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iPhone fan? Should you avoid buying standard headphones this year?

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"iPhone fan? Should you avoid buying standard headphones this year?"

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,611 Forumite
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    whatever the new connection is a Chinese seller will have an adapter for standard headphones on the market within a week
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  • Kim_13
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    I read one site the other day predicting there would be a headphone jack, but that it would be thinner.

    I still have my Apple EarPods from 2013 and find them pretty decent. On my old iPhone 4, I went through about 5 sets of headphones including the set it came with. No doubt if the slimmer connection materialises, quality will nosedive to try and get customers to pay them for replacements.
  • diamonds
    diamonds Posts: 6,048 Forumite
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    They will end up locked down to Beats Bluetooth lol got to keep that monopoly cash coming in, much prefer a delicious pear.
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  • grumbler
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    edited 19 February 2016 at 2:50PM
    I am not an Apple fan, quite the opposite, but to be fair, it's a mystery to me why 3.5mm jacks are still being used in mobiles. Some older phones had 2.5mm jacks - and this is what really has to be a standard nowadays, if not something completely new.

    Even SD cards and SIMs are now 'micro'.
  • robin58
    robin58 Posts: 2,802 Forumite
    A old saying comes to mind. 'A bird in the hand is worth more than 2 in the bush.'

    Just wait, when you can actually see what you really need, then buy it.

    What is it with these Apple types!
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    How little I know.!! ;)
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