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Say no more the chain reaction to kick out the headphones out of existence has started thanks to Apple, who just unveiled their latest device the Iphone 7. So I guess just like how Apple made a come back with the tablet in the past, they are making a come back now with the wireless but chargeable Bluetooth/WiFi ear buds AKA airbuds.
With the newest iPhone 7, Apple is saying buh-bye to a technology that’s been going strong for almost 140 years. It has served us well, but the Cupertino-based maven today announced it decided that enough is enough. The future, it seems, is Bluetooth and Lightning cables.
Apple isn’t really willing to fully commit to this murder of old tech, however and includes a dongle in the box of every iPhone 7 so you can still use, as Phil Schiller says, “some analog old connected devices”.
Apple hedging its bets
Such a simple design, but so powerful. Stereo plug on top, mono plug on bottom. The sleeve (1) is ground. The tip (3) carries one data signal, and the ring (2) carries another. On headphones that include a microphone, manufacturers simply include another ring. The isolating grommets (4) help ensure isolation between the different data channels.
It all started here. It ended 140 years later.
Source TechCrunch Awomkenneth.com