iPhone 7 ** Rumours & Discussion **

[randal]

Nope, just heard a rumour from someone in the know and off I went. Ah yeah of course! I remember that contract thing, you were supposed to register the SIM with O2 to start the contract via some propriatary setup thing weren't you?

I remember jailbreak/unlocking the phones (lots of Darwin bootloader stuff whizzing up the screen, which on a phone at the time was most amusing) and popping my Vodafone SIM in. Good times.

 

[darwin1859]

Can't remember the exact details, but they said we *had* to register it or something bad would happen.

Yeah back then you could do a SIM/network unlock when you jailbreaked it, made life much easier.

 

[Yaayuh!]

I sighed, hard when the iPhone 6 came out and they'd made it so thin. It's thin enough damn it.

So long as there are 3.5mm adapters, all is well, otherwise i will move away from iPhone. But seriously, give me a thicker phone with a decent battery.

 

[darwin1859]

I sighed, hard when the iPhone 6 came out and they'd made it so thin. It's thin enough damn it.

So long as there are 3.5mm adapters, all is well, otherwise i will move away from iPhone. But seriously, give me a thicker phone with a decent battery.

Reckon this is what the iphone 10 will look like... adapters sold separately for screen, battery, headphones etc.

 

[Ryan-3]

The iPhone is thin enough without going thinner. I don't understand what they're aiming for (boost sales of that ridiculous battery case? ), but for the loss of the headphone jack... I no longer care. I'd rather just use the walkman.

 

[Greboth]

iPhone 6 - we made is so thin the camera doesn't fit!
iPhone 7 - we made is to thin the 3.5mm jack doesn't fit!

I would much rather the 7 is as thick (or maybe even a little thicker) for the battery life. On an average day my phone is only down to 30-40% by the time I go to bed so need charging if I am to get through the next days. A slightly bigger battery though would see me getting 2 days out of it.

 

[fendi]

Didn't Apple buy beats by dr. dre? I don't think we need to be concerned with the audio jack, they got their dev teams sorting out the future of headphones. But a fatter battery would be nice. I can't go a day without charging my phone.

 

[Spuddy]

I'm not too fussed if they drop the port tbh as I very rarely actually use it anyways and certainly not at the same time as Im charging my phone so makes very little difference, if any at all.

If it saves space inside the phone them I'm all for it so they can maximise the battery size. Im really looking forward to when (if) the day comes when you would open an iPhone and its the tiniest of logic boards inside with just a wire to the camera, one to the charge port and then a big whop-off battery.

It would make battery life so good AND when the inevitable iPhone drop comes and you have to replace the shell of the phone because yours is battered in to hell, it will be a doddle.

 

[theMilitant]

Dropping the headphone jack is a big deal for me. I do not intend on buying separate headphones just to use with my phone, especially when I don't think the iPhone needs to be any thinner anyway. Not a good move by Apple imo if this turns out to be true.

 

[Razor Time]

Call me cynical but Apple purchase a headphone company (beats) and now they are changing the mini jack socket on their next range of phones. Just another way to make more cash and make more sales.

 

[Somnambulist]

I don't think they're doing it to make the phone thinner - after all the camera is the thickest part of the device and that won't change much; it'd make it stick out even more - and I don't think they're getting rid of analog output since the phone still needs an internal DAC/amplifier for the speakers to work.

On Macs, the 3.5mm analog headphone output also doubles as a digital optical/toslink output, which is how my external DAC is connected. I'd assume that low profile connection patent posted earlier in the thread will be the same sort of thing with the Lightning port being both a digital and analog output. Yes it'll need an adapter to use with regular 3.5mm headphones/earphones/IEMs, but since it'll be analogue and a bit like a 6.35mm to 3.5mm one it'll be tiny.

It'll save some internal space for other stuff and it's clear Apple and many other manufacturers aimed at the general population are pushing Bluetooth Audio now with aptX the quality is good.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Anyone know when is the next keynote?

 

[Steedie]

A useful site for you

http://wheniskeynote.com

 

[Somnambulist]

Reckon we'll see something like this, but smaller/slimmer.

 

[Glaucus]

Do we really want them thinner. Becomes a point where their harder to hold, become vastly less strong. Yes thinness is good for pocket, but I think ip6 is on thar limit, in fact it's nicer holding the 6 with a case on it, to make it thicker. Would much rather a larger battery.

 

[Captain]

Reckon we'll see something like this, but smaller/slimmer.

I hope not, when I use my phone at work playing through aux, I charge my phone at the same time, wonder if double adapters will appear so you can charge and play music together?

 

[Spuddy]

I hope not, when I use my phone at work playing through aux, I charge my phone at the same time, wonder if double adapters will appear so you can charge and play music together?

I imagine they will, for a nice price!

 

[Somnambulist]

I hope not, when I use my phone at work playing through aux, I charge my phone at the same time, wonder if double adapters will appear so you can charge and play music together?

IIRC Lightning has something like 17 connections, audio only uses 2 and you have speaker docks which charge the phone so I'd imagine they'll be a 3rd party option for that.

 

[Somnambulist]

Do we really want them thinner. Becomes a point where their harder to hold, become vastly less strong. Yes thinness is good for pocket, but I think ip6 is on thar limit, in fact it's nicer holding the 6 with a case on it, to make it thicker. Would much rather a larger battery.

The camera module limits the thickness of the device more than the 3.5mm jack - using the current one and a thinner phone it'd stick out even further than it already does - getting rid of the jack means more space for other 'stuff', whether that be battery space or something else.

Apple have never been shy about ditching or combining connectivity ahead of time and this is just another case of it. I think this move has far more to do with encouraging the adoption of bluetooth audio by the masses (not the niche high end IEM/custom IEM/portable headphone crowd) whilst still providing the option to use wired via an adapter, much like MacBooks haven't had ethernet ports for a couple of years but you can get a Lightning adaptor for it.

 

[Christmas themed thank]

I wonder how much Apple will charge for an adaptor.

However, I suspect cheap adaptors will soon flood eBay. Hooray for the Chinese.