2014年6月4日 星期三

Will Apple's first Beats headphones strike at the lightning port?

Will Apple's first Beats headphones strike at the lightning port?

Apple has sneakily introduced a specification that will let manufacturers make headphones that connect to an iOS device via a lightning connector instead of the 3.5mm headphone jack.


What this means, as 9to5mac points out, is that said headphones would be able to receive lossless stereo 48 kHz digital audio, and mono 48 kHz input for microphones.


Connecting through Lightning, manufacturers will be able to give headphone users remote controls for iOS playback.


The beat goes on


The other big benefit is that the headphones could draw all of their power from the Apple device, removing the need for headphone makers to worry about internal batteries in noise-cancelling headphones.


Apple has specified two types of configuration here: Standard Lightning Headphones, with a digital/analog converter supported by the Lightning module; and Advanced Lightning Headphones, whch include those with active noise cancellation.


This could all just be very conveniently timed with the Beat acquisition, but it's not absurd to suggest that this could be an indication of what an Apple/Beats collaborated pair of headphone might end up looking like.





















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