Image copyright Thinkstock After rumors that Apple would get rid of the ear phone plug on future iPhone 7, more than 200,000 people signed a petition asking them to reconsider the decision. The modest plug is a rare example of technology that has survived the passage of time, according to Chris Stokel-Walker.
The rumor is that Apple would drop the plug 3.5mm, making the headphones were attached to “Lightning” connector designed by the company and used to charge iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices.
Critics say that although it allow iPhones are slightly thinner, many headphones ear will become useless and manufacturers will be forced to pay Apple to use the “Lightning” in their products
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The petition says that the measure would create “e-waste mountains”.
It would also be a big impact on a technology that has proven remarkably resilient . The 3.5mm plug is practically a 19th century item -. Is a miniature version of the classic half-inch plug (6.35 mm), which had been created in 1878
“It had to be something that could be inserted and removed easily, but still make a secure connection, “says Charlie Slee, a member of the Audio Engineering Society.
At first the half-inch plugs were used by operators on old phone control tables.
Studio and guitars also used this type of plug.
But, as audio equipment became smaller, it was necessary to create a smaller alternative to the plugs
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The version 3.5mm quickly became popular, especially for use in headphones on portable radios.
The plug is known as a TRS connector (English Tip, Ring, Sleeve, or tip-ring-cover) : the tip transfers the audio to the earpiece of the left stereo device and the ring transfer right. The cover serves to circuit ground.
Apple has a history of early end with technologies, abolishing things from there, no longer used by rivals as well. She “killed” the floppy disk and was among the first to abandon the optical drives.
Some people who signed the petition suggested that Apple was being greedy.
Charlie Slee believes Consumers are concerned to cede control to Apple. “People think that control the technology but is the reverse:.. Companies have always been in control of how you listen to music and watch videos”
For Simon Hall, what is happening is a “storm in glass of water “
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He says that having a standard headphone jack in cell is a luxury respect recent.
“In the previous generation of phones, items like Nokia phones, for example, needed adapter” he explains. “If you want to connect headphones to professional equipment, you also need adapter.”
By 2010, Samsung’s handset came equipped with a headphone plug not unlike the connector that Apple apparently wants to adopt.
This is not the first time Apple wakes complaints. In 2007, with the first iPhone, it has been criticized because the headphone plug was buried within the framework
Experts at the time said it would be “a great business plan. – Create a problem and sell the solution for fun and profit. ” The problem has been fixed in the second generation in 2008
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But Apple is also known can develop technology: “They got rid of DVDs, floppy, parallel ports, and an hour they will get rid of USB . That’s how they work, “says Horace Dediu, an expert on Apple technology.
He says the change to Apple’s own connection is a sign of change for compatible headphones with Apple Watch.
For him, the change will be swift. “What Apple does is to catalyze change,” he says. “It would happen anyway, but if it was not Apple would take 10 to 15 years, and will now take between 5 and 7.”
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