Any word of some Lightning BeoPlay headphones?

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With the announcement of the headphone jack removal on the iPhone 7, I'm praying B&O comes up with a solution besides bluetooth. Has anyone heard anything?

lupend88 wrote:

With the announcement of the headphone jack removal on the iPhone 7, I'm praying B&O comes up with a solution besides bluetooth. Has anyone heard anything?

Yes, I've heard there are other phones available!

There should be a lightning/headphone adaptor.

Oooouch, Puncher you are evil! 

In all fairness, my iPhone is 5 years old next month and is still pretty flawless. I can't fault it.

I would not worry Lupend, there is a connector supplied in the box no problems. Considering that there has been ZERO long term tests on bluetooth, the thought of something right near to your eyes and brain for a few hours a day does not sound too pleasant. In a way, the customer/victim/patient will be the experiment for these tech companies. Time will tell!

 As is the Galaxy S2 I won online in 2011!😎

lupend88 wrote:

With the announcement of the headphone jack removal on the iPhone 7, I'm praying B&O comes up with a solution besides bluetooth. Has anyone heard anything?

Of course you can use the dongle from the box.

It will be interesting to see how long it will take for a small company to get access to the hardware, that must be built in to 'new' (Apple wireless compatible) headphones.

And it will be interesting to learn about the technology used for the new wireless transmission.

Will it be par or better than bluetooth for everyday use?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Millemissen wrote:
It will be interesting to see how long it will take for a small company to get access to the hardware, that must be built in to 'new' (Apple wireless compatible) headphones.

It will be interesting to see how many small companies can afford the "MFi" costs to be able to use the "hardware, that must be built in to 'new' (Apple wireless compatible) headphones".

I don't think it is a coincidence that they bought a headphone company before they did this!

Thankfully there is nothing in this announcement that gives me buyers remorse.

I am still very after today with my H5 and H8 decisions.

The H5 was a real impulse buy ... hence their name (and colour) ...

Hey elephant how do you find the sound on the H5s? There is much I like about them but so far on Bluetooth the sound is a tad disappointing. I'm missing a lot of bass compared with H3s.

actually this opens a nice opportunity for them, they could include a audio AD converter and circumvent the crappy output that the iphone headphone jack offered

that should enable much better sound from their expensive headphones

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