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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
Wrong way, Tigger. Square and PayPal swipe readers both plug into the headphone jack. Doing away with that form of connectivity would be a big middle-finger to not only accessory manufacturers and buyers, but a horde of small businesses.
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The release of new hardware won't stop the old ones from working. Small business owners can upgrade at their leisure...in any case, purchasing a new lightning port based model would require
a pretty small expenditure.
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Originally Posted by leaston
Try streaming lossless files via bluetooth and you'll kiss goodbye to hearing anything with high fidelity.
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True.
But going by the number of white earbuds and Beats headphones that I see everyday, high fidelity, high quality audio reproduction isn't something the mass market is particularly interested in anyway.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Before long they will ditch on-device storage (except for OS) and insist all files etc be on cloud....
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On-device storage is how they price differentiate their different models. I doubt they torpedo their margins to do that.