itself, but rather the ideal of future Apple products that support that iPhone. Wireless Beats headphones, Apple AirPod's, and whatever is in future products. Apple's inability to realize that it's thirst for profits falls on deaf ears for consumers who see the expense of not only a $700 iPhone but asking is it worth it when you are losing something as universal as a 3.5 mm jack. Because let's all be honest here. How many will lose a AirPod when it falls out and you have no wire as a safety net to prevent it from being lost? For me, the loss of a audio jack which works on so many other devices I use is a negative for me. To know I would have to use an adapter for a iPhone 7 for something so universally used as a 3.5mm jack is a deal breaker.
iOS 10 was released to Apple app developers as a beta testing version after the American tech giant had announced and unveiled the iOS 10 at WWDC 2016 in June this year. And, this beta version quickly became available to non-developer testers as part of the public beta testing program. In the recent iPhone 7 launch event in San Francisco, Apple made the final announcement of launching the iOS update on 13th September 2016. So what can all the tech freaks, like us, expect from the newest version of Apple operating system? Will it come with some serious features to lure new customers? I found something while searching for it, take a look - " http://purbat.com/10-best-ios-10-features/
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Apple Hopes iPhone 7 Extras Will Make Up for Missing Headphone Jack
Posted by: David Jones September 8, 2016 08:29 AMApple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday officially unveiled the iPhone 7 and iPhone Plus, confirming a rumor that has evoked widespread dread: The company has ditched its traditional headphone jacks. The new iPhones are sleeker than their predecessors, though, as well as water resistant. Their biggest plus might be the advanced camera lenses that create what Apple touts as the most sophisticated smartphone camera in the world. Cook also led his team in the introduction of the next-generation Apple Watch.