Back to the original premise of the thread...
I've narrowed my list down a bit (thought not as much as I'd like):
1) Keep current iPhone 6 and see what the future holds (iPhone 8, Pixel) -aka the "boring option"
2) iPhone 6s Plus (Swappa)
3) Galaxy 7 or 7 Edge (Swappa)
4) Non-Explosive Note (Once they're available)
This could be a good opportunity to get back in on Android for at least a little while. Maybe I'll like what I see on the Galaxy 7/7 Edge? The prices on Swappa are certainly nice. Or I could just go with the safe play since I know I prefer iOS.
On Swappa, I've never used the service. Do you guys who use it generally have good luck with it? Assuming it's the standard idea of try to focus on buying from reputable sellers and limit your search criteria to Mint/New (possibly Good).
I'd like to see a teardown of the dongle to see what's in it.
That would mean that the lightning connecter can do analogue, which would be news.I am going to go with wires and the usual lightning connector circuit. Seems too small to have anything else in there. The lightning port is outputting analog audio? Granted it is all hard to say from just pictures.
What if they went with wireless charging and dropped all connectors, except for a diagnostic port?
I've bought from Swappa, it's a straightforward and safe process.Back to the original premise of the thread...
I've narrowed my list down a bit (thought not as much as I'd like):
1) Keep current iPhone 6 and see what the future holds (iPhone 8, Pixel) -aka the "boring option"
2) iPhone 6s Plus (Swappa)
3) Galaxy 7 or 7 Edge (Swappa)
4) Non-Explosive Note (Once they're available)
This could be a good opportunity to get back in on Android for at least a little while. Maybe I'll like what I see on the Galaxy 7/7 Edge? The prices on Swappa are certainly nice. Or I could just go with the safe play since I know I prefer iOS.
On Swappa, I've never used the service. Do you guys who use it generally have good luck with it? Assuming it's the standard idea of try to focus on buying from reputable sellers and limit your search criteria to Mint/New (possibly Good).
What if they went with wireless charging and dropped all connectors, except for a diagnostic port?
It would also mean that there's a DAC in the phone, which makes the decision to remove the analogue connection even weirder.
I really hope the average consumer doesn't get used to the sound quality you get from a $100 Bluetooth headset. Then again, people are ok with the subpar sound of bluetooth audio streaming in their cars now so I wouldn't be surprised.
So,Apple was justifying the removal of the jack port by saying that they did that in order to make the phone thinner,and to make room for other things inside the phone, about the last part,what have they added?I highly doubt the Iphone is so cramped on the inside that they needed to remove the jack port.
They also added the haptic feedback hardware for the fake home button.Made it waterproof/dustproof to a certain extent (headphone jack makes it hard to make it waterproof. Larger battery, CPU/GPU is a larger die if IIRC. The addition of that feedback thing.
Phone are pretty cramped on the inside...
Phones with headphone jacks are already even more water resistant than the new iPhone. Apple is going to make a ton on money off dongles and accessories because they all have to be licensed by Apple.Made it waterproof/dustproof to a certain extent (headphone jack makes it hard to make it waterproof. Larger battery, CPU/GPU is a larger die if IIRC. The addition of that feedback thing.
Phone are pretty cramped on the inside...
Doh!There will always be a DAC in the phone as long as there are speakers in it.
But there are other phones that manage to have all that plus physically larger batteries and screens in a similar package.Made it waterproof/dustproof to a certain extent (headphone jack makes it hard to make it waterproof. Larger battery, CPU/GPU is a larger die if IIRC. The addition of that feedback thing.
Phone are pretty cramped on the inside...
Minus the extra hepatic thing for the button. But if it takes that much space why not just stay with a button?
This is a way, way better device for its generation than the iPad 3 ever was. In some ways it's the opposite approach.Because the next move is to take away the fake button and make that whole part of the phone a haptic control.
Basically this iPhone is the transition iPhone, the bridge to get people ready for a sea change next year.
I personally don't like paying Apple full price for stopgaps but a lot of people bought an iPad 3 so what do I know.
This is a way, way better device for its generation than the iPad 3 ever was. In some ways it's the opposite approach.
iPad 3 got Retina but was vastly underpowered.
iPhone 7 Plus gets significant under the hood improvements along a hugely improved camera, yet maintains the same rez screen.
iPhone 7 (non-Plus) is more iterative though, I agree.
Because the next move is to take away the fake button and make that whole part of the phone a haptic control.
Basically this iPhone is the transition iPhone, the bridge to get people ready for a sea change next year.
The button is never going away, even if it's no longer a physical button as it's used for the finger print reader as well.