Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“Sadly it's going to happen. Apple being rumoured go do it prompted Motorola and some other Chinese firms to do it first, and as an industry as a whole it is great for selling new accessories and speakers etc. Whether Lighting or USB-C.
I personally don't see the need, but smartphone sales are slowing. Everyone is looking for something new.”
Oh well. Hopefully they will be adaptors out there for most of my 3.5mm connections for as and when I am forced to get something that doesn't have a 3.5mm connection...
Though hopefully that day will be a long way away for most devices!
Originally Posted by DevonBloke:
“You can't say never. One day no handset will have a 3.5mm jack.
It'll be quite soon too. That means you'll no longer be able to have a mobile!
Bill Gates once said we would never make a 32 bit operating system.
Never say never.”
I hope not, as I only have one Bluetooth speaker, no Bluetooth headphones, and no USB based headphones/speakers either. Almost all of my speakers, and all of my headphones/earphones, are 3.5mm. I don't want to be having to replace all of my headphones yet.
In regards to the 32 bit/64 bit OS, yep Windows XP did have an x64 mode, but Windows 7 was when 64 bit was mostly seen.
Originally Posted by calico_pie:
“Do you also not contemplate buying anything that doesn't have Scart?
So is the iPhone 7 out already? I didn't think it was out for a couple of months.”
I don't need Scart though, as most of my stuff has a HDMI connector and my TV (and laptop) have HDMI connectors. HDMI has been out for quite a while now and I have plenty of HDMI devices, so I don't need SCART. Unlike 3.5mm, whereby I have pretty much everything using 3.5mm. And I'm not replacing my 5.1 computer speakers (which has 3.5mm, optical and coax - most of my stuff is 3.5mm) anytime soon!