Solarium
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In preparation for tomorrow's official iPhone 7 announcement, let's discuss some of the major issues with the new mini-jackless iPhone 7.
The best source of rumors currently seems to be from this one from Ming-Chi Kuo, who is widely regarded as “the best Apple analyst on the planet”:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/09/05/apple-iphone7-15-new-features/#65c9b56a5acd
With regards to:
"Second external speaker and integrated amplifier for louder, richer output"
and
"Lightning EarPods and a 3.5mm to Lightning headphone adaptor included in the box"
The iPhone line is always known to have decent DAC's, and now with an integrated amplifier, this is good news. However connecting headphones via the included lightning-3.5mm adaptor will likely bypass the internal DAC as well as the amp, so the sound quality may completely rely on that adapter, which will have to be both a DAC and amp together in a very small slim package:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/08/31/purported-iphone-7-plus-packaging-shows-lightning-to-headphone-jack-adapter-in-box-256gb-storage
Currently the overall top rated phones are the Samsung S7 Edge and the Note 7, which of course has the batterygate issue. Samsung is also known to have mediocre audio quality, especially with their US Snapdragon chipset version of their current flagships. Many audiophiles are being forced to use an external DAC/amp such as the Dragonfly, or perhaps larger ones like the Mojo. This is Apple's chance to really differentiate itself from Samsung, since Apple's line of products has always held sound as one of their priorities starting with iPod's. The standard of sound on smartphones is currently the HTC 10 or the upcoming Desire 10 and possibly the LG V10 or its upcoming V20. While it's unlikely that the iPhone 7 will reach those levels, will the lightning-3.5mm adapter provide better audio quality than the Samsung flagships, how will it compare to previous iPhone models?
What do you guys think? Would you get the iPhone 7/7 Plus, or rather one of its competitors?
The best source of rumors currently seems to be from this one from Ming-Chi Kuo, who is widely regarded as “the best Apple analyst on the planet”:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/09/05/apple-iphone7-15-new-features/#65c9b56a5acd
With regards to:
"Second external speaker and integrated amplifier for louder, richer output"
and
"Lightning EarPods and a 3.5mm to Lightning headphone adaptor included in the box"
The iPhone line is always known to have decent DAC's, and now with an integrated amplifier, this is good news. However connecting headphones via the included lightning-3.5mm adaptor will likely bypass the internal DAC as well as the amp, so the sound quality may completely rely on that adapter, which will have to be both a DAC and amp together in a very small slim package:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/08/31/purported-iphone-7-plus-packaging-shows-lightning-to-headphone-jack-adapter-in-box-256gb-storage
Currently the overall top rated phones are the Samsung S7 Edge and the Note 7, which of course has the batterygate issue. Samsung is also known to have mediocre audio quality, especially with their US Snapdragon chipset version of their current flagships. Many audiophiles are being forced to use an external DAC/amp such as the Dragonfly, or perhaps larger ones like the Mojo. This is Apple's chance to really differentiate itself from Samsung, since Apple's line of products has always held sound as one of their priorities starting with iPod's. The standard of sound on smartphones is currently the HTC 10 or the upcoming Desire 10 and possibly the LG V10 or its upcoming V20. While it's unlikely that the iPhone 7 will reach those levels, will the lightning-3.5mm adapter provide better audio quality than the Samsung flagships, how will it compare to previous iPhone models?
What do you guys think? Would you get the iPhone 7/7 Plus, or rather one of its competitors?
