The wireless earbuds were unveiled Wednesday, shortly after Apple announced the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. In other words, even if the iPhone 7 sells out, and Apple believes that it will, sales figures don’t provide a truly accurate or representative gauge as to the true demand for the device.
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Earlier today T-Mobile launched an nearly identical promo offering a free 32GB iPhone 7 with iPhone 6s trade-in.
Apple says that removing the audio port is just a sample of courage because, sooner or later, somebody had to do it. OnePulse, the UK’s opinion polling app, today revealed that nearly half (47%) of all iPhone lovers are ready to end their love affair with Apple if the iPhone 7 lacks a headphone jack.
“I regularly charge my iPhone and listen to music during flights, and I’m sure there are a number of times you might need to do this”, writes Tom Warren of The Verge. Several Twitter users suggested that Apple should have launched a new app named “Find my AirPods”.
“While the camera improvements for the iPhone 7 Plus are nice, they are incremental for most and the lack of headphone jacks could offset that for others”, he said.
The “Plus” edition, launched at the same event, has two cameras, including a telephoto lens. The Apple-only W1 wireless standard is said to automagically – er, automatically – pair with the new iPhone models if you simply place them nearby.
And Apple is throwing in a Lightning-to-3.5 mm adaptor in as well.
iPhone users can get a jack adopter and use their old headphones or buy the new Apple AirPods.
“The reason to move on: courage”.
Two Shenzhen-based companies – Hong Kong-listed AAC Technologies and Sunwoda Electronic – and Taiwan-based Simplo Technology manufacture the batteries for the latest phones.
The new phones will start shipping in major markets, including the United States and China, on Sept 16. In early May this year, Apple’ stock fell to $89.
The AirPods connect automatically to all Apple devices linked to a user’s iCloud account (iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac) and are compatible with Siri.
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“I predict Watch sales will improve dramatically”, said Tech analyst Patrick Moorhead. Apple also won’t be the last company to use a dual-camera design on their hardware, and irregardless of who used what hardware first, most consumers are likely going to be happy with the changes.
