Does the iphone 5 have apt-x?

I asked this question in CSR APT-X Twitter and sadly the answer is NO.

For me it was also very important as I was planning on using it with a Sennheiser MM 500X headphone, it is really a shame.....

I'm crying now...

I specifically suggested Apple to include apt-X as many competitors have it. So they do not listen to customers as demonstrated many times over, also not on this one. Hopefully CSR may provide an app? I would gladly pay for it.

Time to dump iPhone 5 and get a Samsung, which are becoming more and more acceptable.

I asked that to CSR also, if they would provide the codec as a paid APP and they replied that they are not planning on doing so, at least not right now, I think that would be a good option and they (Apple and CSR) would get good profits, I guess I could pay as much as 50 $ for it, considering that an adapter costs around that amount (but imagine puting an extra adapter and making the Iphone 5 even longer and would be a pain in the A$$ as well)

Dany please don't cry..... you still got your new strange looking earphones.... Saludos Doggy!!!

Very strange decision by Apple since all new 2012 Macbooks and iMacs have APT-X. Sadly this not ony means that I cannot use my Sennheiser MM 550-X natively, but also that with the new connector, my BTD-300i APT-X dongle becomes useless .... This is one heck of a missed opportunity for both Apple amd CSR ....

It is strange, I also wanted to buy the Sennheiser MM 500-X but no way I would use it together with an adapter in the Iphone 5..

This really *****. I bought Sennheiser MM 450-x to work with my macbook air. They sell Sennheiser in the Apple stores in Germany, I don't know about the rest of the world - so I am really confused why they couldn't add it in.

I have just come across a brilliant device for everyone with Bluetooth aptX headphones like the MM550-X and an iPhone 5 with the new lightning connector. This little unit http://www.custom-cable.co.uk/sennheiser-btd-300-audio-east-bluetooth-wireless-s tereo-transmitter.html is ideal, it just plugs into your headphone socket and connects up using the AptX codec and sounds SOOOO much better than the standard bluetooth stack on the iPhone 5.

Don't fret. I have the Sennheiser MM-500 X and it sounds great with my iPhone 5 (and my MacBook Pro 15" Retina) and, wired to an iPod Classic! It's a great set of cans!

Guys, guys!!! The iPhone 5 DOES support the Apr-X Codec!!! Im right now listening to my BeatBox via Monster Streamcast Bluetooth. That nice streaming Connector supports AAC Apt-X and SBC and indicates which Codec is currently used by an LED next to the Codecs Name! While listening with my iPhone 5 Apt-X is used, so the iPhone 5 does Support that Codec ;)

Greetings JMM

(German autocorrec....)

That would be great news!! Can you make a picture and post? :-)

Can anyone else confirm this?

J-M-M,

Is the LED on the Monster BT blue, or red??? Blue = apt-X ...

So now i watched closely: when Paired with my iPhone 5 the LED is GREEN, which would be AAC Coding, paired with my MBP-R15 the LED is BLUE which would be Apt-X.

So as the iPhone connects via AAC I gave it some research, an found AAC to be even more suitable for an mobile Device than Apt-X, but can not say if it supports it, as I can't trigger it to a Codec.

For me the Audioquality is on both Codecs, AAC as well as AptX, just great.

Hi,

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