{"id":4409,"date":"2018-12-15T17:48:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T07:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=4409"},"modified":"2018-12-15T17:49:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T07:49:03","slug":"switching-to-iphone-part-2-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/15\/switching-to-iphone-part-2-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"Switching to iPhone Part 2: Seriously?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In which I ask of Apple, “Seriously?”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was pretty much my reaction with Apple sticking to Lightning connectors rather than going with the USB-C standard. Having USB-C around the place for my last two (Android) phones was fantastic.<\/strong> I could charge a phone, external battery, a (future) laptop, all off the same wall wart and with the same cable. It is with some hilarity that I read that the new iPad Pro has USB-C rather than Lightning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Apple’s dongle fetish reigns supreme, and so I get a multitude of damn dongles all for a wonderfully inflated price with an Australia Tax whacked on top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most egregious one is the Lightning-to-3.5mm dongle. In the office, I have a good<\/strong> set of headphones. The idea is to block out the sound of an open plan office so I can actually get some concentrating done. With tiny dedicated MP3 players and my previous phones, these sounded great. The Apple dongle? It sounds terrible.<\/strong> Absolutely terrible. The Lighting-to-3.5mm adapter might be okay for small earbuds but it is nearly completely<\/strong> intolerable<\/strong> for any decent set of headphones. I’m now in the market for a Bluetooth headphone amplifier. Another bunch of money to throw at another damn dongle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, there seems to be a really good Bluetooth headphone amplifier on Amazon. The same Amazon that no longer ships to Australia. Well, there’s an Australian seller, for six times the price<\/strong>.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urgh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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