Comments on: Apple – A stern test https://www.radiofreemobile.com/apple-a-stern-test/ To entertain as well as inform Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:25:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 By: Colin https://www.radiofreemobile.com/apple-a-stern-test/#comment-1175 Sat, 10 Sep 2016 22:49:43 +0000 http://www.radiofreemobile.com/?p=3536#comment-1175 Replacing the 3.5 mm headphone jack with a digital connection and an advanced Bluetooth implementation isn’t about taking anything away from the user. It’s about adding new capabilities that are needed now and will be ubiquitous soon. It’s nicely summarised here:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3118744/wearables/when-a-i-whispers-in-your-ear-all-day.html
Apple has a long history of replacing obsolete technologies. Customers can trust their judgement, as they did with floppies, legacy ports, keyboards, etc. I think RFM and other pundits will be surprised at how readily users will adopt the change.

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