Apple Appears Set To Discontinue Lightning-to-Headphone Adapter (macrumors.com) 43
Apple has stopped selling its Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone jack adapter in the U.S. and most countries, with limited stock remaining only in select European markets. The $9 accessory, introduced with iPhone 7 in 2016 (after the "courageous" move to stop including the headphone jack in iPhones), allowed users to connect traditional headphones to Lightning port iPhones. The discontinuation comes as Apple transitions to USB-C ports across its iPhone lineup.
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Re: Slashdot -- news that matters. (Score:2)
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Mottos are so 1990s. If you must have one, at least make it vague. Specific ones just make you look hypocritical.
I hate it. (Score:3)
I sincerely hate these companies for ditching headphone jacks.
I can't find an adapter that actually works.
USB-C isn't a 'tight' fit, and so even the slight shifting of a phone being in a pocket causes it to disconnect for me on my Pixel 6A. It wasn't designed for being active. (Even 'lightly', as in a casual walk, or in a cycling jersey.)
I have the headphones I want and like (and have a headphone jack), but this has seriously diminished the experience of simply listening to music (when it keeps cutting out randomly.)
And no, I don't want to change headphones. It took me forever to find ones that fit and function the way I want. So annoying they dropped a perfectly good standard. I'm pretty much at the point where I'm looking for a separate MP3 player. Which is so stupid. But hey. "Progress."
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USB-C isn't a 'tight' fit, and so even the slight shifting of a phone being in a pocket causes it to disconnect for me on my Pixel 6A. It wasn't designed for being active. (Even 'lightly', as in a casual walk, or in a cycling jersey.)
I hate that they are necessary, but these have worked pretty well for me over the last couple months since I replaced my Pixel 4a with a 9. They fit tight enough that I can dangle my phone by the headphone wire if I want and when I get snagged, it's usually the headphones that pop out rather than the USB-C. YMMV of course, and I'm sure this will get worse over time as the port wears in:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y... [amazon.com]
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Moto G still has an actual headphone jack.
3.5mm (and lightning) should be supported! (Score:4, Insightful)
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...3.5mm is a standard for professional (music-making) headphones!
What happened to 1/4" (6.25mm) jacks? I kind of assumed professionals would use those.
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On the synths it depends what you buy - there's some really good small form factor synths now and those tend to use 3.5", with some even replacing the MIDI 5-pin DIN with a 3.5" TRS connector requiring an adapter to full-size MIDI. There's also of
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"Professionals" are not using the headphone jack in the studio. They are using the 1/4" line output of the synth or whatever into the a professional analog mixer (1/4"), or these days into an ADC (1/4") and thence to a DAW. They are listening to headphones on 1/4" connectors to the output of the mixer. Even the headphone monitor jacks on "non-pro" mixers are 1/4" jacks (I have a number of such mixers).
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...3.5mm is a standard for professional (music-making) headphones!
What happened to 1/4" (6.25mm) jacks? I kind of assumed professionals would use those.
Most of the PRO level headphones (SS VSX for one) have the quarter inch wrapped around a 3.5mm jack for compatibility, since so many folks want to hook their good quality stuff up to the average/shitty MP3 player or phone output. I don't think I've ever seen a piece of equipment touting itself as PRO that doesn't have a quarter inch option at least. Unless it's XLR or possibly optic only.
Re: 3.5mm (and lightning) should be supported! (Score:2)
USB-C (Score:4, Interesting)
The Apple USB-C headphone adapter is ludicrously good for the money. With high efficiency headphones, it compares favorably with the Topping D-10, that costs $130, and the Chord Mojo, that costs $600.
https://www.audiosciencereview... [audiosciencereview.com]
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Its not just the DAC. The digital part is straightforward, and coming up with the equivalent voltage is not a critical problem. The critical problem is the filtering to remove the switching noise and the analog output drive circuit.
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only impacting Apple purists (Score:4, Informative)
Lightning-to-3.5mm adapters are trivially available from any number of sources for similar or lower cost than Apple's; inexpensive wired-for-Lightning earbuds the same. This is only an issue if you're one of those who wants all-Apple accessories for your iThing.
