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I don't think anyone is really criticising the phasing out of the jack port. The main issue is AirPods seem to feature a lazy design, some obvious usualybility issues around them falling and some techinal issues like pairing. Jack ports is not been replaced by something 10x better.

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There are plenty of people criticising the phasing out of the jack port. I'm certainly one of them. It's obsolescence for its own sake.

It's fairly pointless hashing it out in forums though, I'll just continue to vote with my wallet.

And the fact that jack hasn't been replaced by another port, and the fact that Apple insist on Lightning for their mobile devices, while using USB-C ports in their Macs.

Why wouldn't they use USB-C on all their new Macs? They were the first major PC vendor to ship the original USB port, by about 5 years. Now they can consolidate Thunderbolt and USB.

http://www.cnet.com/news/thunderbolt-3-and-usb-type-c-join-f...

You want them to switch mobile again? You couldn't convince people that the massive 30 pin adapter was worth replacing.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2012137/hands-on-with-apples...

I believe Apple will stick with lightning until they go completely wireless. Within 5 years?

I have the new MacBook as well as a (pre-ordered) iPhone 7. I use both at work using headphones for private listening. If I want to use my iPhone 7's headphones, I will need to purchase an adapter that does not yet exist (3.5 > lightning).

I'm left with two options: 1) buy wireless headphones, 2) buy 3.5mm headphones and use the adapter when using the iPhone. It's not a huge issue, but it's not the "just works" motto when I have to finagle a way to make headphones work with two Apple products.

The adaptor comes in the box (if it didn't, it would seem to me an underhanded way of increasing the cost of the phone) Granted, I'm still not convinced it was the right time to phase out the port.

The included adapter is going the wrong way. I'd need female thunderbolt to male 3.5mm. I have to either buy an adapter or new headphones to use with both devices.

It's just the fact that it'll cause there to be "iPhone only" headsets/products, which is just frustrating. I get the problems associated with moving, but they're already making a huge leap with the headphone jack.

Also, I guess, but I'm surprised if they'd go down that path they wouldn't implement some form of it currently, but I guess there's problems there .

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