Hi Sherry, The iPhone 5S came with what Apple calls Earpods and this has not changed, the only change is that on the iPhone 7 and newer the Earpods don't have a 3.5mm headphone jack any more, they have a Lightning plug just like a charging cable and plug into the Lightning port. All iPhones support Bluetooth and will continue to do so. If you want to listen with a headset at the same time you want to charge your iPhone on one of the newer models you have 3 options (by newer model I mean iPhone 8 and newer since the iPhone 7 does not support wireless charging): 1. Buy a wireless charging pad, this allows you to put your phone on the pad and charge it at the same time as having a wired headset plugged into the Lightning port 2. Buy a splitter like the Belkin Rockstar. This is a small adapter which plugs into your Lightning port, but on the other end it has 2 Lightning ports, one to plug in your charging cable and the other to plug in a headset 3. Use a Bluetooth headset. This allows you to charge either on a charging pad or with a Lightning cable plugged in and listen on the Bluetooth headset.
Whatever Bluetooth headset or earpiece should work just fine with any of the new iPhones. If you still want a home button then the iPhone 8 is what you want (or the 8 Plus if you want a large phone). Most women I know don't like the phones to be too big and coming from a 5S going to an 8 Plus may feel like your new iPhone could double as a snowboard. The iPhone 8 still has a home button but just as with the iPhone 7 it's now a "virtual" home button. This means it's actually not a mechanical button at all but simply a small concavity in the glass which makes it feel almost like a traditional home button, but when you press it, it will give you haptic feedback which feels almost like you have depressed a real button. You still double press on it to bring up the app switcher, triple press it for Voiceover or press and hold to bring up SIRI. Best regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of sherrywells1...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 6:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Headphones & Home Button Questions Hello list, I still have a 5S but was planning to get a new phone after the announcement in September. I really like the 5S due to its size. I also like the home button & being able to use headphones of my choice. I have a couple questions about getting a new phone. - for the phones that require Apple earbuds - do these go into your ears? I have hearing aids so would not be able to use them if this is the case. Can you still use blue tooth headphones on these phones or are the Apple earbuds the only choice? - for phones that don't have a home button, how do you quickly connect with Siri? I know this has been covered but I don't remember how it works. Thanks, Sherry Wells -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/016101d51ada%24cc235d00%24646a1700%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR06MB25734D95B766C32576AED394C7150%40MWHPR06MB2573.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