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Lightning-to-3.5mm adapters are trivially available from any number of sources for similar or lower cost than Apple's; inexpensive wired-for-Lightning earbuds the same. This is only an issue if you're one of those who wants all-Apple accessories for your iThing.
They were also included with various early lighting based iPhones.
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Of course there is.
The next step in Apple's quest to deprecate lighting accessories and force people to move to a newer phone will be to stop licensing these products once licensing ends. And then they vanish from any retail outfit you can find, leaving you screwed. Which, of course, is the point.
Courageous? (Score:3)
Courageous is not what I would call the move to stop including the headphone jack. Dim-witted is more apt here. With a wired headphone, I don't have to worry about it running out of juice and can be sure I'm receiving the highest quality, only limited by my headphones and the DAC in the phone. In addition I can use my phone as source for any audio device that has an aux in. The only good thing about the wireless headphones is the elimination of the wire. It's inferior in every other way.
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I'm not sure Apple is the one who is dim-witted. Shortly after removing the headphone jack, Apple released wireless Airpods. Those sold extremely well and sales of the jackless iPhones didn't seem to suffer much at all. Apple seems to know exactly who their customers are and how to extract the maximum amount of money from their wallets.
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Shortly after removing the headphone jack, Apple released wireless Airpods. Those sold extremely well and sales of the jackless iPhones didn't seem to suffer
"Jacksomething" devices, anyway....
PS. I own iPhone, iPad, Airpod Pro, and of course the Lightning and USB-C adapters for when I need to plug into something. I even have a set of wired headphones with a Lightning connector on the end of it.
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I even have a set of wired headphones with a Lightning connector on the end of it.
Because of the simplicity of just leaving the damn dongle on your headphones, I've never really understood why people have such a cry over this. If you are always using your wired headphones with your phone, just leave it there and plug / unplug as necessary. If you need to use with another device that has a proper 3.5mm TRS, just take the adapter off and put it in your pocket or something. Hey look, you now have a universal solution that works literally everywhere, and is absolutely no different from if
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I am just as baffled about what Apple gained from going out of their way to remove a useful feature (outside of pushing their customers to bu
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Oh, I don't think it was a dim-witted move when it came to Apple's pockets. They obviously made a ton of money off the decision. It was a dim-witted move for almost all the rest of us.
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Some wireless headphones have a feature that wired will never be able to do: connect to multiple sources at a time.
Example: you have a bluetooth connection to both your laptop and your phone. You can get any sounds coming from your laptop as you work, but if your phone rings, it rings through the headphones allowing you to answer and just keep going without fumbling around with your headphones and handset before the call goes to voicemail.
There are still arguments against bluetooth audio that people will m
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The wastefulness pisses me off. The batteries in any of these wireless devices have limited lifespans, and can't practically be replaced in many cases.
Buwahahah (Score:1)
Just another attempt to make sure you pay for every listen.
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Yeah, or they've deprecated Lightning and there's 3rd party licensed products out there, and Apple doesn't want to continue making stuff they've deprecated.
The new phones and iPads are all USB-C and they still make a USB-C audio adapter, and there's still tons of 3rd party versions of that too.
Not really sure what you're on about. FYI they don't make 34-pin iPod connector cables or adapters any more either, just like they don't make Mini-SCSI for the PowerPC-based PowerBook 3400 any more, IEEE-1394(FireWir
Eliminate wired connectivity (Score:2)
This is just a way to force you onto Airpods, which have a lifetime of 2 years (max) before they irreparably fail and you have to shell out another (at least) $200 to Apple.
Does not affect "professional" audio at all, as nobody in a production studio is connecting a phone or iPad to anything in that context.
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Iphones support any bluetooth earbuds don't they?
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Yeah, or you can buy a "Made for iPhone" logo'd and licensed version from a 3rd party for $5 and continue on as you have been.
If it was a grand conspiracy to sell AirPods, why would they continue to license 3rd party solutions that easily circumvent that conspiracy?
Oh no! (Score:2)
OMG! Late-stage capitalism, corporate slavery, etc. etc.
Oh, so they're discontinuing an old product with an obsolete connector. In other news, Creative no longer makes SoundBlaster cards for ISA slots.