There in nothing farcical in my argument.
Apple is under no obligation to support your existing peripherals. They clearly killed an entire range of peripherals with the change to the lightning plug. The world survived.
If you wish to use your old 3.5mm headphones and charge at the same time, you will have an adapter option. The world doesn't end, and Apple gets more space INSIDE the device, just as I stated.
It's also entirely possible we will see inductive charging, which could do away with even the lightning adapter - though I doubt we will see both changes in the same release.
I've not used wired headphones for several years with my phone or iPad, so it doesn't impact me at all.
Frankly this meme making the rounds on the internet that people won't be able to charge their iPhones and listen at the same time is one of the most ridiculous arguments that keeps cropping up. There's no point in debating with these people -- they're either delusional, or fanatics intent on spreading FUD. I've made the mistake of engaging some and despite dispelling this particular myth, they continue to lead with this argument in every subsequent post.
If a customer needs to listen and charge at the same time, they don't need a bulky adapter. They buy the appropriate cable for their headphones, with a Lightning pass through port, either in the actual connector itself thus taking up no more room, or in the headphone set itself -- Beats has a 2nd 3.5mm headphone jack built-in to allow your friends to daisy chain and listen to music with you (without requiring an extra splitter). A lightning port in the headphones will allow the same thing, while also passing through the charge to the iPhone using the same cable you're already carrying. And yes, there's the rumored smart connector and contactless charging rumor.
The most frustrating thing about these trollish comments is that they proceed from the conclusion that Apple hasn't even considered these issues, and they're the first ones to realize the potential problems, yet have not spent even a minute on their own thinking about how it might easily be solved, much less even acknowledging the simple solutions like these presented to them.
My advice to you? Beware of the trolls and don't feed them.
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Sorry. The issue wth the 3.5mm jack is the unnecessary space it takes inside the device. The same functionality can be had in the existing lightning plug, so remove the older technology and use the space for something else.
I do hope this is the primary case. I feel the announcement by Intel to push USBc audio standards on mobile is an indication that the entire mobile phone industry is faced with this dilemma, since Apple going it alone would be complete stupidity and platform suicide at this juncture, which is why the "greedy Apple" meme is so tiresome. New technologies, improved features, and smaller lighter phones are in everyone's benefit. Will Apple profit more than other by going down this path? Sure. But they won't be going it alone, for that flawed reason.
That said, the rumor about the dual speakers concerns me. Replacing the 3.5mm Jack now, only to accomodate dual speakers, and nothing else of substance I feel would be a huge mistake and certainly turn me against this move. We shall see what Apple ultimately does here, however I'm optimistic that we're going to see the next phone introduce a few surprises that better utilize the internal space gained by the elimination of the headphone jack. If not, well then I'll have to add my voice to the criticism of its removal, despite otherwise being in favor of the benefits it provides everyone in the long term, as I believe it would be a foolhardy move that would only hurt them in the short term.
