I have to agree. Today may be the day Apple jumped the shark. The use case for a headphone jack is just so broad. And the wireless headset just seems so...useless.
Spent the last hour looking at android phones. There are so many it is overwhelming
> Spent the last hour looking at android phones. There are so many it is overwhelming
I get what you mean, there are dozens of manufacturers, each with dozens of SKU's. I wish more companies would learn from apple and limit the number of SKU's available (especially laptop manufacturers).
I've been using android since 1.6, but it's increasingly becoming google integrated OS, I think for my next phone I'll be considering ubuntu and other options.
I switched to android two years ago, it took a month for me to get used to the interface, but now trying to use iOS is frustrating as it's missing so many features that I depend on in android. So basically you'll have to give it some time if you're switching.
Also stick with the Nexus line, you'll get no bloatware and you'll receive monthly security updates. The one advantage of iOS is that it feels snappier and apps load faster than on my nexus 6p. I blame the jvm ;)
Apple jumped the shark in 2001 with the iPod. People have been saying that for decades.
There is no use case for the headphone jack that can't be better handled by the lightening connector or bluetooth. Seriously. Want to integrate something from sparkfun? Bluetooth is what you want.
I think it's kinda funny how Apple haters / android zealots always talk about how Apple has lost its way, every time they do something new and significant.
iPod: complaints iPhone: complaints Mac Pro: complaints iPad: complaints and jokes Apple Watch: complaints. All of these have been hugely successful products.
But the day of their announcement people complained about how much they obviously sucked.
> There is no use case for the headphone jack that can't be better handled by the lightening connector or bluetooth. Seriously. Want to integrate something from sparkfun? Bluetooth is what you want.
Using your existing 250€ wired headphones while the phone is charging. Doesn't seem that outlandish to me.
Nope. The Lightning port is a purely digital connector. Using an external analog microphone would require some kind of external ADC (i.e., one more bit of kit to misplace).
The cost for an employer gets cheaper as an employee makes more money, not more expensive. There are no increasing marginal rates for employer payroll taxes- just the employee state/federal income taxes.
It depends how you measure the cost to the employer. When you're talking about increasing employee compensation in the $100k - $150k range, I look at the total cost to end up with $1.00 in the employee's savings account. The point is that increasing compensation is extremely inefficient in the $100k - $150k range. That's why, for example, US engineers getting raises in that pay range will often find it doesn't change much in their living situation. "I got a $10k raise" but really take-home pay just increased $4500.
Often times paying out compensation in cash like this is just too expensive. It's a weird concept that the cost of cash is a curve mostly dictated by tax rates. When the IRS is taking 55% at certain points in the curve, you get much bigger bang for the buck by offering other benefits, like maximizing expense reimbursements. (phone, internet, qualified commuting expenses, food & entertainment, etc.)
> The real benefit is time of transfer. ACH is infuriatingly slow. If you'd like a payroll run to arrive in employee accounts on a Friday, it must be initiated almost a week prior.
Ya, this isn't true. the ACH spec does say 3 business days, but 2 of those days are for redundancy. In all normal cases a transaction submitted today can and will post tomorrow. Your bank may not allow this for individual transactions, but it isn't because ACH can't accommodate it.
Source: I run a payroll company doing $1B annually in ACH transactions.
