no aptx HD on Iphone - a big mistake
(FYI aptx HD is a compression codec that comes much closer than AAC to permitting CD quality sound to be transmitted over BT. A growing list of Headphone makers are adopting it.)
Perhaps 95% of users can't distinguish between AAC an aptx HD, but the other 5% sure can. They are likely prosperous consumers who have high performance audio in the home and what the same sound quality when not at home.
Apple thinks
90% of iphone users buy their music on I -Tunes which is only 320 kbs max, so aptx HD will make no difference
We don't give toss about the rest
Why spend $5 on a Qualcomm chip that only a few people will care about
Time to stop the bean counters running the show.
BUT why
Stay behind the curve when SAMSUNG and android are embracing apt x
Annoy a group of opinionated , financially comfortable, people, who want excellence, asn have bought into the Apple ecosystem
I will not buy a new iphone til they fix this. If they don't I'm going to Android for my next phone
ALSO, why let Tidal grab the market fro hi-res audio? Make music downloadable in lossless format. PLEASE!!
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