I like the Apple Plugs solution - http://appleplugs.com/

Life? Hacked.

I like apple stuff but I think the removal of the headphone port was pretty silly.

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Just seems like it was a 'fix' to something that was in no way a problem.

They claim the headphone jack was a roadblock to water resistance and that they have used the space for more important things. I'm...not convinced.

The cynical me thinks its just apple trying to undermine the 3.5mm jack with their proprietary overpriced shit. The less cynical part of me sees it as a continuation of their minimalist design philosophy. This is a company that would give you just one button to control your computer with if they could (whether it makes sense or not). Also, aesthetically it is more in line with their sort of "magic box" thing - they don't want you to see it as a machine with working parts and the familiar 3.5mm jack kind of breaks that illusion.

I go through a lot of headphones every year. The point of failure is almost always the wire or the connection at either end, so while I know I'd lose those earpods or w/e the fuck they are calling them in a heartbeat, and I do love the ubiquity of the 3.5mm jack, I must admit I do quite like the idea of not having the wire.

I still use a 3.5mm male-to-male audio cable in my car... I was thinking of switching back to Apple -- sometimes I miss how smooth iOS is -- fuck iTunes though. I guess it's another Samsung for me. Water proof... for all that synchronized swimming I never do? Get fucked.

Same here, I don't think I will buy an iPhone ever again after the 5s I have. I usually hook it up to my PC, and I swear that iTunes for PC is so shitty that it has literally messed up/bugged out the iOS, so that it's always restarting on it's own. I took it into be repaired, they couldn't figure it out and recommended that I buy a new iPhone... typical. It still works, but it's a pain in the ass.