If they want to use the lightning headphones, that's fine with me, but I really don't see any point to eliminate the jack altogether unless they are just looking to make a lot of money. And, I strongly suspect, this is the case.
Scott On 12/11/15, Jan Kleinhans <jhkleinh...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > Hi > > And if I have to ever buy an adapter for the normal earphones my phone will > then be bigger rather than smaller as seems to be the reason for wanting to > get rid of the jack. > > Jan Kleinhans > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Daniel Miller > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:04 PM > Subject: Re: An iPhone Without a Headphone Jack: The Accessibility > Ramifications > > > The jack is so archaic, but that’s just my opinion. Like I said in my > previous post, the advancements that could come with a switch to the > lightning port are enormous, but they could still offer an adaptor for > people that want to use normal headphones. > Lightning headphones are expensive, yes, but making a move right now gives > people to adapt to change, since it’s inevitable anyway, so we might as well > learn to adapt or stop complaining. > > > On Dec 10, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > > > Precisely, they used to do these things, and consumer pressure caused a > rethink and a move to the 3.5 standard headphone jack. > > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > > On 11/12/2015, at 6:39 AM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> > wrote: > > > I agree with you Daniel. Furthermore, back in the days of non-smart > phones Nokia and possibly Ericsson as well had their own idea of what a > headphone jack should be and look like. > > 10 dec. 2015 kl. 18:33 skrev Daniel Miller <miller...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi, > > > I’m sorry if this sounds rude, but why, exactly is everyone so bent > out of shape about the no headphone jack rumor? > First off, we don’t even know if it’s going to happen, and second, > if Apple were going to do something that drastic, they’d surely think about > all possible scenarios before plunging ahead with such a move. > I personally would love to see a new approach to headphones, > preferably one that provides for better audio quality than what the current > jacks limitations due to it being analog can provide. > > > On Dec 10, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> > wrote: > > > Hi Mary, AppleVis tend not to link to other sites within the blind > community, so I suspect that if I tried, it would just be removed. > But yes, their stoney silence on this is appalling. > > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > > On 11/12/2015, at 6:17 AM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Jonathan, > I hope you have posted a link to this along with a summary > perhaps, over at Apple vis. I think you are correct that Apple vis should > wake up and take notice to this possible loss of a headphone jack. If this > much of the mainstream press is paying attention, why aren't they? > Mary > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 10, 2015, at 9:11 AM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, since I posted the text of my blog entry last > week, there's been some great discussion here about what the removal of the > headphone jack would mean. I've also had a lot of private email and comments > on this as well, and I know dozens of you have completed Apple's feedback > form. So thanks for having your say. > Thanks to all this feedback, I was able to write a new blog > post that I think captures more of our concerns on this topic, and > crystallises the issues better. 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