Apple’s iPhone 7’s are flying off the shelves and shipping trucks like hotcakes. One selling point: the iPhone 7 is the first smartphone without a headphone jack. Some call this technological progress. But according to one tech blogger and reporter, life without a headphone jack isn’t so happy.
The blogger’s name is?JP Mangalindan. He is not happy with this transition. He acknowledges the fact you can get an adapter that plugs into the lightning port. This adapter lets you use your old headphones. Mangalindan’s article did state the low cost for this adapter. He complains about not being able to listening to his music and charging his phone at the same time. He can’t use the Lightning EarPods, which comes with the iPhone 7, with other devices that still requires the headphone jack. Not only that, Mangalindan claims he had to pay $150 for wireless PowerBeats2 just to work with the Apple iPhone 7. Those he’s happy with the wireless headphones, he criticized the short battery life. And what if these expensive headphones go missing? While Mangalindian likes the iPhone 7, he doesn’t like the absence of the headphone jack.
JP Mangalindan brings up valiant points, but I have a criticism of his assessment. By his own admission, he could have brought an adapter for under $10. Then why did he buy the $150 PowerBeats2? I understand the frustration of not charging and listening to music at the same time. But he could have bought another charger for under $20 and used that for a charger. So couldn’t he just make the small $10 sacrifice and a little inconvenience? ?But the headphone jack has been around for a long time. The first headphones were invented in the 1880s. ?So people have been used to headphone jack technology for over 50 years. You just can’t ask people to give up that technology immediately. So this transition will take time. Do you agree with JP Mangalindan’s ‘life without a headphone jack’ assessment?