Solutions For Lack Of Headphone Jack

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Solutions For Lack Of Headphone Jack

I have been a long time iPhone user and I don't want to get away from using them. However, I have a problem now that the 3.5mm headphone jack has been removed from the iPhone.

I work in sports radio broadcasting and I use my phone to broadcast games. I call into my local studio using my phone, which is hooked up to my broadcast equipment via the 3.5mm headphone jack that is on my current iPhone. The studio then rebroadcasts the call out over the air. The problem I have is that if I upgrade my iPhone, it won't have that 3.5mm headphone jack that I need in order to do my job. I've always loved the iPhone for my everyday phone, and everyone who listens to our broadcasts tells me about how clear they sound when we use our radio equipment connected to my iPhone via the 3.5mm headphone jack. So I am looking for a solution that will still allow me to do this with a newer iPhone.

Does anyone have any ideas? I would need something that would allow me to make and receive calls while still using a 3.5mm headphone jack for both audio in and audio out. And I would need it to be clear, like the audio is with my current iPhone that has the jack built in.

Posted on Sep 18, 2017 2:19 PM

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Answer 1

KiltedTim

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Sep 18, 2017 3:01 PM in response to cottim24

With the adapter, it should behave and sound exactly like the built in headphone jack on earlier models.

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Philly_Phan

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Sep 18, 2017 3:53 PM in response to cottim24

cottim24 wrote:

I had the Apple Store thought as well. It would be a lot of equipment for me to take and set up so I'm not sure if they would have a problem with doing that or not.

Do you really have to take "a lot of equipment" to prove functionality? Consider that the ABSOLUTE WORST that can happen is that you bring the new phone and Belkin adapter home and the combo doesn't work so you are forced to go back to the Apple Store to get your money back (you have fourteen days).

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Answer 3

Sep 18, 2017 2:28 PM in response to cottim24

The new iPhones come with a lightning to 3.5mm adapter. You can still plug a headphone into that. You can also move up in technology and buy a Bluetooth Headphone that has a speaker. I personally use the Parrot Zik 3.0, which offers great phone quality and requires no cables of any kind.

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Sep 18, 2017 4:48 PM in response to cottim24

Here are some aftermarket solutions that may offer what you need. Otherwise, there's little any of us can do for you. You're going to have to either buy the phone and try the adapter to see if it provides the service you need and if not, return the phone or buy another phone from another company.

https://www.macworld.com/article/3127211/iphone-ipad/7-solutions-for-the-iphone- 7s-lack-of-headphone-jack.html

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Philly_Phan

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Sep 18, 2017 2:24 PM in response to cottim24

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKKP2ZM/A/belkin-lightning-audio-charge-rocks tar?fnode=97

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cottim24 Author

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Sep 18, 2017 2:53 PM in response to lobsterghost1

I understand that the new iPhones come with the adapter. However, I have not heard anything about how they will handle a phone call through that adapter or what it sounds like in terms of clarity. I need to be able to make a phone call using only the 3.5mm headphone jack. That is how our radio equipment works, everything runs through that jack. From what I have read online, at least some of the adapters do not allow for the two way communication that would be required for a phone call.

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cottim24 Author

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Sep 18, 2017 2:55 PM in response to Philly_Phan

I understand there are adapters such as this one. But what I need is an adapter that will allow me to make a phone call using the 3.5 mm jack. That is how our equipment works. So I would need an adapter that would allow for that two way communication.

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Philly_Phan

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Sep 18, 2017 3:48 PM in response to cottim24

cottim24 wrote:

That's what I would have thought, but I read some reviews from different places that said otherwise. Or that the quality for the phone call was very bad.

Well, if you found it on the Internet, it's got to be true!

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cottim24 Author

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Sep 18, 2017 3:53 PM in response to lobsterghost1

Because that is how our radio broadcasting works. All of the audio comes out of our mixer via a 3.5 mm jack. So that is why I have the issue with there not being a jack built into the phone. Bluetooth is not an option for my situation.

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Answer 10

Sep 18, 2017 4:07 PM in response to cottim24

It seems any solution/option proposed is not acceptable to you. Perhaps your company needs to come up with a different solution for you as more and more high end phones are ditching the antiquated 3.5mm headphone jack. The world progresses, maybe they should as well. Otherwise, iPhone without a headphone jack seems to not be the right phone for you.

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Philly_Phan

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Sep 18, 2017 4:09 PM in response to cottim24

They why are you unwilling to go to an Apple Store and purchase the items? You can take them home and check out their performance and, if you don't like it, you can take them back. Can you check them out in fourteen days or is your system more complex than that?

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cottim24 Author

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Sep 18, 2017 4:10 PM in response to lobsterghost1

Not saying anything is not acceptable, just trying to give more information based on the situation I have. Realize it isn't ideal but it's the situation I have in front of me. So I was hoping to get some help from the forms.

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cottim24 Author

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Sep 18, 2017 4:24 PM in response to Philly_Phan

It is a real problem that I'm trying to figure out the best solution to. If you don't believe me then that's fine. Sorry I don't live close to a store, sorry I have a busy work schedule. If you don't want to help, that's fine. But no need to be rude about it.

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cottim24 Author

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Sep 18, 2017 3:07 PM in response to KiltedTim

That's what I would have thought, but I read some reviews from different places that said otherwise. Or that the quality for the phone call was very bad.

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cottim24 Author

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Sep 18, 2017 3:09 PM in response to Rysz

I had the Apple Store thought as well. It would be a lot of equipment for me to take and set up so I'm not sure if they would have a problem with doing that or not.

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