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Apple's controversial iPhone accessory may have been discontinued (www.theshortcut.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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🤔 One of Apple’s most famous accessories seems to have been discontinued

👋 The Lightning to 3.5mm jack adapter has sold out in the US

🌎 It’s also not available in other countries

🎧 The adapter was introduced in 2016 when Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

The one with the lightning connector that non of their new devices have and there's a million 3rd party options for old phones?

Gee what a surprise they don't want to make them anymore!!! /s

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I thought that was because everyone just bought $3 off-brand ones on Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

*On TEMU or AliExpress.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

I recently bought a cheap phone after I broke my main one, because I needed something while my main one was being "repaired". It turns out that this new cheap phone has a headphone jack AND a better stylus. It also had a solid 1000mah bigger battery and 10w extra of charging over my old flagship.

When the repair shop told me that the 20 cent ribbon connector couldn't be replaced and that the repair would be $600 for a new screen and glass back, I decided to keep the cheap phone, which works damn well. It's so nice to have a headphone jack to use again. All my other shit still has headphones jacks from my PC/laptop/SD to my car and stuff like kitchen stereos. I can use my Bluetooth earbuds, but they only have about 5 hours of playback and have a bad click in one bud after the first year of use.

I'm almost disappointed at how good this mid-range, $250 phone is compared to my $1,700 Samsung. I've been wasting money for years on flagships. Not going back after I got my data transferred to my new phone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

What cheap phone would that be ?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

There's really a lot of good value devices out there once you get past the barely functional underpowered cheapo range.

Also though.. you spent $250 on a phone just while waiting for your main phone to be repaired?

[+] [email protected] -42 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (7 children)

Because, after all the crybaby tantrums, it turns out that nobody really wanted a headphone jack, they just wanted to be whiny cunts. This is the proof.

Go on and throw a tantrum and downvote. The proof is here. Everyone who pissed their pants complaining about this was wrong. Nobody gave a shit in the end other than for their own ability to whine and complain.

Meanwhile, all of the adults in the room just moved to Bluetooth. Most of us did it years before this change. And that’s why they remove the headphone jack. That’s why everyone else is doing it too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Homies throwing a tantrum like a three year old, what prompted this?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago

Imagine simping for a 3 trillion dollar company that did this for the sole purpose of making more money on wireless earbuds. SMH.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago

nobody really wanted a headphone jack

My phone has a jack. It's why I bought it. I use a pair of corded earbuds for calls and music.

Why be all Joe Rogan about people who want a headphone jack? What's it get you to calm people whiny and children?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That’s certainly a good possibility.

Could it instead be related to them discontinuing the lightning port on all devices, and usb-c to 3.5mm adapters are available for $2 on temu so they’re not bothering? Is that alternate reality also possible?

A follow up, if wired headphones actually are unpopular, why are there pages and pages of sellers in all marketplaces selling usb-c to 3.5mm adapters?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

I did buy a pair of wireless headphones, but the earbuds are staying wired. The headphones have a large, easy-to-replace battery that lasts a couple of weeks easily - while earbuds don't. Some people might be inconvenienced by having to charge another device. Plus, Bluetooth doesn't have the same audio quality - not as important for me, but might be for some people.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

The fact that it sold out proves that no one wants it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

You can sell out on anything, no matter how unpopular it is, if you don’t make enough of them. How many of these things did they actually make?

[+] [email protected] -19 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

For those not hallucinating, the headline and article says “discontinued”. Not “sold out”.

Apple does not discontinue products that are popular. The obvious conclusion is that nobody wanted this bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The article summary and the article both say "sold out"?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Apple made the transition a little easier for those who weren’t ready to give up on their wired headphones by including a $9 adapter. However, it looks like it could now be confined to the annals of history, as the Lightning to 3.5mm jack adapter has sold out in the US and other countries, suggesting Apple may have quietly discontinued it

It says "sold out" and "discontinued". The latter is currently just speculation.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago

And that’s why I still listen to music on my Zune HD instead of my iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Controversial? Unpopular I can understand, but that's not the same.

I still prefer wired buds and chose a phone with a 3.5mm jack, but I wasn't into Apple phones to begin with.

Now that Apple is going USB C, the lightning adapter will stop mattering, I guess.

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