First the headphine jack.... next up? The Lightning jack.

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  1. Eli

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    Yeah I generally hate companies too after reading unsubstantiated click bait.
     
  2. Teknikal

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  3. bigrand1

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    Haha! Yeah, I heard about that! Volatile market out there right now......
     
  4. crunc

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    This won't be a popular thing, but I'd like them to drop the lightning jack and switch to USB-C.
     
  5. Eli

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    The only thing that makes sense for the future of the iPhone, looking at the direction Apple historically has gone as a company, is if they're ever going to do anything with the Lightning jack they'll just remove it entirely. Apple has pushed hard towards just making things wireless with fewer and fewer physical ports. I bet this upcoming refresh of their pro lineup of laptops have almost no ports on them because you can just do everything with a couple USB-C and/or Thunderbolt ports.

    If a future iPhone has inductive charging like the Apple Watch, what's the point of even having a connector on it at all? There isn't a single function I can think of that exclusively requires a copper connection that the iPhone does right now. If I could charge without a wire, I don't need the Lightning port at all. Jumping over to an optical cable doesn't solve any problems, and using USB-C instead just locks Apple out of being able to charge their current Lightning licensing fees.
     
  6. bigrand1

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    I'm good with the USB-C! Wish everyone would jump on this so I can charge ALL of my toys with the one cord! A Universal wire would be so nice to have! :D
     
  7. Eli

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    But why would Apple hop between two functionally identical ports?
     
  8. coolpepper43

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    They won't because they are Apple. The removal of the audio jack doesn't really upset me that much. I'm more upset about all the crappy treatment they give us gamers.
     
  9. dancj

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    In theory, yes - but right now wireless syncing is really unreliable. And when it stops working, the only way to kickstart it again is to sync through the wire.

    (Of course right now I can't get any syncing to work because my Mac has decided that it's not authorised - regardless of how many times I authorise it)
     

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